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Solved!! Spotify begins playing random music

When listening to one of my own playlists, Spotify begins to play random (usually top hits or hip hop) music instead. I may be mid song and it will change to something completely random, or if I have the music paused it will begin playing again later...

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Pop-up for xpui appears on app startup

Every time my desktop app starts up another window appears for https://xpui.app.spotify.com/index.html with the error:DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN The app works fine but it's incredibly annoying to have this random window appear every single time. Mac...

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Alcyon

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Solved!! Cant download Spotify on Mac OS 10.15.7

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Of AmericaDeviceMacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)Operating SystemMac OS Catalina 10.15.7 My Question or IssueWhen I try to install Spotify the installer says "Unsupported PlatformSorry, this version of Spotify is for mac...

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Solved!! Clear recently played on home screen?

How do I clear the recently played items that appear on the home screen upon launching the desktop app? If I go into the Recently Played section and remove them there, they still show up on the home screen.

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Solved!! My local files are refusing to play/show up on my phone, even though they are on my computer. Help?

Alright, here's what's happening. My local files are refusing to play/show up on my phone, even though they are on my computer. Even though they actually play on my computer, they don't download, which I'm assuming is probably the root of the problem...

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Alright, here's what's happening. My local files are refusing to play/show up on my phone, even though they are on my computer. Even though they actually play on my computer, they don't download...

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Solved!! Can't play the current song on macOs Mojave 10.14

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDeviceMacbook Pro late 2016Operating SystemmacOs 10.14 My Question or Issue The mac desktop app does not work for me any more. All I get is a "Can't play the current song".I've tried the following without success:1. Logout an...

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Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device Macbook Pro late 2016 Operating System macOs 10.14   My Question or Issue  The mac desktop app does not work for me any more. All I get is...

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Solved!! Spotify Bug - offline mode does not allow Spotify to login when setup/backup from another macbook

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDeviceMacbook Pro 2017 15-inchOperating SystemmacOS Mojave and macOS High Sierra My Question or Issue I recently migrated from one of my Macbooks (which was destroyed in a fire) to my new Macbook Pro. Tried installing Spot...

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Plan Premium Country  Australia Device Macbook Pro 2017 15-inch Operating System macOS Mojave and macOS High Sierra  My Question or Issue  I recently migrated from one of my M...

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Solved!! Problema autoplay en iMac

Buenos días, tengo un problema con la preferencia del Autoplay, hace unos días que estaba escuchando mis listas de misica al finalizar ya no sobana niguna cancion, y busque en preferecias y algo se habia desactivado pero no todo segun yo estaba igual...

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    Buenos días, tengo un problema con la preferencia del Autoplay, hace unos días que estaba escuchando mis listas de misica al finalizar ya no sobana niguna cancion, y busque en prefere...

Loxer

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Solved!! Album art not showing in Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil DeviceMacMiniOperating SystemMacOs 10.13.6 My Question or Issue I used to have the cover of the album playing in the bottom left on Spotify. Apparently, I've clicked on it by mistake, and it disappeared, as can be seen on the...

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  Plan Premium Country Brazil  Device MacMini Operating System MacOs 10.13.6   My Question or Issue  I used to have the cover of the album playing in the bottom left on...

Loxer

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Solved!! Friend feed activity STILL not loading

Device: Macbook ProOS: High SierraSpotify version: Most current version, free My friend feed activity has not loaded since June. It does not load when I hit 'try again' or when I update Spotify or when I restart the app/my computer. According to this...

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  Device: Macbook Pro OS: High Sierra Spotify version: Most current version, free   My friend feed activity has not loaded since June. It does not load when I hit 'try again' or when I...

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Solved!! Single/Specified song just stopping

So i've run into an issue with the latest update where when I search a single or specified song, it just stops there; before it would play a related/similar song but now it just stops. I'd like to revert it back to where it would find new relevant ar...

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So i've run into an issue with the latest update where when I search a single or specified song, it just stops there; before it would play a related/similar song but now it just stops. I'd like to re...

Loxer

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Solved!! Problem logging in Spotify apps on both phone and Mac

PlanFree/PremiumCountryVietnam Device(iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Macbook Air Early-2014)Operating System(iOS 10, Android 6.0.1, macOS Sierra 10.12.3.) My Question or IssueI tried logging in via app first on iPhone a few months back, and it was ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Vietnam   Device (iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Macbook Air Early-2014) Operating System (iOS 10, Android 6.0.1, macOS Sierra 10.12.3.)   My Ques...

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Solved!! Cmd + Esc shortcut doesn't work

Cmd + Esc Shortcut to maximize the window doesn't work on macOS. However, I click on the view menu on top and then click it, and it works. What is this anomalous behavior and is it just me? Premium FamilyCountry United states DeviceMac Operating Syst...

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Cmd + Esc Shortcut to maximize the window doesn't work on macOS. However, I click on the view menu on top and then click it, and it works. What is this anomalous behavior and is it just me?   ...

Loxer

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Solved!! Find playlist currently playing

PlanSpotify for StudentsCountryUSA DeviceMacBook Pro with Touchbar (late 2016/2017)Operating SystemmacOS High Sierra version 10.13.6 My Question or IssueI installed the last update and now I don't get the small album thumbnail of the song that is cur...

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Plan Spotify for Students Country USA   Device MacBook Pro with Touchbar (late 2016/2017) Operating System macOS High Sierra version 10.13.6   My Question or Issue I installed th...

Loxer

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Solved!! Spotify Crashs at Login

Hey there! For weeks, the desktop app on my mac crashes at login (Mac running 10.13.6). I have deleted the app numerous times, cleared the application support and cache folders and tried to update my Spotify version. Nothing. Every time I open the ap...

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  Hey there! For weeks, the desktop app on my mac crashes at login (Mac running 10.13.6).    I have deleted the app numerous times, cleared the application support and cache folders...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Weird crossfade glitch on Mac even with crossfade turned off

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMacbook Pro 15" late 2016Operating SystemOSX 10.13.6 My Question or IssueTuesday I hit the 'Next Track' key on my Mac keyboard to skip a track, usually the track would skip straight away to the beginning of the next track.Bu...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Macbook Pro 15" late 2016 Operating System OSX 10.13.6   My Question or Issue Tuesday I hit the 'Next Track' key on my Mac keyboard to skip a track, usua...

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Solved!! [Desktop] Spotify takes forever to load

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceMacBook Pro 2012Operating SystemMac OS High Sierra, 10.13.6 My Question or IssueThe Desktop app always takes forever to load content. Has anyone else ever had this problem? I've noticed this for a while, but today seems to...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device MacBook Pro 2012 Operating System Mac OS High Sierra, 10.13.6    My Question or Issue The Desktop app always takes forever to load content. H...

Loxer

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Solved!! [DESKTOP][MUSIC] stops when plays some spots.. like OralB for eg.

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDevice(iMac late 2013)Operating System(Mac High Sierra 10.13.6) My Question or Issue My spotify app stops when playing some spots, like oralB, so I have to quit and restart app to replay music.could you fix that? thanks.

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  Plan Free Country  Italy Device (iMac late 2013) Operating System (Mac High Sierra 10.13.6)   My Question or Issue  My spotify app stops when playing some spots, like...

Loxer

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Solved!! [Mac] Next song not playing automatically

Steps to reproduce:- Open Spotify on Mac- Search for Imagine Dragons Believer or some other song- Play the first result- Wait for song to end or skip to near the endNotice: It just stops playing. A few days ago, it would automatically come up with a ...

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  Steps to reproduce: - Open Spotify on Mac - Search for Imagine Dragons Believer or some other song - Play the first result - Wait for song to end or skip to near the end Notice: It just ...

Loxer

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Log in Proxy problem

hey everyone. I'm really struggling with loggin in my account. It says that there is a firewall blocking spotif, and to change the proxy settings, and there's nothing i can do to log in.. I'm using a macbook idk can someone help!?!?

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hey everyone. I'm really struggling with loggin in my account. It says that there is a firewall blocking spotif, and to change the proxy settings, and there's nothing i can do to log in.. I'm using a...

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Solved!! Downloading the Mac App is not possible, due to server not responding

Hi guys, several times I tried to download the Mac App, unfortunately without any success. Although, it is possible to download the .dmg from the website, when I open it, it tells me that the download server is not respoing after trying a couple of s...

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  Hi guys,    several times I tried to download the Mac App, unfortunately without any success. Although, it is possible to download the .dmg from the website, when I open it, it te...

thrbn

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Solved!! song window on desktop app won’t appear

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacBook Pro 2015Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or Issue There used to be a box here when your music was playing. Why did it go away? When a song would be playing it would be there.

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Plan Free/Premium Country USA   Device MacBook Pro 2015 Operating System iOS 10    My Question or Issue  There used to be a box here when your music was playing. Why di...

Loxer

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Solved!! iMac Black Screen

PremiumBelgiumLate 2013 iMacOperating System High Sierrasystem is in Dutch. First, I'm aware of all the other topics but none helped so far.Spotify works fine on my Macbook, but after deleting and installing it for about 5 times now it still gives a ...

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Premium Belgium Late 2013 iMac Operating System High Sierra system is in Dutch.   First, I'm aware of all the other topics but none helped so far. Spotify works fine on my Macbook, but af...

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Solved!! Distorted sound when casting from mac

Macbook Pro late 2011, Sierra My Question or Issue Sound is distorted when casting from my mac. Volume can't be turned down in the app or web-browser without disconnecting chromecast first. When reconnecting volume goes back to full. This is an issue...

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Macbook Pro late 2011, Sierra   My Question or Issue   Sound is distorted when casting from my mac. Volume can't be turned down in the app or web-browser without disconnecting chro...

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