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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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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!! Spotify doesn't show the icons of playlists and artists

PlanPremiumCountry The NetherlandsDeviceMacbookOperating SystemiOS Mojave My Question or IssueI have this problem for a few months now. There are no images appear when I want to browser or search for related artists. It's getting annoying becuase non...

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  Plan Premium Country  The Netherlands Device Macbook Operating System iOS Mojave   My Question or Issue I have this problem for a few months now. There are no images appea...

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Solved!! App shows blank screens, stops playing, has to be force quit

PlanFreeCountryGermany DeviceMac Mini (Late 2012)Operating SystemmacOS 10.14.1 My Question or Issue Spotify shows blank screens/infinite loaders after 2-3 navigations. The app then also stops playing any music or ad (if it has to do a network request...

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Plan Free Country Germany   Device Mac Mini (Late 2012) Operating System macOS 10.14.1   My Question or Issue  Spotify shows blank screens/infinite loaders after 2-3 navigat...

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"This site can’t provide a secure connection"

Hey guys, So Ive been tryingt to access the spotify homepage from the Chrome server, and no matter what way I try to access it, it keeps popping up with message:Any help with how to get rid of this would be greatly appreciated; I have already tried t...

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Hey guys,   So Ive been tryingt to access the spotify homepage from the Chrome server, and no matter what way I try to access it, it keeps popping up with message: Any help with how to ge...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 'Podcasts' tab keeps disappearing off Mac Desktop app

I haven't been having a good time - recently I went to go to my 'Podcasts' tab on the which is usually on the left-hand side under 'Your Library' but it had disappeared. I uninstalled Spotify, reinstalled it then loaded the program - it was magically...

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I haven't been having a good time - recently I went to go to my 'Podcasts' tab on the which is usually on the left-hand side under 'Your Library' but it had disappeared.   I uninstalled S...

Peter

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Solved!! Are these Spotify cache files?

Premium user here on a Macbook Air. Is anyone getting folders created in their music directory, that have two-character names? For several months now, I keep finding these random folders, and I keep deleting them. Are these created by spotify? How do...

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Premium user here on a Macbook Air.   Is anyone getting folders created in their music directory, that have two-character names? For several months now, I keep finding these random folders, an...

Keanu_C

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Solved!! Is the "downloaded" song deleted from my hard disk if I "remove" it from my library?

PlanPremium CountryCanada DeviceMacbook Pro, running Spotif app Operating SystemMac OS X My Question or IssueMy library has a few songs. The library is downloaded, no other song or playlist is downloaded. If I remove a song from my library, is the do...

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Plan Premium   Country Canada    Device Macbook Pro, running Spotif app   Operating System Mac OS X   My Question or Issue My library has a few songs. The librar...

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Solved!! Error when trying to submit my podcast to Spotify ( "missing description" )

Hello, I recently created a podcast and created an RSS feed using feedburner.com and using Internet Archive as my host (because it's free!). I then successfully submitted my feed to itunes and then wanted to submit it to Spotify. On the Spotify podca...

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Hello,   I recently created a podcast and created an RSS feed using feedburner.com and using Internet Archive as my host (because it's free!). I then successfully submitted my feed to itunes a...

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Solved!! Friend Feed hasn't shown in months

PlanPremiumCountry IrelandDeviceMacbook Pro (Early 2015)Operating SystemMojave. Had the problem with High Sierra also. My Question or Issue The friend feed hasn't shown in months. It's not that it isn't updating, it isn't there at all. I've tried rei...

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Plan Premium Country  Ireland Device Macbook Pro (Early 2015) Operating System Mojave. Had the problem with High Sierra also.   My Question or Issue   The friend feed hasn't...

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Solved!! Friend Feed not updating

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceMacBook Pro 2018Operating SystemMacOS 10.14.1 My Question or Issue The friends' tab doesn't refresh unless I close Spotify and reopen it.

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Plan Free Country  USA Device MacBook Pro 2018 Operating System MacOS 10.14.1   My Question or Issue  The friends' tab doesn't refresh unless I close Spotify and reopen ...

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tag:new no longer as a valid search query?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook Pro 2017 or 2018Operating SystemMacOS High Sierra10.13.5 My Question or IssueI'm no longer able to utilize the query of "tag:new" to get all of the new releases.

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Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Pro 2017 or 2018 Operating System MacOS High Sierra10.13.5   My Question or Issue I'm no longer able to utilize the query of "tag:new" to get al...

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Solved!! Airplay on the Mac desktop app

PlanPremiumCountry BelgiumDeviceiMacOperating SystemMacOS 10.14.1 (18B75) My Question or Issue I would like to hav an airplay icon in the spotify-app itself.I know I can use airplay like this.But then are all the sounds of my mac send to my airplay s...

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Plan Premium Country  Belgium Device iMac Operating System MacOS 10.14.1 (18B75)   My Question or Issue  I would like to hav an airplay icon in the spotify-app itself. ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Daily Mix scrambled at each "love" or "dislike"

Hi all, Since a few days ago, any "Daily Mix" (I have 6 of them now) changes entirely (even the list of songs previously played, which is entirely odd and plainly wrong) at each "love" and "dislike". What is worse is that the underlying queue seems u...

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Hi all,   Since a few days ago, any "Daily Mix" (I have 6 of them now) changes entirely (even the list of songs previously played, which is entirely odd and plainly wrong) at each "love" and "...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Stations Disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceiPhone X and iMac Operating SystemmacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 My Question or IssueToday, I noticed that none of my stations are being displayed either on my desktop, iPhone X, and web player. On the desktop and iPh...

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Plan Premium Country United States  Device iPhone X and iMac  Operating System macOS High Sierra 10.13.6   My Question or Issue Today,  I noticed that none of my station...

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Solved!! Songs Won't Play

Spotify FreeAustralia (iOS 10.13.6, Mac Air) My Question or Issue I can only play songs that are already on my playlists. Any songs which are not previously in my playlists can't be played (eg. reccomended songs, spotify curated playlists, new artist...

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  Spotify Free Australia   (iOS 10.13.6, Mac Air)   My Question or Issue   I can only play songs that are already on my playlists. Any songs which are not previously in my...

Loxer

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Solved!! BUG: Spotify app does not properly install itself in "Login items"

After reinstalling Spotify, I found that it autostarted when logging in to the mac... but the application wasn't listed in Login items. I had to go somewhere in advanced settings to disable the autostart of spotify. Spotify should just System Prefere...

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  After reinstalling Spotify, I found that it autostarted when logging in to the mac... but the application wasn't listed in Login items.   I had to go somewhere in advanced setting...

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Solved!! Changing Google Drive Folder

Plan - PremiumFree/PremiumCountry - USA Device(MacBook Air)Operating System(iOS 10) My Question or Issue Hello Spotify Community, I have connected my Spotify account to my google drive. And now I want to change it to another folder but the problem is...

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    Plan - Premium Free/Premium Country - USA   Device (MacBook Air) Operating System (iOS 10)   My Question or Issue   Hello Spotify Community,   I have ...

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Solved!! Can't Install Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryFrance (previously the USA) DeviceMac book pro late 2011Operating System(iOS 10.11.6) I addressed the issue somewhere else but I received no help really. I am trying to install the latest version of spotify but I keep getting the sa...

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  Plan Premium Country France (previously the USA)   Device Mac book pro late 2011 Operating System (iOS 10.11.6)  I addressed the issue somewhere else but I received no help...

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Solved!! Song shuffle no longer working

Premium, Family, UK, iPhone, Mac. The main way I like to listen to my music is to shuffle play across all the songs in my library. Just as iTunes, Apple Music etc has always let you do.This used to work fine in Spotify. It no longer works. If you sel...

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Premium, Family, UK, iPhone, Mac.   The main way I like to listen to my music is to shuffle play across all the songs in my library. Just as iTunes, Apple Music etc has always let you do. Thi...

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Solved!! ERROR 17 then ERROR 4

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceMacbook Pro late 2010Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or Issue Hello, A few days ago, I went into my spotify and it came up with an error randomly of ERROR 17, saying to change my proxy settings or firewall settings. I...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Macbook Pro late 2010 Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue  Hello,   A few days ago, I went into my spotify and it came up...

Loxer

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