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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!! Upstream request timeout?

The web player link brings me to a white page that says upstream request timeout. The website said it was fixed in October but it is a new issue for me.

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Ivelina

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Contact an artist

How do i contact an artist? The song 'You and I' by Mayday is not on iTunes or anywhere I can find apart form on spotify... I want to use this track from something so want to buy the track / contact the owner.... PLEASE!!!????

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How do i contact an artist?    The song 'You and I' by Mayday is not on iTunes or anywhere I can find apart form on spotify...   I want to use this track from something so want to ...

Bethany_Dawn

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Solved!! Play/Pause button MacBook Pro version 10.13.1

My play/pause button on macbook pro doesn't work anymore with spotify. I am running version 10.13.1 and I use firefox as my internet search browser if that has anything to do with it. What should I do? Please help because I love this feature.

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My play/pause button on macbook pro doesn't work anymore with spotify.  I am running version 10.13.1 and I use firefox as my internet search browser if that has anything to do with it.  Wha...

Nicholas_H

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Solved!! Lyrics

Are lyrics only available using mobile devices, or can I see lyrics on my Mac?

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Are lyrics only available using mobile devices, or can I see lyrics on my Mac?

Nico

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Solved!! "Recently Played Artists" not updating after hack.

RPA will not update for me. I was hacked and they played a ton of weird polish music with generic album covers. I resolved the hacking issue and secured my account yesterday. However, the constant reminder of the hack is still there, in my recently p...

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RPA will not update for me. I was hacked and they played a ton of weird polish music with generic album covers. I resolved the hacking issue and secured my account yesterday. However, the consta...

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Solved!! 'Overnight' by Logic Unavailable to Play

I just thought it was strange that ONLY one song from Logic's Album, 'Bobby Tarantino 2' won't play. The song is called 'Overnight' and it's my favorite one. For some reason it's showing as unavailable. I tried removing and reinstalling Spotify, but ...

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I just thought it was strange that ONLY one song from Logic's Album, 'Bobby Tarantino 2' won't play. The song is called 'Overnight' and it's my favorite one. For some reason it's showing as unavailab...

thisisecholalia

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Solved!! automatic start of spotify

Hello, When i start my computer Macbookpro, it automatically starts Spotify and i don't want it. (I desabled automatic start of stpotify on my users settings in the mac) Any ideas to stop that?Thanks.

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Hello,   When i start my computer Macbookpro, it automatically starts Spotify and i don't want it.   (I desabled automatic start of stpotify on my users settings in the mac)   An...

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Download entire listening history

I want to see if i can download my entire histroical listening history in a csv file to analyse and see patterns. Completely personal use and it is my own data. Is this possible?

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I want to see if i can download my entire histroical listening history in a csv file to analyse and see patterns. Completely personal use and it is my own data. Is this possible?

hans-jürgen

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Issue with Spotify Connect between Mac and Chromecast

Hi, I saw a couple of questions about the same issue I will describe here in the forum but I could not find a single good answer so let me try to give a few test cases to put a light on the problem: Scenario:I open my Spotify app on my iPhone and cas...

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Hi,   I saw a couple of questions about the same issue I will describe here in the forum but I could not find a single good answer so let me try to give a few test cases to put a light on the ...

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Solved!! Script to change settings

Hi there! I am using Spotify desktop on my MBP. At the office, we use a proxy and I have configured spotify to go through the proxy. At home, I don't use anything. This means that every day, I have to go back to my settings, disable / enable the prox...

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Hi there!   I am using Spotify desktop on my MBP.   At the office, we use a proxy and I have configured spotify to go through the proxy. At home, I don't use anything.    Th...

jlengrand

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution sound hiss

Hi, Today my spotify seems to play louder than the others days. I'm a computing science engineer so not a noob in computing...I'm on maxed out macbook pro 2016 on High Sierra 10.13.4. Tried to reinstalled spotify from scratch and download latest vers...

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Hi,   Today my spotify seems to play louder than the others days.   I'm a computing science engineer so not a noob in computing...I'm on maxed out macbook pro 2016 on High Sierra 10.13....

Kiril

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Solved!! Is there a way to make the 'Your Top Songs 2017' playlist public?

A bit late (and hopefully I used the right location for this), but I'm trying to make the Your Top Songs 2017 playlist public and I'm not given the option to do so. Is it possible to make the playlist public? Thanks!

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A bit late (and hopefully I used the right location for this), but I'm trying to make the Your Top Songs 2017 playlist public and I'm not given the option to do so. Is it possible to m...

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Solved!! Spotify hacker?

Hi, Today I logged in to spotify on my mac and I have 10 new playlists that I follow in my playlist section. The problem is that I didn't follow theese playlists at all. And they are all created by the same user named "thedailyloud".The name of the p...

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Hi,   Today I logged in to spotify on my mac and I have 10 new playlists that I follow in my playlist section. The problem is that I didn't follow theese playlists at all. And they are all cre...

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How do I share a song through WhatsApp when using my computer, not my cellphone

Sharing a song through WhatsApp is an option on the Andriod Spotify platform, but not when using Spotify on my Mac desktop computer... so, is there a way I can add WhatsApp on the Mac desktop platform?

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Sharing a song through WhatsApp is an option on the Andriod Spotify platform, but not when using Spotify on my Mac desktop computer... so, is there a way I can add WhatsApp on the Mac desktop platfor...

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Solved!! This Song is Not Available on Mac. Version 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc

Spotify on my Mac won't play a TON of songs anymore. I get the message "This song is not available. . . ." I CAN play the same songs on my phone to my heart's content. What gives? How do I fix this?

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Spotify on my Mac won't play a TON of songs anymore. I get the message "This song is not available. . . ." I CAN play the same songs on my phone to my heart's content. What gives? How do I fix this? ...

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Solved!! Cannot disable video reproduction

Hey!Will love to have a button to "Disable Video".I'm using Spotify to hear music in the background. I usually didn't see the video playback, until I hear is some kind of interview... then jump to next song. Will love to have an option to "disable vi...

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Hey! Will love to have a button to "Disable Video". I'm using Spotify to hear music in the background. I usually didn't see the video playback, until I hear is some kind of interview... then jump t...

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Solved!! Spotify Using Discrete GPU

Hi I'm on a 2017 Macbook Pro 15in with the Radeon 560; running MacOS 10.13.3 and the latest version of Spotify avaible today. According to Activity Monitor Spotify is using the discrete GPU. This should really not be happening as Spotify doesn't do a...

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Hi I'm on a 2017 Macbook Pro 15in with the Radeon 560; running MacOS 10.13.3 and the latest version of Spotify avaible today. According to Activity Monitor Spotify is using the discrete GPU. This sho...

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Solved!! View ALL MUSIC, sorted by album, in a single list

I am new to spotify (listening mostly on Mac desktop) and was hoping someone could help with a feature I'm missing. I like to listen to music by albums. In the past I have sometimes bought single songs, but I tend to organise them into short (10-20 s...

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I am new to spotify (listening mostly on Mac desktop) and was hoping someone could help with a feature I'm missing.  I like to listen to music by albums.  In the past I have sometimes ...

dannyhmg

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Mac] Where is the lyrics?

Well, Spotify has just been released in Vietnam and it's the hype here. Yesterday, I could still use the lyrics feature, and this morning, my friend can still use it on his Windows laptop. However, I cannot find that feature on my Spotify anymore. I ...

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Well, Spotify has just been released in Vietnam and it's the hype here. Yesterday, I could still use the lyrics feature, and this morning, my friend can still use it on his Windows laptop. However, I...

Katerina

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Solved!! Search bar not working

I'm using Spotify on a MacBook Pro, when I type something in the search bar I don't get to see results and I can't search anything. I have the latest version of Spotify. I already restarted the program and my computer. No problems with the mobile app...

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I'm using Spotify on a MacBook Pro, when I type something in the search bar I don't get to see results and I can't search anything.   I have the latest version of Spotify. I already restarted ...

Nomivg

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Solved!! Unable to scrub through a track using touch bar (macOS High Sierra)

I'm using a MacBook Pro (2016 with touch-bar) running macOS High Sierra (10.13.3). With spotify running in the background, I'm able to see an icon for opening Spotify options (screenshot 1) - but it vanishes sometimes and I have no idea on how to get...

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I'm using a MacBook Pro (2016 with touch-bar) running macOS High Sierra (10.13.3). With spotify running in the background, I'm able to see an icon for opening Spotify options (screenshot 1) - but it ...

gmarwaha

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