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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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Jemi

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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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Why the cache Spotify app on OSX takes up 10G of space?

Whenever I restart my computer the ~Library/Caches/com.spotify.client takes up a small amount of space. By the end of my working day the said folder takes up 10GB of space! Why is this happening? Some smart garbage collection for this cache would hel...

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Whenever I restart my computer the ~Library/Caches/com.spotify.client takes up a small amount of space. By the end of my working day the said folder takes up 10GB of space! Why is this happening...

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Solved!! Discover weekly disliked songs

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My Discover Weekly was created with a song I had previously disliked. I thought that was the whole point of the dislike button. What gives?

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Plan Premium Country USA   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  My Discover Weekly was created with a song I had previously disliked.  I thought that was t...

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Solved!! Spotify non si apre più.

Buongiorno! Spotify non si apre più, mostra solo lo schermo completamente nero. Ho utilizzato Onyx per pulire il Mac. HO disinstallato e reinstallato Spotify ma il problema non si risolve.

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   Buongiorno! Spotify non si apre più, mostra solo lo schermo completamente nero. Ho utilizzato Onyx per pulire il Mac. HO disinstallato e reinstallato Spotify ma il problema non si risol...

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Solved!! Friend Feed not updating correctly

Hey, I try to check what my friends hearing every single day. But i can't do it, because it's say "Hmm, friend feed failed to load", are there someone who also have this problem? Or some good guys there wanna help me. I have had this problem in 3 mon...

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Hey, I try to check what my friends hearing every single day. But i can't do it, because it's say "Hmm, friend feed failed to load", are there someone who also have this problem? Or some good guys th...

Loxer

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution "Your Top Songs 2017" still being updated daily

This might be a bit silly but I was wondering why my Top 2017 playlist keeps being updated. The 2016's was last updated when it was created - which makes sense -whereas my 2017's looks very different now considering that I've listened to different th...

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This might be a bit silly but I was wondering why my Top 2017 playlist keeps being updated. The 2016's was last updated when it was created - which makes sense -whereas my 2017's looks very different...

Chris

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Solved!! Can't find Follow Button

PlanFree DeviceMacBook Air Mid 2012Operating SystemmacOS High Sierra Ver 10.13.5 My Question or Issue I am terribly sorry and I pray that I'm not wasting time.. but is it just me, or I can't find the follow button anywhere? I just opened spotify one ...

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Plan Free   Device MacBook Air Mid 2012 Operating System macOS High Sierra Ver 10.13.5   My Question or Issue  I am terribly sorry and I pray that I'm not wasting time.. but i...

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Loxer

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Solved!! The log at SONGS in YOUR LIBRARY is not showing up anything.

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceMacBook Pro Late 2011Operating SystemMacOs High Sierra Version 10.13.15 My Question or IssueSpotify is working fine. Except on my MacBook when I want to play songs from SONGS in YOUR LIBRARY. A message appears that states...

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Plan Premium Country Italy Device MacBook Pro Late 2011 Operating System MacOs High Sierra Version 10.13.15   My Question or Issue Spotify is working fine. Except on my MacBook when I ...

FernandoPR

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Spotify Search Broke

after the update that came out today, the search bar seems to be completely broke. Typing literally any combination of letters and actual song names just causes it too say it can't find the song and to try again. I've already tried restarting the app...

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after the update that came out today, the search bar seems to be completely broke. Typing literally any combination of letters and actual song names just causes it too say it can't find the song and ...

cosmowolfyt

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Solved!! Does flicking download switch off uninstall music?

Not sure if dong this in the right place but oh well. I want to download a lafrge playlist on my computer as i am going on holiday and may not have wifi. My question is if i flick the download switch off does that delete the downloaded music from my ...

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Not sure if dong this in the right place but oh well. I want to download a lafrge playlist on my computer as i am going on holiday and may not have wifi. My question is if i flick the download switch...

Loxer

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Solved!! Unable to Remove a song from Song Library

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysia DeviceMacbook Pro 2017Operating SystemmacOS High Sierra My Question or Issue I am not able to remove a song from my song library. That particular song initial added to my library from my local files, but now I decided to re...

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Plan Premium Country Malaysia   Device Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System macOS High Sierra   My Question or Issue  I am not able to remove a song from my song library. That ...

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Spotify will not re-install on Mac OS X 10.11.6

Plan Premium USADevice iMac, late 2015 modelOperating System Mac OS X 10.11.6 Yosemite I've had to re-install Spotify from time to time, and previously have been able to use the following instructions as provided by Spotify: Click Spotify in the menu...

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  Plan      Premium      USA Device      iMac, late 2015 model Operating System      Mac OS X 10.11.6  Yosemite   I...

Loxer

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Solved!! Having trouble with search on MacBook Pro Spotify app

PlanPremiumCountry USA DeviceMacbook Pro late 2016Operating SystemmacOS Sierra Version 10.12.6Spotify Verion1.0.85.257.g0f8531bd My Question or Issuesearch does not appear to be working for many scenarios. examples:1) title:billie which should produc...

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Plan Premium Country  USA   Device Macbook Pro late 2016 Operating System macOS Sierra Version 10.12.6 Spotify Verion 1.0.85.257.g0f8531bd   My Question or Issue search doe...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How does one move local files to a new location?

How can I move the folder containing my local files to a new location, while maintaing my local tracks in my playlists? My attempt so far: 1. Move the folder to a new location 2. Remove the old local files source in Preferences 3. Add the new local f...

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How can I move the folder containing my local files to a new location, while maintaing my local tracks in my playlists?   My attempt so far: 1. Move the folder to a new location 2.&...

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Solved!! album image in now playing bar disappeared?

I accidently clicked something in the bottom left hand corner of the screen, and now the album image in the now playing bar is gone. It only displays the song title and the artist. How do I get the album image back?

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I accidently clicked something in the bottom left hand corner of the screen, and now the album image in the now playing bar is gone. It only displays the song title and the artist. How do I get ...

Loxer

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Solved!! [Mac] App Crashing

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Device(Macbook Pro 2018)Operating System(macOS High Sierra ver. 10.13.5) The app itself opens just fine. The issue is that when I click to play a song the app crashes without any hesitation. It does not matter how many times I u...

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Plan Premium Country USA  Device (Macbook Pro 2018) Operating System (macOS High Sierra ver. 10.13.5)   The app itself opens just fine. The issue is that when I click to play ...

Loxer

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Solved!! Spotify crashes when I click on a playlist

Hello, I am a Spotify user on Macbook and am having problems with the app. Frequently, when I click on anything from playlists to songs listed under an artist's name, Spotify crashes on me and I have to load it up again. Uninstalling and reinstalling...

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  Hello, I am a Spotify user on Macbook and am having problems with the app. Frequently, when I click on anything from playlists to songs listed under an artist's name, Spotify crashes on me an...

Loxer

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Solved!! [Mac] UI bug

Plan: PremiumCountry: PortugalDevice: Macbook Pro early 2017Operating System: MacOS High Sierra My Question or IssueHello everyone, I'm not entirely sure this is a bug or a feature of the new version of Spotify, but I want to report this as I find it...

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Plan: Premium Country: Portugal Device: Macbook Pro early 2017 Operating System: MacOS High Sierra   My Question or Issue Hello everyone,   I'm not entirely...

Loxer

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Solved!! Can't see number of plays by hovering mouse over ratings bar

Macbook Air late 2016Version 10.10.5 Hi! I am a little confused because I just updated to the most recent version of Spotify on my MacBook Air, but for whatever reason I can't hover over the plays bar next to a song and see the number of plays anymor...

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  Macbook Air late 2016 Version 10.10.5   Hi! I am a little confused because I just updated to the most recent version of Spotify on my MacBook Air, but for whatever reason I can't hove...

Loxer

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