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I just purchased a m4 macbook running 26.2 Tahoe. I tried downloading spotify from Safari and Chrome. Every time I try to open the zip file it says Unable to expand "SpotifyInstaller.zip" into "Desktop". (Error 79 - Inappropriate file type or format....
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hi! this is the same question as this one but because it’s marked as solved and the solution doesn’t work for me, I’m posting it again. I’ve double checked:1) I have no “login items” for my user in the Users & Groups pref pane2) when I right click th...
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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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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...
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...
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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 and tried to update my Spotify version. Nothing. Every time I open the ap...
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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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...
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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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...
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...
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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.
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...
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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 endNotice: It just stops playing. A few days ago, it would automatically come up with a ...
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 ...
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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 macbook idk can someone help!?!?
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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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...
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...
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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.
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...
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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 ...
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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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...
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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Premium Device(iPhone 5)Operating System(iOS 10) My iPhone app has a Home menu button on the left side next to Browse, Search, Radio, Your library. This Home menu button is very handy but cannot find on my MacBook Pro Spotify app. It has all the butt...
Premium Device (iPhone 5) Operating System (iOS 10) My iPhone app has a Home menu button on the left side next to Browse, Search, Radio, Your library. This Home menu button...
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Does anyone know a way of sorting/ordering deleted tracks within a playlist? I can view them fine, but I have a playlist of 10,000 songs with 1 deleted song somewhere inside it! I'm just trying to find a way of viewing it quickly before I spend time ...
Does anyone know a way of sorting/ordering deleted tracks within a playlist? I can view them fine, but I have a playlist of 10,000 songs with 1 deleted song somewhere inside it! I'm just tryi...
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I never had a problem with dragging songs up and down the playlist to edit my tracklist. But for some reason, one of my newer playlists won't allow me to drag songs. I can do it on my iPhone Spotify app but it isn't working on my Macbook Pro. I was t...
I never had a problem with dragging songs up and down the playlist to edit my tracklist. But for some reason, one of my newer playlists won't allow me to drag songs. I can do it on my iPhone Spotify ...
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PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceMacOperating SystemMacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 My Question or IssueWhen I start playing a song using the Desktop App my antivirus software warns me that my microphone is being used by the app. How can I prevent the app fr...
Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Mac Operating System MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 My Question or Issue When I start playing a song using the Desktop App my antivirus software warns ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceiMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011)Operating SystemOS X El Capitan My Question or Issue I downloaded some mp3s onto my computer. I clicked the top-right arrow and went to settings. I clicked add a source, but all the mp3s...
Plan Premium Country United States Device iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) Operating System OS X El Capitan My Question or Issue I downloaded some mp3s onto my computer. ...
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Is it possible to arrangere the artists I have in my play lists alphabetically. Because of streaming music from Spotify pausing all the time, I have to play off line. The play list is getting extremely long, and it is difficult to find a particular a...
Is it possible to arrangere the artists I have in my play lists alphabetically. Because of streaming music from Spotify pausing all the time, I have to play off line. The play list is getting extreme...
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Hi,I can't view my songs it says go to browse. I deleted spotify and reinstalled twice but the same issue happened again. Can you help me please?can't view my songs?!PremiumTurkeyMacBook ProiOS 10
Hi, I can't view my songs it says go to browse. I deleted spotify and reinstalled twice but the same issue happened again. Can you help me please? can't view my songs?! Premium Turkey MacBook Pr...
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So, once day the Spotify web player couldn't play songs anymore. Everything works fine except for playing songs. Whenever I click the play button, nothing happens. I did some research in the Spotify community and found that the most common cause for ...
So, once day the Spotify web player couldn't play songs anymore. Everything works fine except for playing songs. Whenever I click the play button, nothing happens. I did some research...
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PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceMacbook 2012Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or Issue I cannot manually rearrange the order of my tracks in a playlist. I can drag it to a new location, but it will not stay there.
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Macbook 2012 Operating System iOS 10 My Question or Issue I cannot manually rearrange the order of my tracks in a playlist. I can drag ...
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