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Discuss Spotify for Mac
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...
Spotify Legend
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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...
Newbie
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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...
Visitor
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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.
Visitor
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Updated Spotify today, and it seems they've done away with the album artwork of the currently playing song in the bottom left corner...I see a couple other people have posted about that. Personally, I'll miss having that there, but what actually both...
Updated Spotify today, and it seems they've done away with the album artwork of the currently playing song in the bottom left corner...I see a couple other people have posted about that. Personally, ...
Newbie
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PlanFree/Premium familyCountry UK Deviceiphone 7Operating SystemMac high sierra My Question or Issuei am new to spotify. I apologise if this has been posted, but i cannot find a similar post elsewhere. I have several albums on itunes that are not on ...
Plan Free/Premium family Country UK Device iphone 7 Operating System Mac high sierra My Question or Issue i am new to spotify. I apologise if this has been posted, but i canno...
Regular
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There are all these RANDOM songs in my library that I can't get rid of!Help.
There are all these RANDOM songs in my library that I can't get rid of! Help.
Not applicable
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I'm having trouble with my discover weekly playlist, it's stopped updating every week and I don't know how to fix it. It's been a month now with the same songs and won't update. Please help!
I'm having trouble with my discover weekly playlist, it's stopped updating every week and I don't know how to fix it. It's been a month now with the same songs and won't update. Please help!
Roadie
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165 replies
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Premium Plan in USA On Macbook Air & iPod TouchI'm new to Spotify and wondering if I can edit a playlist on the mac without affecting what's playing on the other attached device (iPod Touch). Is there any way to do this? Thanks for any pointers.
Premium Plan in USA On Macbook Air & iPod Touch I'm new to Spotify and wondering if I can edit a playlist on the mac without affecting what's playing on the other a...
Community Legend
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What is the proper way to control the volume of the music without reducing the quality? Which method does spotify use to control the volume via. built in software control? It is my understanding that in order to keep the music in its original state o...
What is the proper way to control the volume of the music without reducing the quality? Which method does spotify use to control the volume via. built in software control? ...
Roadie
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9 replies
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Every once in a while, I'll get to a song where spotify will skip the first 1 or 2 seconds of a song. I can move the seeker all the way to the front, it says it starting at the beginning, but spotify will still skip the first few seconds of the song....
Every once in a while, I'll get to a song where spotify will skip the first 1 or 2 seconds of a song. I can move the seeker all the way to the front, it says it starting at the beginning, but spotify...
Newbie
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106 replies
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It's not a problem with the down button on my keyboard, as all other apps and websites are working. However, I can't scroll down when on the app to see the rest of a playlist, see other albums on an artist's page, etc. It's very annoying, I've restar...
It's not a problem with the down button on my keyboard, as all other apps and websites are working. However, I can't scroll down when on the app to see the rest of a playlist, see other albums on an ...
Newbie
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14 replies
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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?
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?
Roadie
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Hi, I selected "Don't open automatically" on the setting. However, whenever I start up the desktop, the Spotify app still open automatically, how can I stop it????? In addition, I already restart Spotify manytimes for upgraded version, the message st...
Hi, I selected "Don't open automatically" on the setting. However, whenever I start up the desktop, the Spotify app still open automatically, how can I stop it????? In addition, I alr...
Newbie
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I accidentally zoomed out somehow, and if I zoom in with my trackpad it doesn't resize the window it just zooms in and cuts of parts of the screen. Command +/- doesn't work either. If anybody has any ideas on how to fix this and return to default vie...
I accidentally zoomed out somehow, and if I zoom in with my trackpad it doesn't resize the window it just zooms in and cuts of parts of the screen. Command +/- doesn't work either. If anybody has any...
Casual Listener
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Has anyone completely ditched iTunes for Spotify? I have used iTunes for years, but the bugginess of the app is really tiresome. Has anyone found Spotify to be a full-fledged alternative to iTunes, and found they can have all the same options with Sp...
Has anyone completely ditched iTunes for Spotify? I have used iTunes for years, but the bugginess of the app is really tiresome. Has anyone found Spotify to be a full-fledged alternative to iTunes, a...
Community Legend
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This is more just a plea to the people at spotify: Why have you put a limit on how many songs we can have in our own music? It just makes no sense!! I've filled up my 10,000 song limit allowance already and now want to save more music but can't. The ...
This is more just a plea to the people at spotify: Why have you put a limit on how many songs we can have in our own music? It just makes no sense!! I've filled up my 10,000 song limit all...
Newbie
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254 replies
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I use Chrome with hardware acceleration turned off.It is because when I activate acceleration, it slows down seriously.I know that the Spotify app is made with Chromium.So I have to turn off hardware acceleration.Tell me how to do it.
I use Chrome with hardware acceleration turned off. It is because when I activate acceleration, it slows down seriously. I know that the Spotify app is made with Chromium. So I have to turn off ha...
Roadie
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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 should really not be happening as Spotify doesn't do a...
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...
Roadie
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Why is most of their back catalouge unavailable
Why is most of their back catalouge unavailable
Casual Listener
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Hello Spotify lovers! Have you ever shown a friend how to sync a playlist? Ever explained how Spotify works to a group of people? At Spotify, we know users helping users is something special. That’s why we’ve created the Spotify Rock Star Program to ...
Hello Spotify lovers! Have you ever shown a friend how to sync a playlist? Ever explained how Spotify works to a group of people? At Spotify, we k...
Regular
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I spent a few months creating an enormous playlist, getting it in a very specific order... then I accidentally hit 'title', the playlist was reordered into an alphabetical order and I cannot figure out how to get back to my created order. Help! Anyon...
I spent a few months creating an enormous playlist, getting it in a very specific order... then I accidentally hit 'title', the playlist was reordered into an alphabetical order and I cannot figure o...
Casual Listener
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Brief description of the issue: EVERY Song gives the errormessage: "Dieser Song ist nicht verfügbar! Wenn sich die Datei auf Deinem Computer befindet, kannst Du sie importieren!" - see screenshotSteps to reproduce the issue: Start Spotify Click on an...
Brief description of the issue: EVERY Song gives the errormessage: "Dieser Song ist nicht verfügbar! Wenn sich die Datei auf Deinem Computer befindet, kannst Du sie importieren!" - see screenshot ...
Newbie
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