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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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Alcyon

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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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jruby

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Can't Scroll Down in the Spotify App?

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...

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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 ...

4glyat_ac-ceq

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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!! How to stop the app Automatically Open on Mac desktop

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...

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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 alr...

Telms

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Stuck Zoomed Out- Spotify Application on Mac

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...

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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...

gmitrus

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Solved!! Can I ditch iTunes and just use Spotify?

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...

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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, a...

Bethany_Dawn

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10,000 song limit

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 ...

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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 all...

mogulvogel

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Solved!! help ?

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Bethany_Dawn

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Solved!! I want to turn off hardware acceleration.

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.

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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 ha...

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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!! The Dead South

Why is most of their back catalouge unavailable

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Why is most of their back catalouge unavailable

alfiebass

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Solved!! Spotify Community Rock Star Program

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 ...

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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 k...

jjackie

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Solved!! Playlist went out of order

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...

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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 o...

provostom

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Solved!! Dieser Song ist nicht verfügbar! Wenn sich die Datei auf Deinem Computer befindet, kannst Du sie im

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...

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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 screenshot ...

annathe

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Solved!! [MAC] Spotify not controllable with Apple Remote

Hey, I'm using a MacBook Pro with infrared Apple Remote Control. I discovered, that the Spotify app does not react to this remote! Next/Previous and Play/Pause-button aren't working with Spotify, that's a huge disadvantage! I would request to build i...

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Hey, I'm using a MacBook Pro with infrared Apple Remote Control. I discovered, that the Spotify app does not react to this remote! Next/Previous and Play/Pause-button aren't working with Spotif...

gilesnp

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Solved!! Can't download a playlist to another computer

Hello I use Spotify prenium on three of my devices, a windows pc, a mac and my iphone. I added local files to a playlist. on my iphone I was able to download the playlist in question but on my mac it does not matter, it's still waiting. I tried to re...

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Hello I use Spotify prenium on three of my devices, a windows pc, a mac and my iphone. I added local files to a playlist. on my iphone I was able to download the playlist in question but on my mac it...

MattSuda

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Solved!! Discover weekly songs in different languages

Hello.I personally am a great supporter of spotify. My discover weekly playlists are always great, but recently, diffrent language songs that I neither know nor speak is popping up in my discover weekly section. Can someone help me?By the way, here i...

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Hello. I personally am a great supporter of spotify. My discover weekly playlists are always great, but recently, diffrent language songs that I neither know nor speak is popping up in my discover w...

MortezaHosseini

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Add MP3's to Spotify / MP3 Folders to Playlists

Please read carefully I have a huge amount of MP3s from back in the days. I would like to add those to Spotify BUT not integrating the local files into spotify as a link. So I am not looking for spotify to play my local files. I want spotify to recog...

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Please read carefully 😉   I have a huge amount of MP3s from back in the days. I would like to add those to Spotify BUT not integrating the local files into spotify as a link. So I am not look...

Nicholas_H

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Solved!! Scrolling

For some reason I can't scroll down on a page anymore. Any solutions?

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For some reason I can't scroll down on a page anymore. Any solutions?

Nicholas_H

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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!! If I delete songs on my computer (MacBook Air), will they stay on the Local Files tab in Spotify?

I don't have a lot of storage on my computer (120 gigs) and my music takes up a big portion of it, I want to delete them to make more storage but still want to be able to find them easily.

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I don't have a lot of storage on my computer (120 gigs) and my music takes up a big portion of it, I want to delete them to make more storage but still want to be able to find them easily.

Nicholas_H

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