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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...
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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.
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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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I have a minor problem to report, and it doesn't happen every time I use the app, but still on a regular basis. The problem is this: Sometimes when I resize the Spotify desktop app for Mac, only some black space is "added" to the Spotify interface. (...
I have a minor problem to report, and it doesn't happen every time I use the app, but still on a regular basis. The problem is this: Sometimes when I resize the Spotify desktop app for Mac, ...
Spotify Star
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I have been having an issue with all of my playlists where each song will start at least 15 seconds in after the previous song ends. Also, when I skip a song, it will still be playing along with the new song (with the new song starting 15 seconds in)...
I have been having an issue with all of my playlists where each song will start at least 15 seconds in after the previous song ends. Also, when I skip a song, it will still be playing along with the ...
Casual Listener
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Hi, If i'm in the Explore tab(Utforska in Swedish) the CPU usage get very high! Seems to have to do with the Music bar(see picture). As soon as i hide it the CPU drops. Best regards Johnny
Hi, If i'm in the Explore tab(Utforska in Swedish) the CPU usage get very high! Seems to have to do with the Music bar(see picture). As soon as i hide it the CPU drops. Best regards Johnny
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Hi, I have just downloaded the Premium app and have dragged the file into my Applications folder. When I click on the app, a message keeps repeatedly popping up that I haven't dragged into my Application folder but I have? What do I do? Cheers Donna
Hi, I have just downloaded the Premium app and have dragged the file into my Applications folder. When I click on the app, a message keeps repeatedly popping up that I haven't dragged into my Ap...
Casual Listener
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Hey there Spotify Community! Recently I haven't been able to skip songs with my laptop's fast foward/rewind buttons, nor pause either. Anyone else having this problem?
Hey there Spotify Community! Recently I haven't been able to skip songs with my laptop's fast foward/rewind buttons, nor pause either. Anyone else having this problem?
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Hi, Previously I had Spotify installed and working fine on my iMac running 10.13.1 high sierra.I've had to reinstall 10.13.1 for other reasons but now I'm unable to get Spotify to reinstall. It's definitely not installed on the hard drive as I have s...
Hi, Previously I had Spotify installed and working fine on my iMac running 10.13.1 high sierra. I've had to reinstall 10.13.1 for other reasons but now I'm unable to get Spotify to reinstal...
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Any click in the Spotify app with Magic Mouse usually does not trigger at first time or second or third sometimes, it is always changing, it is absolutely random. The buttons look like that I'm clicked them, but nothing happens. However if I'm using ...
Any click in the Spotify app with Magic Mouse usually does not trigger at first time or second or third sometimes, it is always changing, it is absolutely random. The buttons look like that I'm click...
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After I press Volume Up or Volume Down Multimedia UI don't show.I tried to change in Advanced options to switched off and on and it didn't worked.Before newest update all was good.
After I press Volume Up or Volume Down Multimedia UI don't show. I tried to change in Advanced options to switched off and on and it didn't worked. Before newest update all was good.
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Hey there, I dont know if I'm the only one experiencing this but...I'm running the app on my macbook and I haven't recieved notifications in a long time now, and have no button for them anymore?! I only get an occasional email about new music, but no...
Hey there, I dont know if I'm the only one experiencing this but... I'm running the app on my macbook and I haven't recieved notifications in a long time now, and have no button for them anymore?! I...
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I couldn't find a real solution for this problem, but my apologies if this has already been posted or asked before. Ever since I installed Mac OS High Sierra spotify has been automatically starting upon booting up the computer. After having turned of...
I couldn't find a real solution for this problem, but my apologies if this has already been posted or asked before. Ever since I installed Mac OS High Sierra spotify has been automatically s...
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How can I remove the facebook side friends thing from spotify. I don't have facebook and it just takes up unnessassary room. u feel me?
How can I remove the facebook side friends thing from spotify. I don't have facebook and it just takes up unnessassary room. u feel me?
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Trying to geat My lists of musik orderd. Help! I’m on a Mac computer.
Trying to geat My lists of musik orderd. Help! I’m on a Mac computer.
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Why cant I access my daily mix on an iMac? I see it on my iPhone and it shows up on my work PC computer but not my iMac........
Why cant I access my daily mix on an iMac? I see it on my iPhone and it shows up on my work PC computer but not my iMac........
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Today I found an 8 GB cache folder (in /Library/Caches/com.spotify.client/Data) and deleted it. It seems that every time I listen to a song, it gets cached. I looked it up and found that setting the storage.size field in /Application Support/Spotify/...
Today I found an 8 GB cache folder (in /Library/Caches/com.spotify.client/Data) and deleted it. It seems that every time I listen to a song, it gets cached. I looked it up and found that setting the ...
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I've tried everything, but my friends can't see me listening to music on spotify and the connecting to last.fm is not working. No private session activated and my settings allow others to see my activity. Restarting won't work, even tried reinstallin...
I've tried everything, but my friends can't see me listening to music on spotify and the connecting to last.fm is not working. No private session activated and my settings allow others to see my acti...
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I just moved my entire collection from Groove to Spotify, on my PC and my Windows phone. My issue on both is how to easily get to the music I want to play. For instance, if I'm viewing by artist, I have over 600 to choose from. The only way I've foun...
I just moved my entire collection from Groove to Spotify, on my PC and my Windows phone. My issue on both is how to easily get to the music I want to play. For instance, if I'm viewi...
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I can't play any Metallica song. Spotify says "this song is not available". I tried everything and I also tried reinstalling Spotify. Just Metallica songs won't play in any way. What's the matter?
I can't play any Metallica song. Spotify says "this song is not available". I tried everything and I also tried reinstalling Spotify. Just Metallica songs won't play ...
Casual Listener
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Hello to all,I'm running Spotify on OS X El Capitan (10.11.6). I'd like to know how much space the offline songs storage is taking up on my hard drive. According to Spofity preferences, it should be location at:Users/mattstreet/Library/Application Su...
Hello to all, I'm running Spotify on OS X El Capitan (10.11.6). I'd like to know how much space the offline songs storage is taking up on my hard drive. According to Spofity preferences, it should b...
Casual Listener
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Every minute or so I'll see Spotify send 76 odd bytes via UDP to 1.1.1.1 with "SpotUdp0Y6" in the conversation on port 57621.From what I can tell, 57621 is used as part of it's P2P system, however what I can't ascertain is why 1.1.1.1?Is it tunneling...
Every minute or so I'll see Spotify send 76 odd bytes via UDP to 1.1.1.1 with "SpotUdp0Y6" in the conversation on port 57621. From what I can tell, 57621 is used as part of it's P2P system, however ...
Newbie
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My followers list still shows I'm following 4 people that I unfollowed months ago. It also shows up when looking at my profile from other accounts. I'll inclue a screenshot. They are on my followers list even though I am not following them.
My followers list still shows I'm following 4 people that I unfollowed months ago. It also shows up when looking at my profile from other accounts. I'll inclue a screenshot. They are on my followers ...
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