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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Solved!! Spotify free: Music stops on MAC

Edited: Thank you very much everyone for helping! Finally I managed to correct the error and the steps are those that DerpyNerd offered and highlighted as a solution. Hi! I have a MacBook Pro, and for a week now I have a problem with the desktop app....

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[Mac] Troubleshooting Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before. So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Tip: Don't forget to check our Spo...

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Superuser Contribution [Mac] Filtering by typing when adding songs to playlists won't work after update

Hey there, I have a huge issue after the new update. unfortunately, SpotifyCares on Twitter was not able to answer my question. Before the update, it was possible - when adding s song to a playlist - to blindly start typing a few letters and it would...

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  • Hey there, I have a huge issue after the new update. unfortunately, SpotifyCares on Twitter was not able to answer my question.   Before the update, it was possible - when adding s song to a p...
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Spotify app changed to (old)

Plan PremiumCountry UK Device(iMac 27"late 2014)Operating System(MacOs 11.0.1) My Question or Issuehi, I'm just after updating my Spotify app, and my app has changed name to Spotify (old) why is this? thanks in advance

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  • Plan Premium Country UK   Device (iMac 27"late 2014) Operating System (MacOs 11.0.1)   My Question or Issue hi,  I'm just after updating my Spotify app,  and my app ...
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Wrapped but with assorted playlists!

Heya.So, I was thinking since I just got my Wrapped of the year 2020, that maybe it should be possible for it to recalculate everything where you can sort away some of your playlists? For an example I work at a bar, where I have a dedicated playlist ...

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  • Heya. So, I was thinking since I just got my Wrapped of the year 2020, that maybe it should be possible for it to recalculate everything where you can sort away some of your playlists? For an exampl...
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Superuser Contribution Mission Control - black/blank thumbnail

DeviceMacbook Pro 2017Operating SystemMac 10.15.3 My Question or Issue Hi! Anyone have idea why when I hit Mission Control (3 fingers up on trackpad) where is blank/black thumbnail of Spotify?

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  • Device Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System Mac 10.15.3   My Question or Issue   Hi! Anyone have idea why when I hit Mission Control (3 fingers up on trackpad) where is blank/black thum...
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[iOS][Other] Music pauses every few seconds

I've been using Spotify for years on my Mac. All of a sudden it is now pausing itself every few seconds. I've tried different songs/playlists, removed my bluetooth speaker, signed out of all accounts, closed and reopened Spotify, and reinstalled Spot...

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  • I've been using Spotify for years on my Mac. All of a sudden it is now pausing itself every few seconds. I've tried different songs/playlists, removed my bluetooth speaker, signed out of all accounts...
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Spotify fail to detect all my local mp3 music files!

Spotify fail to detect all my local mp3 music files! I have 605 local mp3 music files and spotify fail to detect all of them. Spotify only detect 551 local mp3 music files instead all 605. Previous version did not have this issue. I already tried rei...

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  • Spotify fail to detect all my local mp3 music files! I have 605 local mp3 music files and spotify fail to detect all of them. Spotify only detect 551 local mp3 music files instead all 605. Previous v...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify songs not playing, friend feed and playlists not loading

PlanFreeCountryAustraliaDeviceMacBook Air Early 2015Operating SystemVersion 10.15.7 My Question or IssueI've had issues with Spotify for a couple days now since updating the Desktop App. At first I was only able to play from select playlists (the mor...

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  • Plan Free Country Australia Device MacBook Air Early 2015 Operating System Version 10.15.7   My Question or Issue I've had issues with Spotify for a couple days now since updating the ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Mac] app crashes instantly

CountryUnited States DeviceMacbook Air 2020Operating SystemMacOS Catalina 10.15.5 My Question or IssueThe moment I try to launch spotify, it shows up on dock and then goes away. The app doesn't even open for a second. I tried deleting cache, deleting...

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  • Country United States   Device Macbook Air 2020 Operating System MacOS Catalina 10.15.5   My Question or Issue The moment I try to launch spotify, it shows up on dock and then goes...
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Superuser Contribution [Regression] No warning when adding the same album/songs to a playlist that already exist

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemmacOS 11 My Question or IssueIt used to be when I added song A, C, and F to a playlist, then dragged the full album containing songs A-Z to the playlist, it would tell me some of the songs ar...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System macOS 11   My Question or Issue It used to be when I added song A, C, and F to a playlist, then dragged the full album...
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Superuser Contribution Two queue bugs in new Spotify experience

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemmacOS 11 My Question or IssueTwo bugs related to queuing in the new Spotify experience on desktop (but looking at the megathread for the new experience it looks like one may already be fixed ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System macOS 11   My Question or Issue Two bugs related to queuing in the new Spotify experience on desktop (but looking at t...
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Download My Music to an iMac

I want to download my music to my iMac , In Spotify App I've change to offline and see the green arrow. But I don't know where the downloaded music was saved ?I want to download ALL my music to the iMac's Finder and don't know how to do it Any detail...

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  • I want to download my music to my iMac , In Spotify App I've change to offline and see the green arrow. But I don't know where the downloaded music was saved ? I want t...
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Superuser Contribution REGRESSION: Chromecast Audio not available as streaming device

This was an issue for years with much history in this thead:https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Don-t-see-Chromecast-Audio-in-my-device-list-on-Spotify-for-PC/td-p/1222181/page/12 Spotify DID solve the issue this year because all of a su...

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  • This was an issue for years with much history in this thead: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Don-t-see-Chromecast-Audio-in-my-device-list-on-Spotify-for-PC/td-p/1222181/page/12 &nb...
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Superuser Contribution When menu bar is automatically hidden, open/close/fullscreen buttons overlap UI

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceMacbook Pro Late 2013Operating SystemmacOS Mojave 10.14.6 My Question or IssueThis just a small annoyance. Enabling "Automatically hide and show the menu bar" under "General" system preferences results in open/cl...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States   Device Macbook Pro Late 2013 Operating System macOS Mojave 10.14.6   My Question or Issue This just a small annoyance. Enabling "Automaticall...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Music randomly pausing on all my device, Mac, Iphone

Music keeps pausing every few second. Can't even finish a song. The problem is happening on all my device, Mac, iPhone 8s, Apple watch SE PlanPremium Device(iPhone 8s, Macbook Pro, Apple Watch SE)Operating System(iOS 14.1)

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  • Music keeps pausing every few second. Can't even finish a song. The problem is happening on all my device, Mac, iPhone 8s, Apple watch SE   Plan Premium     Device (iPhone 8s, M...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop doesn't work MAC

I have a lot of time trying to uninstall, reinstall, etc, trying to make my Spotify desktop version works, is slow, can't connect properly to my app, continuously broken or frozen and I don't find where to contact people directly from the company. I ...

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  • I have a lot of time trying to uninstall, reinstall, etc, trying to make my Spotify desktop version works, is slow, can't connect properly to my app, continuously broken or frozen and I don't find wh...
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Superuser Contribution Popularity bar dissappeared (2020)!!

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDevice(Google Pixel, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(Android 11, macOS Catalina) My Question or IssueHi! I used to have a popularity bar but since I became "premium" I don't have it anymore in any platform (webplayer, de...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device (Google Pixel, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (Android 11, macOS Catalina)   My Question or Issue Hi! I used to have a popularity bar bu...
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Superuser Contribution Automatically Shuffles Official Spotify Playlist (Lorem etc.) When Trying To Listen Date Added Order

  Student PlanPremiumUSA MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)Version 10.15.6 MacOS Catalina My Question or IssueThis error only occurs when trying to listen to official Spotify playlists like Oyster, Lorem, and Hyperpop for example an...

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  •    Student Plan Premium USA   MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) Version 10.15.6 MacOS Catalina   My Question or Issue This error only occurs when trying to ...
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Superuser Contribution Volume Control from Phone to Computer Help

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemMacOS Big Sur My Question or IssueWhen I'm listening to Spotify on my Mac (with the volume in Spotify set to max (not system volume)), my iPhone volume goes to max as well, and if I turn down my pho...

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  •   Plan Premium Country UK   Device iPhone 11 Operating System MacOS Big Sur   My Question or Issue When I'm listening to Spotify on my Mac (with the volume in Spotify set t...
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Superuser Contribution Black screen on Mac

OS 10.15.7iMac 27" late 2015PremiumUS Several weeks ago Spotify stopped loading and would go to just a black screen. I have uninstalled, removed cache, application support folders etc, several times and have not been able to get Spotify to launch. Cu...

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  • OS 10.15.7 iMac 27" late 2015 Premium US   Several weeks ago Spotify stopped loading and would go to just a black screen.  I have uninstalled, removed cache, application support folder...
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Superuser Contribution Tracks found on search don't play

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMac miniOperating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.7 My Question or IssueI can play my existing playlists. When I search for new music it is found, but It will not play. The play button toggles to pause, but no sound happens and n...

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  •   Plan Premium Country UK Device Mac mini Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.7   My Question or Issue I can play my existing playlists. When I search for new music it is found...
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