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Discuss Spotify for Mac
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...
Casual Listener
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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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PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemmacOS High Sierra My Question or IssueOn my Mac I can no longer see how many followers an artist has. Not that big of a deal, but I liked being able to see how popular an artist was or seeing if t...
Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Pro Operating System macOS High Sierra My Question or Issue On my Mac I can no longer see how many followers an artist has. Not that big ...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceMacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)Operating SystemMacOS 10.13.4My Question or IssueI just updated my spotify and now I can't see the album artwork in the bottom left corner while listening to music. I know it isn'...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) Operating System MacOS 10.13.4 My Question or Issue I just updated my spotify and now I can't see the album ...
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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 ...
Casual Listener
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Hello, The "add to library" icon is now a tick icon instead of plus button, but it is very confusing. Because the plus button is still used to add a song to the library in playlists/albums (on the main column) but it is different on the left bottom s...
Hello, The "add to library" icon is now a tick icon instead of plus button, but it is very confusing. Because the plus button is still used to add a song to the library in playlists/albums (...
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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...
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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.
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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!
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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...
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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? ...
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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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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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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?
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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