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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...
Music Fan
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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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Hello there,I downloaded my playlist on my Mac to save data. However, I wondered: When I'm connected to the internet but play my playlist, does ist use the offline files or does it stream? Thanks!
Hello there, I downloaded my playlist on my Mac to save data. However, I wondered: When I'm connected to the internet but play my playlist, does ist use the offline files or does it stream? ...
Casual Listener
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In April 2012 I convinced my elderly mother to download and install spotfiy. Soon after that I made a few playlists that I knew she would like and was able to simply enter her spotify username and send them to her inbox, which she promptly received, ...
In April 2012 I convinced my elderly mother to download and install spotfiy. Soon after that I made a few playlists that I knew she would like and was able to simply enter her spotify username and se...
Newbie
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my spotify keeps saying its in offline mode and i cant make it switch to online..
my spotify keeps saying its in offline mode and i cant make it switch to online..
Newbie
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How do i contact an artist? The song 'You and I' by Mayday is not on iTunes or anywhere I can find apart form on spotify... I want to use this track from something so want to buy the track / contact the owner.... PLEASE!!!????
How do i contact an artist? The song 'You and I' by Mayday is not on iTunes or anywhere I can find apart form on spotify... I want to use this track from something so want to ...
Community Legend
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Hi there! I am using Spotify desktop on my MBP. At the office, we use a proxy and I have configured spotify to go through the proxy. At home, I don't use anything. This means that every day, I have to go back to my settings, disable / enable the prox...
Hi there! I am using Spotify desktop on my MBP. At the office, we use a proxy and I have configured spotify to go through the proxy. At home, I don't use anything. Th...
Casual Listener
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I'm currently using the latest desktopversion of Spotify on my macbook and I'm unable to disconnect local files from songs on albums. Sometimes a wrong version is connected to a certain song, but when I click the right button on the song I can't find...
I'm currently using the latest desktopversion of Spotify on my macbook and I'm unable to disconnect local files from songs on albums. Sometimes a wrong version is connected to a certain song, but whe...
Casual Listener
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Issue has started this morning and has occurred frequently. Whilst playing track, cuts out and clicking play doesn't restart - I have to click on the track listing and then it restarts (from the beginning). Not receiving any error messages to indicat...
Issue has started this morning and has occurred frequently. Whilst playing track, cuts out and clicking play doesn't restart - I have to click on the track listing and then it restarts (fr...
Casual Listener
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51 replies
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I recently installed Spotify on a Mac running OS 10.10.3 (Yosemite). Spotify insists on autostarting despite all my efforts to disable it. The obvious mechanism appears to be to go into Spotify Preferences, Advanced Settings, and choose "No" on the o...
I recently installed Spotify on a Mac running OS 10.10.3 (Yosemite). Spotify insists on autostarting despite all my efforts to disable it. The obvious mechanism appears to be to go into Spot...
Newbie
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9 replies
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RPA will not update for me. I was hacked and they played a ton of weird polish music with generic album covers. I resolved the hacking issue and secured my account yesterday. However, the constant reminder of the hack is still there, in my recently p...
RPA will not update for me. I was hacked and they played a ton of weird polish music with generic album covers. I resolved the hacking issue and secured my account yesterday. However, the consta...
Newbie
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Are lyrics only available using mobile devices, or can I see lyrics on my Mac?
Are lyrics only available using mobile devices, or can I see lyrics on my Mac?
Community Legend
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Hello, When i start my computer Macbookpro, it automatically starts Spotify and i don't want it. (I desabled automatic start of stpotify on my users settings in the mac) Any ideas to stop that?Thanks.
Hello, When i start my computer Macbookpro, it automatically starts Spotify and i don't want it. (I desabled automatic start of stpotify on my users settings in the mac) An...
Casual Listener
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Hi - I love spotify but there's one thing I find maddening - I have a long, long playlist that I like to just play on shuffle. Sometimes a song comes on that I want to get rid of, or get more information on, but I can't find a quick way to go to the ...
Hi - I love spotify but there's one thing I find maddening - I have a long, long playlist that I like to just play on shuffle. Sometimes a song comes on that I want to get rid of, or get more informa...
Newbie
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Hello, I need to be able to play a certain playlist every day in the office between 8am-4pm. Does any of you have an idea how to do it? I have a dedicated Mac, which is open all the time and Spotify is also open. Thanks Kasper
Hello, I need to be able to play a certain playlist every day in the office between 8am-4pm. Does any of you have an idea how to do it? I have a dedicated Mac, which is open all the time and Spotify ...
Newbie
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Is it not possible to edit songs anymore? I remember I used to be able to edit artists and albums, but I can't anymore... what happened to that feature? Is it possible to go to an older version of spotify to bring it back?
Is it not possible to edit songs anymore? I remember I used to be able to edit artists and albums, but I can't anymore... what happened to that feature? Is it possible to go to an older version of sp...
Casual Listener
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Some tracks I think would be great for one station, but horrible for another. If I thumbs down them in one radio station, can I still thumbs up them in another? Or will they even appear? I would like to see it posted somewhere exacctly how the whole ...
Some tracks I think would be great for one station, but horrible for another. If I thumbs down them in one radio station, can I still thumbs up them in another? Or will they even appear? ...
Newbie
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Hey!Will love to have a button to "Disable Video".I'm using Spotify to hear music in the background. I usually didn't see the video playback, until I hear is some kind of interview... then jump to next song. Will love to have an option to "disable vi...
Hey! Will love to have a button to "Disable Video". I'm using Spotify to hear music in the background. I usually didn't see the video playback, until I hear is some kind of interview... then jump t...
Newbie
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UPDATE from Matt Suda (Community Rock Star): This should now be fixed! Thanks for your patience. Selecting: Browse -> Genres/Moods -> Any genre/mood -> No playlists Tried restarting. Happens on a friends Mac too (same versions). However, it doesn't h...
UPDATE from Matt Suda (Community Rock Star): This should now be fixed! Thanks for your patience. Selecting: Browse -> Genres/Moods -> Any genre/mood -> No pl...
Regular
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A bit late (and hopefully I used the right location for this), but I'm trying to make the Your Top Songs 2017 playlist public and I'm not given the option to do so. Is it possible to make the playlist public? Thanks!
A bit late (and hopefully I used the right location for this), but I'm trying to make the Your Top Songs 2017 playlist public and I'm not given the option to do so. Is it possible to m...
Not applicable
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I was trying to upload my playlist onto the playlist exchange but when I copy the playlist URI the error I get is like:'provide a valid Spotify URI' Why might this be happening?
I was trying to upload my playlist onto the playlist exchange but when I copy the playlist URI the error I get is like: 'provide a valid Spotify URI' Why might this be happening?
Roadie
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I'm really happy with Spotify, but recently a friend used my account to listen to some songs that I don't like. Despite several attempts to delete the songs in my history by reinstalling Spotify or restarting my computer, all have failed. So I'm assu...
I'm really happy with Spotify, but recently a friend used my account to listen to some songs that I don't like. Despite several attempts to delete the songs in my history by reinstalling Spotify or r...
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