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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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Hi, Today I logged in to spotify on my mac and I have 10 new playlists that I follow in my playlist section. The problem is that I didn't follow theese playlists at all. And they are all created by the same user named "thedailyloud".The name of the p...
Hi, Today I logged in to spotify on my mac and I have 10 new playlists that I follow in my playlist section. The problem is that I didn't follow theese playlists at all. And they are all cre...
Community Legend
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how do you delete songs from a playlist? either on mac or ios?
how do you delete songs from a playlist? either on mac or ios?
Regular
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Spotify on my Mac won't play a TON of songs anymore. I get the message "This song is not available. . . ." I CAN play the same songs on my phone to my heart's content. What gives? How do I fix this?
Spotify on my Mac won't play a TON of songs anymore. I get the message "This song is not available. . . ." I CAN play the same songs on my phone to my heart's content. What gives? How do I fix this? ...
Community Legend
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So this is probably the 10th time this has happened in the last 3 weeks. I will be listening to Spotify on my laptop at work, and all of a sudden, the music stops.I didn't hit any keys, what the F? I go into Spotify and it says Spotify Connect is now...
So this is probably the 10th time this has happened in the last 3 weeks. I will be listening to Spotify on my laptop at work, and all of a sudden, the music stops. I didn't hit any keys, wh...
Casual Listener
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Hello All, Is it possible to know the exact time & date of when a playlist was begun? I know that I can view the date added for songs, however, I would like to know the exact time. For example: instead of "2 days ago," I want to know 48 hours, 55 hou...
Hello All, Is it possible to know the exact time & date of when a playlist was begun? I know that I can view the date added for songs, however, I would like to know the exact tim...
Newbie
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I'm trying to play music on an Apple TV via AirPlay (audio only, not mirroring). The audio often stutters. I'm using Spotify Premium. The Mac and Apple TV are connected to the same home WiFi network. The WiFi network is not busy and my broadband is q...
I'm trying to play music on an Apple TV via AirPlay (audio only, not mirroring). The audio often stutters. I'm using Spotify Premium. The Mac and Apple TV are connected to the ...
Newbie
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Hey, I want to know if there's an easy way to put all of my songs into a play list so I'm able to share it with my friends. I just use the My Music thing to listen to my songs. The only way I can see how to do it is to add the songs individually but ...
Hey, I want to know if there's an easy way to put all of my songs into a play list so I'm able to share it with my friends. I just use the My Music thing to listen to my songs. The only way ...
Casual Listener
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Description Facebook friends won't load. It's says "There are no more people to show at this time.", however, it has never showed me anyone. I know of at least 30 of my friends that are on Spotify. A more detailed description, using numbered steps 1....
Description Facebook friends won't load. It's says "There are no more people to show at this time.", however, it has never showed me anyone. I know of at least 30 of my friends that are on S...
Roadie
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I am new to spotify (listening mostly on Mac desktop) and was hoping someone could help with a feature I'm missing. I like to listen to music by albums. In the past I have sometimes bought single songs, but I tend to organise them into short (10-20 s...
I am new to spotify (listening mostly on Mac desktop) and was hoping someone could help with a feature I'm missing. I like to listen to music by albums. In the past I have sometimes ...
Casual Listener
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I'm using Spotify on a MacBook Pro, when I type something in the search bar I don't get to see results and I can't search anything. I have the latest version of Spotify. I already restarted the program and my computer. No problems with the mobile app...
I'm using Spotify on a MacBook Pro, when I type something in the search bar I don't get to see results and I can't search anything. I have the latest version of Spotify. I already restarted ...
Casual Listener
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Hello, can i change the output source of spotify? can't find anything about it.. best regards
Hello, can i change the output source of spotify? can't find anything about it.. best regards
Newbie
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Can I remove the viewing of album art? Some of the art is just plain inappropriate and racy and I really don't need to be seeing it consistently. Any help?
Can I remove the viewing of album art? Some of the art is just plain inappropriate and racy and I really don't need to be seeing it consistently. Any help?
Casual Listener
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Does anyone know how I can turn off the spacebar pause function? Every time I try to search for a track or artist and hit the space key it stops/starts my music. This has only just started happening and it's driving me nuts!! Also I'm unable to put s...
Does anyone know how I can turn off the spacebar pause function? Every time I try to search for a track or artist and hit the space key it stops/starts my music. This has only just starte...
Casual Listener
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I am trying to install the app on my MacBook Pro to manage my artist account but doesn't work. Tried to reinstall but still not.That's what happens when I open And stays that way endlessly. If I try to close, it freezes and I have to force close.
I am trying to install the app on my MacBook Pro to manage my artist account but doesn't work. Tried to reinstall but still not. That's what happens when I open And stays that way ...
Spotify Star
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I'm using a MacBook Pro (2016 with touch-bar) running macOS High Sierra (10.13.3). With spotify running in the background, I'm able to see an icon for opening Spotify options (screenshot 1) - but it vanishes sometimes and I have no idea on how to get...
I'm using a MacBook Pro (2016 with touch-bar) running macOS High Sierra (10.13.3). With spotify running in the background, I'm able to see an icon for opening Spotify options (screenshot 1) - but it ...
Casual Listener
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We already know about the scandalous lack of a sorting option in the Spotify app. But I had a work around for this, which was to sort the songs in the Spotify app for OS X, cut them all out with CMD+X and then paste them again with CMD+V. In the late...
We already know about the scandalous lack of a sorting option in the Spotify app. But I had a work around for this, which was to sort the songs in the Spotify app for OS X, cut them all out with CMD+...
Regular
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Me and some friends are putting together a playlist, however, a friend of mine without premium isn't able to add any songs. Is there a work around to this?
Me and some friends are putting together a playlist, however, a friend of mine without premium isn't able to add any songs. Is there a work around to this?
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I would like to select multiple songs to put them in a playlist on Spotify. It is about 300 tracks. It's a hard job to do it manually and I was wondering if you could do something alternative to simplify the process.I await a reply,Thank you.
I would like to select multiple songs to put them in a playlist on Spotify. It is about 300 tracks. It's a hard job to do it manually and I was wondering if you could do something alternative to simp...
Community Legend
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Since some days my spotify premium only plays two songs and then stops.After the first song it will play the second song in line while the information bar at the bottom still shows the first song it played, after that song is done it stops playing al...
Since some days my spotify premium only plays two songs and then stops. After the first song it will play the second song in line while the information bar at the bottom still sh...
Regular
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Hi guys When I'm listening to Spotify from time to time the fans on my MacBook spin up and CPU usage of Spotify Helper rises up to 40%.Apart from that CPU usage is around 3-7% Is that normal?? Specs: MacBook Pro Retina 13" Late 20132.4Ghz8Gb RAMOSX Y...
Hi guys When I'm listening to Spotify from time to time the fans on my MacBook spin up and CPU usage of Spotify Helper rises up to 40%. Apart from that CPU usage is around 3-7% Is ...
Newbie
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