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Discuss Spotify for Mac
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...
Newbie
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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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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.
Moderator
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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!
Roadie
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Are there any limits to the number of playlists that you can have? Am hitting the limit of Albums and I just wondered...
Are there any limits to the number of playlists that you can have? Am hitting the limit of Albums and I just wondered...
Spotify Star
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I have just been told that you can watch live football streams through spotfy, is this true and if it is, how?
I have just been told that you can watch live football streams through spotfy, is this true and if it is, how?
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This thing started about a week ago, I just clicked on the icon and it would'n load... I haven't done anything unusual, and I've tried to reinstall the app, but nothing helped, I don't know what to do! This is what I get when I try to open the app (d...
This thing started about a week ago, I just clicked on the icon and it would'n load... I haven't done anything unusual, and I've tried to reinstall the app, but nothing helped, I don't know what to d...
Casual Listener
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When someone (or yourself) clicks on your profile, you can look at their public playlists. However I cant seem to find any organizational aspect to how these playlists are order. It would even be nice to be able to order them yourself so you can put ...
When someone (or yourself) clicks on your profile, you can look at their public playlists. However I cant seem to find any organizational aspect to how these playlists are order. It would even be nic...
Visitor
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And I don't mean by pressing the shuffle button. I mean it as in shuffle the order in which the songs in the playlist are displayed. If anyone can help, thank you.
And I don't mean by pressing the shuffle button. I mean it as in shuffle the order in which the songs in the playlist are displayed. If anyone can help, thank you.
Casual Listener
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Newbie
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If anyone can help me. As of yesterday my Spotify completly stopped working. I can open the application up, but then nothing would load I would be stuck in a black screen. Would still have the access to the menu bar, but nothing else. I was listening...
If anyone can help me. As of yesterday my Spotify completly stopped working. I can open the application up, but then nothing would load I would be stuck in a black screen. Would still have the access...
Casual Listener
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Hi,Spotify streams perfectly from my MacBook Pro to 2nd gen Airport Express but not from my iPhone 6s. Had the same problem with my iPhone 6. I've reset/rebooted all the devices in the chain and still not working. As you can imagine it's infuriating....
Hi, Spotify streams perfectly from my MacBook Pro to 2nd gen Airport Express but not from my iPhone 6s. Had the same problem with my iPhone 6. I've reset/rebooted all the devices in the chain and st...
Casual Listener
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OSX SpotifyAfter Login With FB Without Logout When ReOpen Spotify Will Stuck At Loading~Unless fully Uninstall And Reinstall and next time logout if not keep stuck!
OSX Spotify After Login With FB Without Logout When ReOpen Spotify Will Stuck At Loading~ Unless fully Uninstall And Reinstall and next time logout if not keep stuck!
Casual Listener
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Hello, I logged into Spotify today and found that all of my playlists (I had created several) have completely disappeared. What happened? How do I get them back? EDIT: I should note - I HAVE playlists - they're just not mine. It's a short list of wei...
Hello, I logged into Spotify today and found that all of my playlists (I had created several) have completely disappeared. What happened? How do I get them back? EDIT: I should note - ...
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Hi, I am using a Mac and trying to share a playlist from my account to a friend's account. Neither of us are on facebook and when I go to the share option and type the Spotify username it claims that it cannot be recognised. I have tried to follow th...
Hi, I am using a Mac and trying to share a playlist from my account to a friend's account. Neither of us are on facebook and when I go to the share option and type the Spotify us...
Roadie
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I downloaded Spotify onto my MacBook Pro today. For a couple of hours I was able to play my songs just fine. I was in the process of organizing my songs into playlists when my issue happened. When in my song library I can play a song if I click the p...
I downloaded Spotify onto my MacBook Pro today. For a couple of hours I was able to play my songs just fine. I was in the process of organizing my songs into playlists when my issue happened. ...
Community Legend
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I keep getting "You can’t open the application “Spotify” because PowerPC applications are no longer supported." error message on my macbook pro when I try to open the app. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app, but the issue continues. Everything ...
I keep getting "You can’t open the application “Spotify” because PowerPC applications are no longer supported." error message on my macbook pro when I try to open the app. I've uninstalled and reinst...
Casual Listener
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My playlist got emptied the other day for some reason, not emptied by me. Is there any way to retrieve it?Playlist ID: 0vCn9olrPNfAQJAlPJcWkvI have currently added couple of tracks since it got emptied.
My playlist got emptied the other day for some reason, not emptied by me. Is there any way to retrieve it? Playlist ID: 0vCn9olrPNfAQJAlPJcWkv I have currently added couple of tracks since...
Spotify Star
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After the recent upgrade to MacOSX - my monitors stop going into the sleep. At first, I thought it was OS update.I changed 'Energy Saver' setting to default and reboot and it continued to prevent. Then I investigate futher - using "pmset -g" displays...
After the recent upgrade to MacOSX - my monitors stop going into the sleep. At first, I thought it was OS update. I changed 'Energy Saver' setting to default and reboot and it continued ...
Casual Listener
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Recently, every time I start Spotify, my MacBook comes to a comlete stand still. No other apps respond and I keep getting that Chrome error of unresponsive pages. It literally takes me minutes just to successfully force quit Spotify. As soon as I for...
Recently, every time I start Spotify, my MacBook comes to a comlete stand still. No other apps respond and I keep getting that Chrome error of unresponsive pages. It literally takes me minutes j...
Casual Listener
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I had a weird problem today and wanted to share how I fixed it. I'm using the iPhone app and it started skipping. It plays 1 second and skips 10 seconds (e.g., 0:01 > 0:11 > 0:22 etc.). I was using it yesterday and it was fine. I didn't see a recent ...
I had a weird problem today and wanted to share how I fixed it. I'm using the iPhone app and it started skipping. It plays 1 second and skips 10 seconds (e.g., 0:01 > 0:11 > 0:22 etc.)...
Spotify Star
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Hi, see my attached screenshot from Activity Monitor, which shows Spotify as preventing my Mac from going into either screensaver or sleep mode. I just upgraded to El Capitan. Did not have this problem on Yosemite. And cannot find any Spotify setting...
Hi, see my attached screenshot from Activity Monitor, which shows Spotify as preventing my Mac from going into either screensaver or sleep mode. I just upgraded to El Capitan. Did not have t...
Casual Listener
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