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Pop-up for xpui appears on app startup

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...

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Solved!! Cant download Spotify on Mac OS 10.15.7

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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Solved!! Clear recently played on home screen?

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.

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Superuser Contribution Unable to Add Shuffle Suggestions to Playlist with Mix Active

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice2022 Mac Studio (Apple M1 Max)Operating SystemmacOS Tahoe 26.0Spotify VersionSpotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.72.438.g8c88c31c My Question or IssueI have a playlist playing on Smart Shuffle with Mix active and...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device 2022 Mac Studio (Apple M1 Max) Operating System macOS Tahoe 26.0 Spotify Version Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.72.438.g8c88c31c   My...

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Superuser Contribution Mix feature not working for large playlists

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDevice(Macbook Air M2 2022)Operating System(macOS Sonoma 14.3)My Question or IssueFirst of all, I really loved the mix feature. When I listen on my Macbook, I cannot use this feature on the larger playlist but I can use it for...

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Plan Premium Country Turkey Device (Macbook Air M2 2022) Operating System (macOS Sonoma 14.3) My Question or Issue First of all, I really loved the mix feature. When I listen on my Macbook, ...

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Your operating system is out of date -screen displayed every time Spotify is started. Please remove.

PlanPremium DeviceMac Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010) Operating SystemmacOS Mojave 10.14.6 Hi. Please get rid of the "Your operating system is out of date" -nag screen shown every time Spotify starts.There will be no new operating system versions for Mac Pro 5,1 ...

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Plan Premium   Device Mac Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010)   Operating System macOS Mojave 10.14.6   Hi. Please get rid of the "Your operating system is out of date" -nag screen shown every...

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Superuser Contribution "Please turn off offline mode and try again" when offline mode already off

Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 14-inch 2021 Operating System MacOS 14.2 My Question or Issue This morning I cannot play any music. Spotify gives me the message "Please turn off offline mode and try again" when offline mode already off. I...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 14-inch 2021 Operating System MacOS 14.2   My Question or Issue This morning I cannot play any music. Spotify gives me the message...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't login to MacOS App

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceMacBook Air M2Operating SystemMacOS Sonoma 14.2.1 My Question or IssueI'm trying to make a fresh installation of Spotify in a new laptop. No problem login in on the browser —Safari 17.2.1— when the app sends me there for ...

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Plan Premium Country Spain Device MacBook Air M2 Operating System MacOS Sonoma 14.2.1   My Question or Issue I'm trying to make a fresh installation of Spotify in a new laptop. No prob...

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Superuser Contribution Select All does not select all

Premium plan, on MacBook Pro I am trying to create a playlist which includes all my liked songs. However, there seems to be no working way to select all tracks in "Liked Songs". - Edit/Select All, or Command-A, seem to only select a limited number of...

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Premium plan, on MacBook Pro   I am trying to create a playlist which includes all my liked songs. However, there seems to be no working way to select all tracks in "Liked Songs". - Edit/Sel...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify increasingly slow on iMac app and on internet

I have a premium plan. I live in Japan. I am using an iMac (2017), Ventura 13.6.7.My Question or IssueWhen I attempt to access Spotify from the Internet (https://open.spotify.com/), the first thing that pops up is a screen that says: "Something's wro...

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I have a premium plan. I live in Japan. I am using an iMac (2017), Ventura 13.6.7. My Question or Issue When I attempt to access Spotify from the Internet (https://open.spotify.com/), the first t...

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Superuser Contribution Friend Activity Not Updating Consistently

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacBook Air (2019) My Question or IssueThe friend activity tab sometimes stops updating (usually if I leave the desktop app open but unused for a while), and I have to close and reopen the app for it to update.

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Plan Premium Country United States Device MacBook Air (2019)   My Question or Issue The friend activity tab sometimes stops updating (usually if I leave the desktop app open but unused f...

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Superuser Contribution Spacebar doesn't start/stop music after you hide the app on Mac. 5+ year bug Spotify will NEVER fix.

You all know what I'm talking about. Space bar never starts/stops the music in the Spotify app for Mac after you use keyboard command + H to hide the app. This bug is at least 5+ years and Spotify refuses to get off their lazy asses to fix it. What a...

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You all know what I'm talking about. Space bar never starts/stops the music in the Spotify app for Mac after you use keyboard command + H to hide the app. This bug is at least 5+ years and Spotify re...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution macOS Application Segmentation Fault

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceApple M2 Pro, MacBook Pro 16-inch, 2023Operating SystemmacOS Sonoma 14.7.2 (23H311) My Question or IssueClicking any button on the UI causes a segmentation fault. Application is unusable as a result. This will also cause a...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Apple M2 Pro, MacBook Pro 16-inch, 2023 Operating System macOS Sonoma 14.7.2 (23H311)   My Question or Issue Clicking any button on th...

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Superuser Contribution Black screen for Spotify Mac Desktop

Hello to everyone, It's been a while that I can't use Spotify on Mac (Catalina 10.15.3), I just have a black screen.Of course I re-instal many times, I also disabled hardware acceleration. Some previous help told my to change lines of code on the lib...

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Hello to everyone,   It's been a while that I can't use Spotify on Mac (Catalina 10.15.3), I just have a black screen. Of course I re-instal many times, I also disabled hardware acceleration....

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Is there no Mac Desktop Client Anymore?

I'm on an M4 Mac Studio running the current MacOS, but I can not seem to find a desktop client to download in either the Mac App Store or on the Spotify website. I used to run the desktop client on my older Intel iMac. Has Spotify just dropped suppor...

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I'm on an M4 Mac Studio running the current MacOS, but I can not seem to find a desktop client to download in either the Mac App Store or on the Spotify website.   I used to run the desktop cl...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify won't play Local Files anymore.

PlanPremiumCountryUK Device(Macbook Air early 2015)Operating System(iOS 11.5.2 Big Sur) My Question or IssueI had synched up Spotify to play local files and suddenly it won't anymore. They appear grey and spotify just skips past them. I've checked an...

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Plan Premium Country UK   Device (Macbook Air early 2015) Operating System (iOS 11.5.2 Big Sur)   My Question or Issue I had synched up Spotify to play local files and suddenly i...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify app icon persists in MacOS launchpad after uninstall

Hi Spotify users on MacOS, I followed the instructions to perform a clean uninstall of the Spotify app on MacOS (15.6). However, the app icon remains in the launchpad and cannot be removed - even all Spotify-related files are delete via Finder. It al...

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Hi Spotify users on MacOS,   I followed the instructions to perform a clean uninstall of the Spotify app on MacOS (15.6). However, the app icon remains in the launchpad and cannot be removed -...

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Superuser Contribution Desktop app crashes when clicking on the interface.

PlanPremiumDeviceMacbook M1 Pro, 16gb ramOperating SystemSequoia 15.6 My Question or IssueWhen I open the Spotify app, it launches correctly. But as soon as I click anywhere at all on the app interface, it immediately closes. This started happening t...

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Plan Premium Device Macbook M1 Pro, 16gb ram Operating System Sequoia 15.6   My Question or Issue When I open the Spotify app, it launches correctly. But as soon as I click anywhere at a...

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Superuser Contribution 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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Superuser Contribution Spotify Installer Showing Unix Epoch Modification Date

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceMacPro 2019Operating System15.5 My Question or IssueI am trying to re-install Spotify onto my mac, to attempt to debug an issue with Spotify crashing and bringing down my whole computer. On the way to understanding that ...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device MacPro 2019 Operating System 15.5   My Question or Issue I am trying to re-install Spotify onto my mac, to attempt to debug an issue with Spotify cra...

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Superuser Contribution Mac OS sequoia web player issues

using the Spotify web player on developer version os Mac OS sequoia is resulting in playback sounding like there's a sheet of glass lying on my MacBooks speakers, issue presents on built in laptop speakers and also when using bluetooth headphones, au...

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using the Spotify web player on developer version os Mac OS sequoia is resulting in playback sounding like there's a sheet of glass lying on my MacBooks speakers, issue presents on built in laptop sp...

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Playlist not showing when tryna add a song into them

Hi i recently came across this issue after i updated the app on my macbook and i cannot add a song to a playlist other than liked songs cause none of them show for some reason so i gotta add it thru my phone, but on my phone liked songs wont show so ...

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Hi i recently came across this issue after i updated the app on my macbook and i cannot add a song to a playlist other than liked songs cause none of them show for some reason so i gotta add it thru ...

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