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Solved!! Spotify begins playing random music

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...

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Jemi

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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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Alcyon

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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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Solved!! Auto open spotify on startup always on

Hi,I can't turn this feature OFF, it's stuck on minimized.Anyone have solution?

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Hi, I can't turn this feature OFF, it's stuck on minimized. Anyone have solution?

jaknudsen

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Solved!! Spotify (Mac) keeps STARTING by itself all the time (whilst "launch on startup" is DISABLED)

Spotify 0.8.5.1333 keeps launching by itself every time I "touch" my Mac OS X 10.8.2, for example after standby or when working on my Mac - haven't been able to figure out which program this might cause: working with browser (chrome), facebook and gm...

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Spotify 0.8.5.1333 keeps launching by itself every time I "touch" my Mac OS X 10.8.2, for example after standby or when working on my Mac - haven't been able to figure out which program this might ca...

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Sound quality on Mac desktop app

Love the idea of Spotify, just installed on my Macbook Pro and am doing the free 30 day premium trial. I changed the sound quality to High in preferences but it's not very good sound. I'm not running it through anything else, my Mac is connected dire...

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Love the idea of Spotify, just installed on my Macbook Pro and am doing the free 30 day premium trial.  I changed the sound quality to High in preferences but it's not very good sound.  I'm...

GFSinPhilly

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Solved!! Track information in Japanese only for many of Nobuyuki Tsujii's albums

Nobuyuki was a winner at the 2009 Van Cliburn competition. I'd like to listen to more of his music but many of his albums have track information in Japanese. So there's some head scratching to do if I want to figure our what is what. A sample grab of...

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Nobuyuki was a winner at the 2009 Van Cliburn competition. I'd like to listen to more of his music but many of his albums have track information in Japanese. So there's some head scratching to do if ...

billclassic

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Solved!! Can I play on Desktop Speakers AND Wireless in other rooms?

HI, I recently got two of thew new Alexa enabled speakers, called "One" speakers. (Sorry, I am new to the Sonos sphere overall) I have figured out how to group my "Living Room" and "Bedroom" so they play together. However, I can't seem to figure out ...

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HI, I recently got two of thew new Alexa enabled speakers, called "One" speakers. (Sorry, I am new to the Sonos sphere overall)   I have figured out how to group my "Living Room" and "Bedroom"...

Noah

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Solved!! iPhone, Mac and Spotify Family.

Hello and Season's Greetings. I've been using Spotify happily integrating my iPhone with my Mac - using the phone to control what's playing on the Mac. I've now upgraded to Spotify Family and my partner has Spotify on her iPhone.What do I have to do ...

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Hello and Season's Greetings.  I've been using Spotify happily integrating my iPhone with my Mac - using the phone to control what's playing on the Mac.   I've now upgraded to Spotify Fa...

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Is it possible to shuffle a playlist?

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.

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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.

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Solved!! HIGH CPU usage Mac.

Hey all.Hoping someone can help.After the latest update, I am running on overdrive on my machine, spinning fans etc. I have uninstalled and reinstalled and I am getting the same issue even when spotify is at idle. Just running it is straining my CPU....

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Hey all. Hoping someone can help. After the latest update, I am running on overdrive on my machine, spinning fans etc. I have uninstalled and reinstalled and I am getting the same issue even when s...

laptopleon

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Apostrophe show up as code ['] when sharing playlist

Hey there! I found a few other users with this problem dating a while back, but haven't seen a solution in the community yet. So, fingers crossed that you can help me out: When I share a playlist that has an apostrophe in the description, the apostro...

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Hey there!   I found a few other users with this problem dating a while back, but haven't seen a solution in the community yet. So, fingers crossed that you can help me out:   When I sh...

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Solved!! "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."

This issue has been driving me absolutely insane.Whenever I try and play a song by The 1975, among others, I'm greeted by the blue banner of shame at the top of the window.I've deleted and re-installed the app numerous times, signed in and out, tried...

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This issue has been driving me absolutely insane. Whenever I try and play a song by The 1975, among others, I'm greeted by the blue banner of shame at the top of the window. I've deleted and re-ins...

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Solved!! Where are offline files stored on Mac

Hello, I want to know where the offline files are stroeed locally on my mac. Because my disk are very full I think about to link this directory to my mobile disk. ThanksThorQue

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Hello,   I want to know where the offline files are stroeed locally on my mac. Because my disk are very full I think about to link this directory to my mobile disk.   Thanks ThorQue

Phthonus

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Solved!! Desktop app resizing regularly not working properly

I have a minor problem to report, and it doesn't happen every time I use the app, but still on a regular basis. The problem is this: Sometimes when I resize the Spotify desktop app for Mac, only some black space is "added" to the Spotify interface. (...

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I have a minor problem to report, and it doesn't happen every time I use the app, but still on a regular basis. The problem is this:  Sometimes when I resize the Spotify desktop app for Mac, ...

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Songs beginning 15 seconds in and overlapping each other

I have been having an issue with all of my playlists where each song will start at least 15 seconds in after the previous song ends. Also, when I skip a song, it will still be playing along with the new song (with the new song starting 15 seconds in)...

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I have been having an issue with all of my playlists where each song will start at least 15 seconds in after the previous song ends. Also, when I skip a song, it will still be playing along with the ...

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Solved!! My Spotify just randomly stopped working

I was listening to a song on Spotify when the program suddenly crashed. When I logged in again, I couldn't go online anymore. I have:1. Restarted my computer. Did not help.2. Checked if something was wrong with my internet connection. It wasn't.3. Re...

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I was listening to a song on Spotify when the program suddenly crashed. When I logged in again, I couldn't go online anymore.   I have: 1. Restarted my computer. Did not help. 2. Checked if ...

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location of Spotify cache on Mac OS X.

Hello to all,I'm running Spotify on OS X El Capitan (10.11.6). I'd like to know how much space the offline songs storage is taking up on my hard drive. According to Spofity preferences, it should be location at:Users/mattstreet/Library/Application Su...

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Hello to all, I'm running Spotify on OS X El Capitan (10.11.6). I'd like to know how much space the offline songs storage is taking up on my hard drive. According to Spofity preferences, it should b...

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Solved!! How to navigate my collection

I just moved my entire collection from Groove to Spotify, on my PC and my Windows phone. My issue on both is how to easily get to the music I want to play. For instance, if I'm viewing by artist, I have over 600 to choose from. The only way I've foun...

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I just moved my entire collection from Groove to Spotify, on my PC and my Windows phone.  My issue on both is how to easily get to the music I want to play.  For instance, if I'm viewi...

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Solved!! Suddenly I can't import mp3

Hey!All of the sudden I can't import any mp3 in my spotify playlists no more.When I try to drag and drop something into my playlist or local data nothing happens,I think it doesn't even recognize the data as mp3 because there is not the little "+" ic...

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Hey! All of the sudden I can't import any mp3 in my spotify playlists no more. When I try to drag and drop something into my playlist or local data nothing happens, I think it doesn't even recogni...

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