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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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After searching for an album by an artist, I click the big PLAY button next to the album. It starts playing, but looking at the Play Queue, it's filled with songs from other albums by this artist, not just the one I wanted to play. This *can't* be th...
After searching for an album by an artist, I click the big PLAY button next to the album. It starts playing, but looking at the Play Queue, it's filled with songs from other albums by this artist, no...
Newbie
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I'm sure this topic has been covered dozens of times by now but it seems like there's new behavior now. It was annoying as hell that you couldn't remove songs from the queue if you hadn't technically "queued" them to begin with. Now, even when you fi...
I'm sure this topic has been covered dozens of times by now but it seems like there's new behavior now. It was annoying as hell that you couldn't remove songs from the queue if you hadn't techn...
Newbie
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I unchecked the "show the top artists I've been listening to" option because they're not even close to accurate, but I can still see them in my profile. I checked it from my roommates account and he can see it too.
I unchecked the "show the top artists I've been listening to" option because they're not even close to accurate, but I can still see them in my profile. I checked it from my roommates account and he ...
Newbie
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I have looked all thought the posts but still cannot find a solution to my Spotify problems. When I log in, very little loads properly, my local files come up but won't play. No playlists are coming up and an error bar at the top says "No internet co...
I have looked all thought the posts but still cannot find a solution to my Spotify problems. When I log in, very little loads properly, my local files come up but won't play. No playlists ...
Casual Listener
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How do I unlink my Twitter account from the Spotify desktop? I have a couple of Twitter accounts and I want to tweet my Spotify activity from a different account. Ruth
How do I unlink my Twitter account from the Spotify desktop? I have a couple of Twitter accounts and I want to tweet my Spotify activity from a different account. Ruth
Newbie
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Normally when I open spotify on my laptop, it syncs with my phone. The devices icon shows up and I can sync songs to my ipod so I dont need wifi to listen to them. Recently the devices icon disappeared on my laptop. I cant find it anywhere. Is this a...
Normally when I open spotify on my laptop, it syncs with my phone. The devices icon shows up and I can sync songs to my ipod so I dont need wifi to listen to them. Recently the devices icon disappear...
Casual Listener
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5 replies
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No idea why, but if I search for any of my Facebook friends in the "search" bar, nothing comes up... even if I just search something simple like "Mike" or "Katie". I am linked with Facebook and don't remember having this issue before. Just want to fi...
No idea why, but if I search for any of my Facebook friends in the "search" bar, nothing comes up... even if I just search something simple like "Mike" or "Katie". I am linked with Facebook and...
Newbie
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34 replies
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Why can I play just about anything I want as long as I do it via my phone or Amazon echo devices. But if I attempt to listen on my PC or Mac with the spotify app, many items I try to play gives me the: "This song is not available. If you have the fil...
Why can I play just about anything I want as long as I do it via my phone or Amazon echo devices. But if I attempt to listen on my PC or Mac with the spotify app, many items I try to play&n...
Casual Listener
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You have to use keyboard shortcuts or the top menu (Window -> Close) to close, minimize, or maximize the window since the three buttons are missing after the macOS High Sierra Developer Preview update (https://developer.apple.com/download/)
You have to use keyboard shortcuts or the top menu (Window -> Close) to close, minimize, or maximize the window since the three buttons are missing after the macOS High Sierra Developer Preview up...
Regular
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Hi all, A number of users are experiencing some Spotify issues at the moment - crashing on startup, search not working, etc. Could you help us out by posting the following info: -- Operating system(s) affected -- Version of Spotify -- Country Thanks ...
Hi all, A number of users are experiencing some Spotify issues at the moment - crashing on startup, search not working, etc. Could you help us out by posting the following info:...
Casual Listener
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Hi folks,I have been using spotify desktop client on my Mac. And I have noticed interesting thing recently: application wrote around 30 Gb to disk storage. There are a few screens attached.DISK CPU Network
Hi folks, I have been using spotify desktop client on my Mac. And I have noticed interesting thing recently: application wrote around 30 Gb to disk storage. There are a few screens attached. DI...
Spotify Star
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Hello!I am seeking some help concerning my spotify app. I am using the spotify app from my iphone 6, and everytime i go in my car, blutooth is automatically connected and the music from spotify plays. So far nothing unusual...The problem that i have ...
Hello! I am seeking some help concerning my spotify app. I am using the spotify app from my iphone 6, and everytime i go in my car, blutooth is automatically connected and the music from spotify p...
Newbie
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I've been running Spotify for a few weeks now previously with Leopard and I think OS 10.5.9. After videos weren't playing in Chrome I decided to upgrade to Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and now everytime I login to Spotify I repeatedly get an annoying popup sa...
I've been running Spotify for a few weeks now previously with Leopard and I think OS 10.5.9. After videos weren't playing in Chrome I decided to upgrade to Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and now everytime I log...
Newbie
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I'm trying to accept that I can't star things anymore, so instead I've tried to use the "+" button to save all my starred tracks. That worked at first. I "+"-ed all my starred tracks and they now appear in "songs" under "your music". Then I "+"-ed a ...
I'm trying to accept that I can't star things anymore, so instead I've tried to use the "+" button to save all my starred tracks. That worked at first. I "+"-ed all my starred tracks and ...
Newbie
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Hi, I have OS X 10.6.8. and I can't open my Spotify anymore. Everytime I open it it would start to load but then it disappears! I tried to turn off the wifi - which it did pull up Spotify without crashing. However, when I turned wifi back on, it woul...
Hi, I have OS X 10.6.8. and I can't open my Spotify anymore. Everytime I open it it would start to load but then it disappears! I tried to turn off the wifi - which it did pull up Sp...
Newbie
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Every time I try to go on the Web Player, it doesn't let me as it says it's not connecting and theres a box with it trying to connect. Help.
Every time I try to go on the Web Player, it doesn't let me as it says it's not connecting and theres a box with it trying to connect. Help.
Roadie
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Why there is no support for the OS X Notification Center like in iTunes or in the Rdio App? Please bring it to the OS X App.
Why there is no support for the OS X Notification Center like in iTunes or in the Rdio App? Please bring it to the OS X App.
Newbie
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Hi Most artwork is missing in my Mac app. It compromises the experience a lot.Screenshot below.Thanks.
Hi Most artwork is missing in my Mac app. It compromises the experience a lot. Screenshot below. Thanks.
Spotify Star
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One of my favorite things about Spotify is when I'm on the computer and open my iPhone, I am able to see what is playing and control the playlist directly, like a remote. Same goes for when I sit down at my computer and can switch to my headphones se...
One of my favorite things about Spotify is when I'm on the computer and open my iPhone, I am able to see what is playing and control the playlist directly, like a remote. Same goes for when I si...
Community Legend
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I'm wondering if there's a pop-up window that displays the song and artist and maybe a pause/start button and skip controls that I can have anywhere I want on my screen so I can multi-task. Please help! You must have this available!
I'm wondering if there's a pop-up window that displays the song and artist and maybe a pause/start button and skip controls that I can have anywhere I want on my screen so I can multi-task. Please he...
Newbie
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