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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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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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SOLUTION: iPhone app is skipping in 10 sec increments - I logged out and back in and it fixed itself

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 ...

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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.)...

MauriceMV

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Solved!! Give me back my album art!! (please :)

Dude - so first there was a release that hid the album art by default from my playlists. Now it's just gone all-together - it's really hard to sort through long playlists by reading - Scanning visually for an album cover is very very helpful. I'll gi...

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Dude - so first there was a release that hid the album art by default from my playlists.   Now it's just gone all-together - it's really hard to sort through long playlists by reading - Scanni...

sophia1959

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Solved!! Can't select multiple songs to add to playlist!

I am unable to select multiple songs so that I can add them to a playlist. From within a playlist, the multi-select works but when I'm on an artist or album page, I hit cmnd+a (on a Mac) and nothing happens. I even go to the top menu bar and hit "sel...

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I am unable to select multiple songs so that I can add them to a playlist. From within a playlist, the multi-select works but when I'm on an artist or album page, I hit cmnd+a (on a Mac) and nothing ...

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Solved!! App constantly re-opens

Is there an ETC on when the bug that constantly re-opens Spotify after close will be fixed? Is horribly anoying! best,Pablo

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Is there an ETC on when the bug that constantly re-opens Spotify after close will be fixed? Is horribly anoying!   best, Pablo

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Solved!! Mac - 10.11 - El Capitan - Error occurs while using Spotify

While using Spotify on the mac (10.11 Dev preview) an error pops up with the following stack trace: Exception Name: NSInvalidArgumentException Description: -[SPMediaKeyTap grab]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7f98434166a0 User Info: (null)...

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While using Spotify on the mac (10.11 Dev preview) an error pops up with the following stack trace:     Exception Name: NSInvalidArgumentException Description: -[SPMediaKeyTap grab]: unr...

Atkins

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I don't want that others can see which playlists I follow

I don't want that others (especially my fb friends) can see which playlists I follow. Can somebody help?!

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I don't want that others (especially my fb friends) can see which playlists I follow. Can somebody help?!

Entzauberung

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Solved!! Download Error on Yosemite

I've been using Spotify for a while now on my Mac (10.10.3) but recently the desktop player crashed and I was unable to open it. Unfortunately I do not have the exact error message that I received when it was unable to open. I've tried to do a clean ...

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I've been using Spotify for a while now on my Mac (10.10.3) but recently the desktop player crashed and I was unable to open it. Unfortunately I do not have the exact error message that I received wh...

lufedrizzi

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Solved!! Spotify choopy playback when I use a DAC

I've an Audioengine DAC connected to my Mac. When I use it Spotify keeps stopping and starting whatever I'm listening to. I tested this with the web player and the desktop app. This only happens with Spotify so the problem isn't the DAC. Anyone else ...

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I've an Audioengine DAC connected to my Mac. When I use it Spotify keeps stopping and starting whatever I'm listening to. I tested this with the web player and the desktop app.   This onl...

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Solved!! Local files are not visible in latest update

Hello, I rely on spotify not only to find new music but to sync it from my local files. With the latest version, I click on "local files" and nothing appears. See attached screenshot. I can toggle the folder locations on and off in settings, but as s...

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Hello, I rely on spotify not only to find new music but to sync it from my local files. With the latest version, I click on "local files" and nothing appears. See attached screenshot. I can toggle th...

gbcox

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Solved!! Installation Failed on Mac

So I rebooted by mac and after doing so spotify will not install. I have tried deleting the download as well as the cache (screen shot attached) and still nothing happens.When I try to install I just get the message "An error occured while trying to ...

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So I rebooted by mac and after doing so spotify will not install.   I have tried deleting the download as well as the cache (screen shot attached) and still nothing happens. When I try to ins...

Dreadlord

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Solved!! Desktop player shows the wrong song as playing

This is a weird one. I'm listening to a song, which is correctly displayed in the bottom left area of my desktop player, but the playlist says a different (wrong) song is playing. What's this all about? I tried restarting Spotify and it's still doing...

Roadie

This is a weird one. I'm listening to a song, which is correctly displayed in the bottom left area of my desktop player, but the playlist says a different (wrong) song is playing. What's this all abo...

robot14

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Solved!! Pinwheel of death - Radio function does not work from now to then

ADMINS: PLEASE TRANSFER TO HELP/MAC. THANKS. The radio function does not work anymore.I've shut down my Mac and left it. 2 hours later I restarted it, started Spotify and a song and sudenly the radio just shows that wheel turning over and over again....

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ADMINS: PLEASE TRANSFER TO HELP/MAC. THANKS.   The radio function does not work anymore. I've shut down my Mac and left it. 2 hours later I restarted it, started Spotify and a song and sudenl...

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Solved!! Can't sort search results

Before the big recent update, search results could be sorted by clicking the column headers -- e.g. by artist, track, album. But after the update I can't do it anymore.I'm guessing that they just didn't bother to keep the old functionality in the new...

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Before the big recent update, search results could be sorted by clicking the column headers -- e.g. by artist, track, album. But after the update I can't do it anymore. I'm guessing that they just...

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Solved!! How do I rearrange my playlists' order?

My playlists in spotify seem to be in the order that they were created. Is there a way to rearrange them in any different order? Thanks for any help.

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My playlists in spotify seem to be in the order that they were created.   Is there a way to rearrange them in any different order?   Thanks for any help.

tobiasburn

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Solved!! My Usage of my image

Good morning:I am a photographer and a user of Spotify. This morning 7/24/2015 I noticed on the mobile app Discover weekly section that one of my images was use without mention of authorship or copyrights. I am enclosing said image. Please explain ho...

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Good morning: I am a photographer and a user of Spotify. This morning 7/24/2015 I noticed on the mobile app Discover weekly section that one of my images was use without mention of  authorship ...

MattSuda

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Solved!! Search results sorting not available

This has been open for MONTHS now. Search options can't be sorted. Is there ANY official stance on this? It's such a basic feature its increible its been neglected.spotify:search:term workaround no longer works either.

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This has been open for MONTHS now. Search options can't be sorted. Is there ANY official stance on this? It's such a basic feature its increible its been neglected. spotify:search:term workaround ...

MattSuda

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Solved!! Plugins on Spotify 1.0.3 for OS X - what happened???

Hi, I'm a premium user and since I've updated my desktop (OS X) client a few weeks ago, I can't access the plugins I had (I used the last.fm and Lazify plugins to discover music). Was this a deliberate downgrade or is there a problem with my installa...

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Hi,   I'm a premium user and since I've updated my desktop (OS X) client a few weeks ago, I can't access the plugins I had (I used the last.fm and Lazify plugins to discover music).   W...

lucas_braga

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Solved!! Disabling Mac OS X Dock badge notifications

Warum zum Henker ist das noch immer nicht gelöst worden? Why the hell are you not able to kill the annoying notifications?

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Warum zum Henker ist das noch immer nicht gelöst worden? Why the hell are you not able to kill the annoying notifications?

mikesalz

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Solved!! Stopping the Mac OS X 10.5 auto-update madness

-- This part of the message is directed at the folks who work at Spotify -- Please turn off the auto-update madness for customers using Mac OS X 10.5. All you are doing is breaking their already running Spotify installations. Frankly, it's just gratu...

Roadie

-- This part of the message is directed at the folks who work at Spotify --   Please turn off the auto-update madness for customers using Mac OS X 10.5. All you are doing is breaking their alr...

jacobsteel

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