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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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Solved!! Empty playlist

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.

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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: 0vCn9olrPNfAQJAlPJcWkv I have currently added couple of tracks since...

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Solved!! "can't play the current track" issue on Mac client

Hi, I'm a premium Spotify user. Very often, when using the Mac client, I get a "can't play the current track" error message. It appears for the same track if I try to re-play it, even after restarting Spotify. The same song plays fine on my Android p...

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Hi,   I'm a premium Spotify user. Very often, when using the Mac client, I get a "can't play the current track" error message. It appears for the same track if I try to re-play it, even afte...

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Solved!! When will 'sort search results by column heading' be restored to Spotify?

"once you do a search, the column headings are unresponsive, regarding sorting by song title or sorting by artist or by album". This is something I need from the program that should not have been removed. "I can no longer SORT the search results by s...

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"once you do a search, the column headings are unresponsive, regarding sorting by song title or sorting by artist or by album". This is something I need from the program that should not have been r...

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Solved!! Mac Os Yosemite - Streaming to AppleTV using Airplay

Hey guys i tryed to find any solution in the internet but cant find a working one. So my question, is there any chance right now to stream music from spotify to my appletv using airplay? Im using a MacBook Pro with Yosemite Greets

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Hey guys   i tryed to find any solution in the internet but cant find a working one.   So my question,    is there any chance right now to stream music from spotify to...

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Solved!! Spotify Using my dev port causing conflict

Spotify has gone rogue and has started to listen to my local development port (8099) which means I can't listen to spotify while working locally. How did this happen and how do I fix it? Ideas localhost:4381 (LISTEN) localhost:4371 (LISTEN) localhost...

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Spotify has gone rogue and has started to listen to my local development port (8099) which means I can't listen to spotify while working locally. How did this happen and how do I fix it? Ideas local...

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Solved!! Spotify is killing my MacBook

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...

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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 j...

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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.)...

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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...

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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...

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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?!

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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