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Not downloading, zip file corrupted Mac

I just purchased a m4 macbook running 26.2 Tahoe. I tried downloading spotify from Safari and Chrome. Every time I try to open the zip file it says Unable to expand "SpotifyInstaller.zip" into "Desktop". (Error 79 - Inappropriate file type or format....

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Solved!! How to stop Spotify from starting on login on macOS

hi! this is the same question as this one but because it’s marked as solved and the solution doesn’t work for me, I’m posting it again. I’ve double checked:1) I have no “login items” for my user in the Users & Groups pref pane2) when I right click th...

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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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Football streaming

I have just been told that you can watch live football streams through spotfy, is this true and if it is, how?

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I have just been told that you can watch live football streams through spotfy, is this true and if it is, how?

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Solved!! Mac running Yosemite Spotify Crashes

I have re-downloaded Spotify to my Mac computer running 10.10.2 but it continues to crash every time I open it. The Spotify version is: 1.0.3.101.gbfa97dfe. Any recommendations? Thanks for your help.

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I have re-downloaded Spotify to my Mac computer running 10.10.2 but it continues to crash every time I open it. The Spotify version is: 1.0.3.101.gbfa97dfe. Any recommendations?   Thanks for y...

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Solved!! Family plan

I just upgraded to family plan. I added my wife. We now have the same spotify, she has all my playlists and when she plays hers mine stops. Please help. Oh and I log in using Facebook

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I just upgraded to family plan. I added my wife. We now have the same spotify, she has all my playlists and when she plays hers mine stops. Please help. Oh and I log in using Facebook

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Solved!! Next / Previous media keys don't work on 3rd Party Keyboard, Play/Pause does work. [MAC]

Hello! So I am using a Logitech G710+ keyboard with my Mac (running 10.9) , and the media keys (Play/Pause, Stop, Next and Previous) work perfectly fine with iTunes, even in background. Now, when I use Spotify, I usually quit iTunes (to stop conflict...

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Hello!   So I am using a Logitech G710+ keyboard with my Mac (running 10.9) , and the media keys (Play/Pause, Stop, Next and Previous) work perfectly fine with iTunes, even in background. ...

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Solved!! Spotify not loading...

If anyone can help me. As of yesterday my Spotify completly stopped working. I can open the application up, but then nothing would load I would be stuck in a black screen. Would still have the access to the menu bar, but nothing else. I was listening...

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If anyone can help me. As of yesterday my Spotify completly stopped working. I can open the application up, but then nothing would load I would be stuck in a black screen. Would still have the access...

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Solved!! Having multiple 'Liked from radio' stations

Hey there, I've looked around at threads about the 'Liked from radio' feature but I couldn't find any specific to my query. So I had 'Club/Trance' genre radio on yesterday and I was 'liking' songs and they were being added to my 'Liked from radio' pl...

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Hey there,   I've looked around at threads about the 'Liked from radio' feature but I couldn't find any specific to my query.   So I had 'Club/Trance' genre radio on yesterday and I...

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Solved!! Streaming to Airport Express from iPhone 6s

Hi,Spotify streams perfectly from my MacBook Pro to 2nd gen Airport Express but not from my iPhone 6s. Had the same problem with my iPhone 6. I've reset/rebooted all the devices in the chain and still not working. As you can imagine it's infuriating....

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Hi, Spotify streams perfectly from my MacBook Pro to 2nd gen Airport Express but not from my iPhone 6s. Had the same problem with my iPhone 6. I've reset/rebooted all the devices in the chain and st...

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Solved!! All Playlists have Disappeared

Hello, I logged into Spotify today and found that all of my playlists (I had created several) have completely disappeared. What happened? How do I get them back? EDIT: I should note - I HAVE playlists - they're just not mine. It's a short list of wei...

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Hello, I logged into Spotify today and found that all of my playlists (I had created several) have completely disappeared. What happened? How do I get them back?   EDIT:  I should note - ...

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Solved!! Sharing a playlist in Spotify with non-Facebook users

Hi, I am using a Mac and trying to share a playlist from my account to a friend's account. Neither of us are on facebook and when I go to the share option and type the Spotify username it claims that it cannot be recognised. I have tried to follow th...

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Hi,    I am using a Mac and trying to share a playlist from my account to a friend's account.  Neither of us are on facebook and when I go to the share option and type the Spotify us...

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Songs Won't Play

I downloaded Spotify onto my MacBook Pro today. For a couple of hours I was able to play my songs just fine. I was in the process of organizing my songs into playlists when my issue happened. When in my song library I can play a song if I click the p...

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I downloaded Spotify onto my MacBook Pro today. For a couple of hours I was able to play my songs just fine. I was in the process of organizing my songs into playlists when my issue happened.  ...

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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...

MauriceMV

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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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