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Discuss Spotify for 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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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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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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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...
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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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....
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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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...
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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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...
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...
Roadie
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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. When in my song library I can play a song if I click the p...
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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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.
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...
Spotify Star
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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 after restarting Spotify. The same song plays fine on my Android p...
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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"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...
"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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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
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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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...
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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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...
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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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 ...
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.)...
Spotify Star
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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 - Scanning visually for an album cover is very very helpful. I'll gi...
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...
Newbie
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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 happens. I even go to the top menu bar and hit "sel...
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 ...
Roadie
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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
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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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)...
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 (especially my fb friends) can see which playlists I follow. Can somebody help?!
I don't want that others (especially my fb friends) can see which playlists I follow. Can somebody help?!
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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 when it was unable to open. I've tried to do a clean ...
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...
Newbie
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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 only happens with Spotify so the problem isn't the DAC. Anyone else ...
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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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...
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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