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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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62 replies
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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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I would like to share a solution to having no sound despite having a connection through Spotify Connect and despite showing that the app is actually playing the track - but with no sound as said. So far not a single forum entry showed me any work aro...
I would like to share a solution to having no sound despite having a connection through Spotify Connect and despite showing that the app is actually playing the track - but with no sound as said. So ...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceMacbook Air, M2, 2022Operating SystemSeqouia 15.4.1 My Question or IssueI had issued with my desktop app not being able to play podcasts - just musics.I did a complete wipe of cache, still did not work.Did a complete uni...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Macbook Air, M2, 2022 Operating System Seqouia 15.4.1 My Question or Issue I had issued with my desktop app not being able to play pod...
Moderator
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An animation of three dots persist when I try to open Spotify for artists page on Safari. I have been checking my stats from my mobile device, hoping the Safari issue would be solved by itself, but now it has been over a month. Thanks for help
An animation of three dots persist when I try to open Spotify for artists page on Safari. I have been checking my stats from my mobile device, hoping the Safari issue would be solved by itself, but n...
Newbie
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21 replies
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I'm experiencing an issue where artwork, canvas, and artist images are not displayed when using the "Expand Now Playing view" feature.Issue DetailsWhen entering "Expand Now Playing view", artwork, canvas, and artist images fail to loadThis issue cons...
I'm experiencing an issue where artwork, canvas, and artist images are not displayed when using the "Expand Now Playing view" feature. Issue Details When entering "Expand Now Playing view", artwor...
Casual Listener
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hi there, i was wondering if you could clear something up for me regarding the results obtained via label search. as an example searching for label:"wackies" gives 100 tracks precisely; however looking at the results via albums/see all it seems that ...
hi there, i was wondering if you could clear something up for me regarding the results obtained via label search. as an example searching for label:"wackies" gives 100 trac...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceMacBook Air M1, MacBook Pro M1 ProOperating SystemMacOS 15.5 My Question or IssueAfter buying another mac, I moved configuration keeping the old one for different purposes. I log out Spotify on both devices than logged i...
Plan Premium Country Poland Device MacBook Air M1, MacBook Pro M1 Pro Operating System MacOS 15.5 My Question or Issue After buying another mac, I moved configuration keeping the old...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountry UK DeviceMacbook Pro 2017 (13")Operating SystemMacOS 10.13.5 (17F77)Spotify Version1.0.86.337.ga8d5cef9 When I pause a song on Spotify whilst using bluetooth earphones, audio is muted for every other application on the computer. Fo...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Macbook Pro 2017 (13") Operating System MacOS 10.13.5 (17F77) Spotify Version 1.0.86.337.ga8d5cef9 When I pause a song on Spot...
Newbie
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27 replies
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So, when you click the "shuffle" button, it toggles between three modes: regular, shuffle, and smart shuffle. Smart shuffle recommendations appear in both "shuffle" and "smart shuffle" mode. Meaning I am unable to play in regular "shuffle" mode witho...
So, when you click the "shuffle" button, it toggles between three modes: regular, shuffle, and smart shuffle. Smart shuffle recommendations appear in both "shuffle" and "smart shuffle" mode. Meaning ...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMacbook M1 ProOperating SystemmacOS Ventura 13.6.4 My Question or Issue Hi there, Just can't get this to work. Ever since I changed my display name and logged out I have had issues. I now have my display name and username th...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Macbook M1 Pro Operating System macOS Ventura 13.6.4 My Question or Issue Hi there, Just can't get this to work. Ever since I changed ...
Moderator
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For the past few days, I've been having an issue where the volume of my music mutes by itself, which I have to increase manually again to resume playback.PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceMacbook Air 2018Operating SystemMacOS Sonoma 14.3 My Question or Is...
For the past few days, I've been having an issue where the volume of my music mutes by itself, which I have to increase manually again to resume playback. Plan Premium Country India Device Macb...
Spotify Star
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Plan: PremiumCountry: CHDevice: MacBook Pro M1Operating System: macOS (Apple Silicon)Spotify Version: 1.2.61.443.gc51c574bMy Question or Issue:The "Liked Songs" playlist won't always start in the desktop app. It works when I click "Play" to launch th...
Plan: Premium Country: CH Device: MacBook Pro M1 Operating System: macOS (Apple Silicon) Spotify Version: 1.2.61.443.gc51c574b My Question or Issue: The "Liked Songs" playlist won't always star...
Moderator
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I think we should have the ability to control the volume of the Spotify app (especially on personal computers, Mac incl.) with as much precision as manually moving the slider, using our mouse scroll wheel.Modern peripherals are becoming more exacting...
I think we should have the ability to control the volume of the Spotify app (especially on personal computers, Mac incl.) with as much precision as manually moving the slider, using our mouse scroll ...
Moderator
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PlanPremium DeviceMacbook Pro (16-inc, 2019)Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur 11.2.3 My Issue:If the currently playing playlist is sorted by any way (like date added)And you click on the playing album thumbnail, will go to a random song
Plan Premium Device Macbook Pro (16-inc, 2019) Operating System macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 My Issue: If the currently playing playlist is sorted by any way (like date added) And you...
Regular
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PlanFreeCountryUKDeviceMacBook Pro 2018Operating SystemioS My Question or IssueSo I’ve been dealing with a different problem mentioned in a separate thread (see here) and as soon as that got fixed, the web browser let me play three songs and then mov...
Plan Free Country UK Device MacBook Pro 2018 Operating System ioS My Question or Issue So I’ve been dealing with a different problem mentioned in a separate thread (see here) a...
Moderator
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all my music stops after 10 seconds on my laptop. I think it's a common issue, but can't find the solution
all my music stops after 10 seconds on my laptop. I think it's a common issue, but can't find the solution
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceMacBook Air 2020Operating System(macOS Sonoma) My Question or IssueI’m experiencing a frustrating sync issue between devices. Earlier today, I spent over an hour organising the “My Episodes” playlist on the Spotify Mac Desk...
Plan Premium Country UK Device MacBook Air 2020 Operating System (macOS Sonoma) My Question or Issue I’m experiencing a frustrating sync issue between devices. E...
Moderator
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correct output selected, have reloaded webpage, no bluetooth device connected, mac not muted, still no sound even though track says it's playing
correct output selected, have reloaded webpage, no bluetooth device connected, mac not muted, still no sound even though track says it's playing
Moderator
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PlanPremiumDeviceMac ProOperating SystemiOS 15.2, happened on previous versions as well My Question or Issue Hi,I can't solve the following issue since a while now.Since about 4 months I am unable to eject any harddrives. In harddrive-helper I see th...
Plan Premium Device Mac Pro Operating System iOS 15.2, happened on previous versions as well My Question or Issue Hi, I can't solve the following issue since a while now. Sin...
Moderator
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I start Spotify and go to play any song but within a few seconds Spotify will glitch and stop playing. The song's progress bar will continue to move forward but no sound will come out of my computer. My problem is on an M1 MacBook Pro hooked up to a ...
I start Spotify and go to play any song but within a few seconds Spotify will glitch and stop playing. The song's progress bar will continue to move forward but no sound will come out of my computer....
Casual Listener
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The command 'play track $trackid' unintentionally also triggers the activate command, causing the Spotify app to come to the foreground. However, the activate command is intended for separate use and should not be automatically triggered when playing...
The command 'play track $trackid' unintentionally also triggers the activate command, causing the Spotify app to come to the foreground. However, the activate command is intended for separate use and...
Moderator
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