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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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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...
Newbie
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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 install I just get the message "An error occured while trying to ...
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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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...
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...
Roadie
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http://cl.ly/image/433W1n0Y2j0f How the hell do you remove this?
http://cl.ly/image/433W1n0Y2j0f How the hell do you remove this? 😠
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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 sudenly the radio just shows that wheel turning over and over again....
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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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...
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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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.
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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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...
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 ...
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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 no longer works either.
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 ...
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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). Was this a deliberate downgrade or is there a problem with my installa...
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...
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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?
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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-- 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...
-- 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...
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Since Spotify has removed app support in their player, now every time I launch I get the following error message (attached screen shot). I've done a clean reinstall but still get the error. How do I remove spotAPI?!? ErrorSpotify 1.0.2.6.g9977a14b (v...
Since Spotify has removed app support in their player, now every time I launch I get the following error message (attached screen shot). I've done a clean reinstall but still get the error. How do I ...
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In my local files I can still see some albums that are no longer on my Macbook but strangly enough I can still see them??I can even push play, but (of course) nothing happens when I do this.I would like to erase these albums or not see them but how??...
In my local files I can still see some albums that are no longer on my Macbook but strangly enough I can still see them?? I can even push play, but (of course) nothing happens when I do this. I wou...
Roadie
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What's new in this version (1.0.9) Say hello to our new colour. Nice, isn't it? Store your music where you want. Head over to Settings to pick your cache location. New on touch screens: adjust volume or jump to a different part of a song by dragging ...
What's new in this version (1.0.9) Say hello to our new colour. Nice, isn't it? Store your music where you want. Head over to Settings to pick your cache location. New on touch scree...
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Recently the desktop client has stopped working for me entirely. The window is completely blank. No text whatsoever other than the identifying "Spotify" text at the top of the window. I don't know if this is related to an OSX update or not because I ...
Recently the desktop client has stopped working for me entirely. The window is completely blank. No text whatsoever other than the identifying "Spotify" text at the top of the window. I don't know if...
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