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Jam now available on Desktop

Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...

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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Solved!! Spotify free: Music stops on MAC

Edited: Thank you very much everyone for helping! Finally I managed to correct the error and the steps are those that DerpyNerd offered and highlighted as a solution. Hi! I have a MacBook Pro, and for a week now I have a problem with the desktop app....

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[Mac] Troubleshooting Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before. So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Tip: Don't forget to check our Spo...

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Solved!! MP3 Upload

Hello,I would like to know when the option to upload my mp3 will be available on the platform. I have some mp3 songs that are not available on the Spotify platform. We have the option of using local files through the desktop application, however, the...

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  •   Hello, I would like to know when the option to upload my mp3 will be available on the platform. I have some mp3 songs that are not available on the Spotify platform. We have the option of us...
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[Desktop] Liked songs not visible

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro 2019Operating SystemiOS Catalina My Question or IssueLiked songs do not appear on desktop client, but do for mobile.Spotify version: 1.1.40.508.gd5bc2931

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 2019 Operating System iOS Catalina   My Question or Issue Liked songs do not appear on desktop client, but do for mobile. Spotify version: ...
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Mac desktop "all albums" not showing (only recommended) but they do show on mobile.

Hi there, I am a iMac user from Brazil and my spotify started to present some problems. Since last year the albums would take forever to load and last week it would not show them at all - only the recommended ones which is barely 20% of them all. I o...

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  • Hi there, I am a iMac user from Brazil and my spotify started to present some problems. Since last year the albums would take forever to load and last week it would not show them at all - only the re...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify always plays the same playlist at the same time everyday

PlanPremiumCountryAusDeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemOS 10.14.3 My Question or IssueEveryday at 9:20am, if my laptop is on it starts playing a specific playlist, I would love to be able to stop it from doing this. I did once have the app wakefy...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Aus Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System OS 10.14.3   My Question or Issue Everyday at 9:20am, if my laptop is on it starts playing a specific playlist...
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Client is sending constent queries to my .local network happens ever 1min

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceMBPOperating SystemCatalina 10.15.6Spotify Version1.1.40.508.gd5bc2931 My Question or IssueEach minute the Spotify client is sending A record queries to two random host names with a .local domain. This comes back...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States   Device MBP Operating System Catalina 10.15.6 Spotify Version 1.1.40.508.gd5bc2931   My Question or Issue Each minute the Spotify client is ...
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I can't see the lyrics option anywhere on the the screen.

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceMacbook Pro 2020Operating SystemmacOS Catalina My Question or IssueWhere can I see the lyrics of any song?

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  •   Plan Premium Country India Device Macbook Pro 2020 Operating System macOS Catalina   My Question or Issue Where can I see the lyrics of any song?
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Saved albums not showing

Plan: PremiumCountry: AustraliaDevice: Macbook Pro 2017Operating System: MacOS Catalina 10.15.6 Saved albums are not showing. Only my most recently saved albums appear but I have at least a hundred saved albums that do not show.Going to a specific al...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Australia Device: Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System: MacOS Catalina 10.15.6   Saved albums are not showing. Only my most recently saved albums appear but I have at le...
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Solved!! Can't put up an idea on the Spotify Community

Hi, y'all So I don't know exactly where to put this topic in 'cause it can be various topics. I don't know if it is me but it has been happening for more than 1 month now. I just cannot seem to put up an idea on the Spotify community. I don't know wh...

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  • Hi, y'all   So I don't know exactly where to put this topic in 'cause it can be various topics. I don't know if it is me but it has been happening for more than 1 month now.   I just ca...
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Find friends not working.

PlanPremiumCountryLithuaniaDeviceMacbook PRO 16"Operating System10.15.6 My Question or IssueFind friends not working on a mac. I log in with Facebook as well. On my iphone it;s working. Whats strange is that I can see friend activity.

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  • Plan Premium Country Lithuania Device Macbook PRO 16" Operating System 10.15.6   My Question or Issue Find friends not working on a mac. I log in with Facebook as well. On my iphone it...
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Lyrics on Spotify Mac OS

Bring android like lyrics on spotify Mac OS app. PremiumIndia Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)

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  • Bring android like lyrics on spotify Mac OS app.   Premium India   Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)  
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Superuser Contribution Song duplicated when added to queue

PlanFreeCountryAustraliaDevice2019 MacBook Pro Operating SystemmacOS Catalina My Question or IssueWhenever I drag a song from a playlist into the queue, it adds the song twice to the queue. I've redownloaded the app, restarted my laptop and also logg...

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  • Plan Free Country Australia Device 2019 MacBook Pro  Operating System macOS Catalina    My Question or Issue Whenever I drag a song from a playlist into the queue, it adds th...
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Unable to toggle between fullscreen album art and fullscreen browse views

Premium | Spotify OSX DesktopI'm unable to toggle between fullscreen album art and fullscreen browse views without first going into windowed mode.This feels like a clunky oversight which is easily fixable.Please have the "Escape" button and both(!) "...

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  • Premium | Spotify OSX Desktop I'm unable to toggle between fullscreen album art and fullscreen browse views without first going into windowed mode. This feels like a clunky oversight which is e...
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song radio works.. sometimes

Song Radio comes up for big artists, but not for small ones. Shouldn't it come up for all artists? Premium plan, USA, Macbook, Catalina.

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  • Song Radio comes up for big artists, but not for small ones. Shouldn't it come up for all artists?   Premium plan, USA, Macbook, Catalina.  
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[BUG] if captcha doesn't load, it's error message injects into document root

PlanFreeCountryNew Zealand DeviceMacbook Pro 2017, osx 10.14.6Chrome 84 IssueFor about the last month I keep getting an issue where a captcha error message injects directly into document root and pushes the rest of the UI over (thanks to a flex layou...

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  • Plan Free Country New Zealand   Device Macbook Pro 2017, osx 10.14.6 Chrome 84   Issue For about the last month I keep getting an issue where a captcha error message injects direc...
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Can't Play Current Song

Premium PlanUnited States MacBook Pro, 2019macOS Catlina 10.15.1Spotify : 1.1.39.612.g1e7e78a4 I use bluetooth headphone and can't advance to the next song with error message: can't play the current song. Have tried re-downloading app, log out and in...

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  • Premium Plan United States   MacBook Pro, 2019 macOS Catlina 10.15.1 Spotify : 1.1.39.612.g1e7e78a4   I use bluetooth headphone and can't advance to the next song with error message:...
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Single Amazon Alexa visible on all but one Mac

We have several Macs, all on the same network. We have several Sonos and Amazon Alexa speakers as well. On all Macs but one I can see everything. On that one lone Mac I can see all Alexas and all Sonos but one(!). Can see them all as well from iOS de...

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  • We have several Macs, all on the same network.    We have several Sonos and Amazon Alexa speakers as well.    On all Macs but one I can see everything.   On th...
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Superuser Contribution Saved albums missing from Library

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacBook Air 2017 13"Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 High Sierra I have Spotify Desktop version 1.1.38.558.g4b100958 on my Mac, and I am no longer seeing my albums in my library. There is a Sort drop down, where I ha...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device MacBook Air 2017 13" Operating System macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra   I have Spotify Desktop version 1.1.38.558.g4b100958 on my Mac, and I am ...
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Problems with "Albums" view

PlanPremiumCountrySweden DeviceMacbook Pro 16" 2020Operating SystemOSX My Question or IssueIn the "Your library/Albums" view, only a handful of my liked albums are currently being displayed. However, if I change the sorting order to "Most recently ad...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden   Device Macbook Pro 16" 2020 Operating System OSX   My Question or Issue In the "Your library/Albums" view, only a handful of my liked albums are cur...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Daily Mixes Won't Load

PlanPremium DeviceMacOS Catalina 10.15.5 My Question or IssueTrying to access my daily mix and they're just stuck on the loading screen.This has been happening for the last few days. Can anyone please help?

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  •   Plan Premium   Device MacOS Catalina 10.15.5   My Question or Issue Trying to access my daily mix and they're just stuck on the loading screen. This has been happening for t...
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