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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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Hello hello, Recently I've found that a lot of my desktop downloaded songs are no longer available for me to listen to on my desktop or mobile Spotify. These songs were never available on Spotify albums since they were unknown songs (they're fanmade ...
Hello hello, Recently I've found that a lot of my desktop downloaded songs are no longer available for me to listen to on my desktop or mobile Spotify. These songs were never available on Spotify alb...
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Hi, Is there any way I can transfer my "Local Files" folder in Spotify from my old Mac to my new one I bought yesterday? I haven't installed spotify on the new one yet, but if I do, I know that all my playlists will be synced. The songs that are avai...
Hi, Is there any way I can transfer my "Local Files" folder in Spotify from my old Mac to my new one I bought yesterday? I haven't installed spotify on the new one yet, but if I do...
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After updating spotify I can not search for songs in my playlist anymore. Please fix it! CTRL+F or CMD+F does not do anything.
After updating spotify I can not search for songs in my playlist anymore. Please fix it! CTRL+F or CMD+F does not do anything.
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Seriously though, what are some GOOD apps similar to Spotify? I'm tired of paying you guys to bug test this **bleep** for the moron in charge of updates.
Seriously though, what are some GOOD apps similar to Spotify? I'm tired of paying you guys to bug test this **bleep** for the moron in charge of updates.
Roadie
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Since for a week, my notifications in the app not working, just click the bell icon, and the screen only shows...the "wave waiting"...but never shows the notifications
Since for a week, my notifications in the app not working, just click the bell icon, and the screen only shows...the "wave waiting"...but never shows the notifications
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I have converted my Grooveshark playlist using Ivy. The playlist text file looks like this: ....spotify:track:0RTjFVHvqjTdpX2NawwyXI.... The instruction says that I can copy the list and paste it into any Spotify playlist.However, unless I'm missing ...
I have converted my Grooveshark playlist using Ivy. The playlist text file looks like this: .... spotify:track:0RTjFVHvqjTdpX2NawwyXI .... The instruction says that I can c...
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Am I missing something or does Spotify only show you your friend's last played song instead of listing every song they recently listened to? For example, now it shows what they're currently listening to, which is nice and all, but it doesn't show wha...
Am I missing something or does Spotify only show you your friend's last played song instead of listing every song they recently listened to? For example, now it shows what they're currently ...
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I am using Spotify on Mac OS 10.10. My local files do not show up at all. I even tried manually adding my iTunes media directory in the preferences, but still nothing. Any ideas? I also don't see a way to import iTunes playlists (was that option remo...
I am using Spotify on Mac OS 10.10. My local files do not show up at all. I even tried manually adding my iTunes media directory in the preferences, but still nothing. Any ideas?&nb...
Roadie
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Hello lads.After using Spotify for years, a recent update introduced a very annoying bug: when adding multiple songs to the queue, either by adding an entire album or a custom set from a playlist, Spotify always changes the order of the songs. It see...
Hello lads. After using Spotify for years, a recent update introduced a very annoying bug: when adding multiple songs to the queue, either by adding an entire album or a custom set from a playlist...
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Hello! Im having some trouble with my playlist. It´s a bit hard to explain, but im going to try. After the newest spotify update, for some reason when i click on a song on my playlist, a totally different one appears. I´ve tried reinstalling spotify,...
Hello! Im having some trouble with my playlist. It´s a bit hard to explain, but im going to try. After the newest spotify update, for some reason when i click on a song on my playlist, a totally diff...
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If anyone from Spotify could answer this, that'd be awesome. Since the latest update the program no longer remembers the playlist scroll position upon exiting / restarting and even when changing views (navigating away from the playlist, then clicking...
If anyone from Spotify could answer this, that'd be awesome. Since the latest update the program no longer remembers the playlist scroll position upon exiting / restarting and even when changi...
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Since the folks here have this brilliant idea to remove the Desktop Apps could you suggest me a way to generate playlist automatically? I am using spotify mostly to discover new music and as background music at work. No time to generate every day 10 ...
Since the folks here have this brilliant idea to remove the Desktop Apps could you suggest me a way to generate playlist automatically? I am using spotify mostly to discover new music a...
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Hi there. I have a macbook with two different users. Both of them are used by me. I use one for personnal use and the other one at work.I've installed Spotify in my personal profile but I would like to have it on my other profile.When I try to connec...
Hi there. I have a macbook with two different users. Both of them are used by me. I use one for personnal use and the other one at work. I've installed Spotify in my personal profile...
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On the file menu I only have the Logout and Close Window option. Im using Spotify in spanish, any hint why Im missing the other options? Thanks a lot!
On the file menu I only have the Logout and Close Window option. Im using Spotify in spanish, any hint why Im missing the other options? Thanks a lot!
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Seriously, what is going on with this new desktop app? It's like the developers simply forgot to implement a lot of these features.
Seriously, what is going on with this new desktop app? It's like the developers simply forgot to implement a lot of these features.
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I like listening to the top 100 playlist that is being played here in teh UK and also in italy! Always fresh music that i don't have to search out! Please bring it back. Thanks
I like listening to the top 100 playlist that is being played here in teh UK and also in italy! Always fresh music that i don't have to search out! Please bring it back. Thanks
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For last few days whenever I put on Sonos, it seems to log me off if I am playing Spotify through my mac or iphone. Has something changed? For the three device limitation, I use it on my mac, my iphone and sonos. Occasionally sonos will be playing at...
For last few days whenever I put on Sonos, it seems to log me off if I am playing Spotify through my mac or iphone. Has something changed? For the three device limitation, I use it on ...
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Ok so I have an iPhone 4s and a Mac running OS X 10.6 and my iPhone won't sync or show up under the devices tab on the Spotify desktop client version 0.9.15.27 (Is this the latest version? If not, it wont let me update, every restart and even several...
Ok so I have an iPhone 4s and a Mac running OS X 10.6 and my iPhone won't sync or show up under the devices tab on the Spotify desktop client version 0.9.15.27 (Is this the latest versio...
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I'm really fond of the ability to sync your local tracks to your phone using the devices option on my desktop spotify. However, since the update, there is no device section that I can find, and boy have I looked. Thus, I don't know how to sync any mo...
I'm really fond of the ability to sync your local tracks to your phone using the devices option on my desktop spotify. However, since the update, there is no device section that I can find, and boy h...
Roadie
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We used to be able to sort the local files by date added now that's even gone... And with the ctrl/cmd+f find filter gone from all the views, it's very difficult to find a song. Basically have to sort alphabetically and look for it — which doens't wo...
We used to be able to sort the local files by date added now that's even gone... And with the ctrl/cmd+f find filter gone from all the views, it's very difficult to find a song. Basically have to sor...
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