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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...
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...
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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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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So like it says, as soon as I open my spotify app on my Mac, it crashes. Before, the login keychain thing that plagues mac computers came up and asked me to put my password in for the keychain, for spotify to remember. I didn't know my login password...
So like it says, as soon as I open my spotify app on my Mac, it crashes. Before, the login keychain thing that plagues mac computers came up and asked me to put my password in for the keychain, for s...
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Dear Spotify Community, Ever since I got my new MBP, I installed a little app (gfxCardStatus v.2.3) which show which is the currently used GPU. When I'm travelling I try to use my integrated graphics card - so that I can conserve battery power. Unfor...
Dear Spotify Community, Ever since I got my new MBP, I installed a little app (gfxCardStatus v.2.3) which show which is the currently used GPU. When I'm travelling I try to use my ...
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Hi I want to pay my subscription in Dollars because I live on the small Island Curacao and our currency is also Dollars. So I set my Location as USA but now i cant find a lot of famous dutch hiphop artists like Opposites and Fresku. The thing is i ca...
Hi I want to pay my subscription in Dollars because I live on the small Island Curacao and our currency is also Dollars. So I set my Location as USA but now i cant find a lot of...
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Whenever I add new albums to my "check out" playlist--which is about 3900 total songs at this point--the desktop app freezes and I get the spinning ball of death. However, if I force quite and then re-add the same album it works, but then breaks when...
Whenever I add new albums to my "check out" playlist--which is about 3900 total songs at this point--the desktop app freezes and I get the spinning ball of death. However, if I force quite and then r...
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=== START OF TEMPLATE === Description I've just got a new Mac Mini and copied my old system (running 10.6.8) over to it using Time Machine. Spotify app crashes immediately after it asks for my username and password. After I've input my username and p...
=== START OF TEMPLATE === Description I've just got a new Mac Mini and copied my old system (running 10.6.8) over to it using Time Machine. Spotify app crashes immediately after it...
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Igor Stravinsky – Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (1951-1957) I've only listened to it using the Mac Desktop client so I posted here. I'm getting a completely different album than I expected.
Igor Stravinsky – Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (1951-1957) I've only listened to it using the Mac Desktop client so I posted here. I'm getting a completely different album tha...
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For about a month now, I havent been able to open my Spotify. I click the icon on the dock, and it bounces as if it was going to open, and before it does, I get a message saying "The application Spotify quit unexpectedly. Mac OS X and other applicati...
For about a month now, I havent been able to open my Spotify. I click the icon on the dock, and it bounces as if it was going to open, and before it does, I get a message saying "The application Spot...
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When I try to open spotify it bounces once in my dock and does nothing. No crash report, it just refuses to open. I've tried reinstalling.
When I try to open spotify it bounces once in my dock and does nothing. No crash report, it just refuses to open. I've tried reinstalling.
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I've read thru other similar posts, and tried some of the suggestions, but nothing is working for me. The other posts are older so I'm hoping for newer info... Spotify was working perfectly until a couple days ago. My computer crashed and after reboo...
I've read thru other similar posts, and tried some of the suggestions, but nothing is working for me. The other posts are older so I'm hoping for newer info... Spotify was working pe...
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I have Spotify 0.9.8.61 - my version screen https://www.dropbox.com/s/gi8il6su9r6rq7a/Zrzut%20ekranu%202014-02-04%2023.50.03.jpg As you can see, the client tells me, that new version is waiting for me, but after reboot of the client the mesage appear...
I have Spotify 0.9.8.61 - my version screen https://www.dropbox.com/s/gi8il6su9r6rq7a/Zrzut%20ekranu%202014-02-04%2023.50.03.jpg As you can see, the client tells me, that new version is ...
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My spotify app is just saying waiting and i cannot access my music. Please advise what to do
My spotify app is just saying waiting and i cannot access my music. Please advise what to do
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I noticed the following issues after starting up Spotify shortly afterwards: - My starred playist is gone. It soon gave me 3 songs. (My library is kinda normal) - It crashes - The music stops randomly. It seems to continue playing the song if I comma...
I noticed the following issues after starting up Spotify shortly afterwards: - My starred playist is gone. It soon gave me 3 songs. (My library is kinda normal) - It crashes &...
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Hello, I use Spotify (Premium) on a Mac user account with restricted access to some programs and web pages to protect my children. Since app 5 days, the setup seems to have changed because the user has no right to use spotify web helper. Usually, the...
Hello, I use Spotify (Premium) on a Mac user account with restricted access to some programs and web pages to protect my children. Since app 5 days, the setup seems to have changed because the user h...
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Hello, When i'm playing a song in a playlist i'm following (a spotify playlist for example), If i want to play the next song, Spotify always plays a song from a personal playlist and not from the followed playlist i'm currently listening. Does anyone...
Hello, When i'm playing a song in a playlist i'm following (a spotify playlist for example), If i want to play the next song, Spotify always plays a song from a personal playlist ...
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Hey ! I have a trouble that I can't resolve and I hope you can help. A year ago, I have imported all my playlist from itunes to spotify and it works great in Spotify. Don't need anymore to use iTunes on my mac. But now I have a problem with iTunes. M...
Hey ! I have a trouble that I can't resolve and I hope you can help. A year ago, I have imported all my playlist from itunes to spotify and it works great in Spotify. Don't need an...
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So, when I went to USA I made sure to click the "Available Offline" switch on 2 of my playlists but when one of them was finished it had a grey "offline" symbol on it instead of the regular green one. It still works offline however, first I thought t...
So, when I went to USA I made sure to click the "Available Offline" switch on 2 of my playlists but when one of them was finished it had a grey "offline" symbol on it instead of the regular green one...
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i've got all my music synced for offline availability on my iphone but not my mac. I don't want to redownload all of it again as there is about 7 gigs worth of music. Is there a way to get all the music off my iphone and onto spotify on my mac.
i've got all my music synced for offline availability on my iphone but not my mac. I don't want to redownload all of it again as there is about 7 gigs worth of music. Is there a way to get all the mu...
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Hi, this is a feature request, I guess. Most mac apps allow you to swipe left on your trackpad or magic mouse to go back (or swipe right to go forward). Spotify doesn't do this. Version 0.9.6.72.ge329c074 on OSX 10.9 on a retina macbook pro. Also, I ...
Hi, this is a feature request, I guess. Most mac apps allow you to swipe left on your trackpad or magic mouse to go back (or swipe right to go forward). S...
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I have an issue that I have not yet read about in any of these threads. I've had Spotify on my Mac OSX 10.5.8 for years. I am currently working on a school project for a class on Music in Social Media, which requires me to use the Discover feature an...
I have an issue that I have not yet read about in any of these threads. I've had Spotify on my Mac OSX 10.5.8 for years. I am currently working on a school project for a class on Music in...
Casual Listener
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Hello there! I am using the newest version of Spotifiy (0.9.4.185.g7545a404) under Mac OS X 10.9. Now I'm opening this app, searching for a song and click the right mousebutton on a song to open the contextmenu. The app crashes. What can I do?
Hello there! I am using the newest version of Spotifiy (0.9.4.185.g7545a404) under Mac OS X 10.9. Now I'm opening this app, searching for a song and click the right mousebutton on a song t...
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