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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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Superuser Contribution Cannot play songs after updating to macOS Catalina

I am able to open the Spotify desktop client but not able to play any music after I hit the play button. The strange thing is the playback slider is moving but no music is playing on my headphones. I have restarted the client, restarted my computer a...

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  • I am able to open the Spotify desktop client but not able to play any music after I hit the play button. The strange thing is the playback slider is moving but no music is playing on my headphones. ...
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Create Similar Playlist not working anymore

1.1.40.508.gd5bc2931 MacOS Mojave When I try to use the "Create similar Playlist" feature, nothing happens. Its in the right-click menu, but its now non-functional.What's going on?

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  • 1.1.40.508.gd5bc2931 MacOS Mojave  When I try to use the "Create similar Playlist" feature, nothing happens. Its in the right-click menu, but its now non-functional. What's going on?  
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Spotify Playlists

StudentPremiumUSAMacbookiOS 10 I have been listening to Spotify on my Mac, and for some reason, no matter what Playlist I play, it plays the first song on the playlist, and then automatically goes to 80s music. And I've changed my password, and there...

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  • Student Premium USA Macbook iOS 10   I have been listening to Spotify on my Mac, and for some reason, no matter what Playlist I play, it plays the first song on the playlist, and then auto...
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Follower count

Why has my follower count reduced overnight?? It say 249 followers on the spotify application on my macbook pro but 279 followers on my artists.spotify.com page. I know some of the people that followed me on spotify cause i told them to. They couldnt...

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  • Why has my follower count reduced overnight?? It say 249 followers on the spotify application on my macbook pro but 279 followers on my artists.spotify.com page. I know some of the people that follow...
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Superuser Contribution Search Causes App to Crash

Have done all the various troubleshooting steps with no luck.Created a new user account and Spotify worked briefly but started crashing again.This only happens on my MBP and no other devices I use Spotify on. OS: 10.15.6

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  • Have done all the various troubleshooting steps with no luck. Created a new user account and Spotify worked briefly but started crashing again. This only happens on my MBP and no other devices I us...
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I can't add Liked Songs to their own playlist anymore

On my iPhone it shows me that I have 1277 liked songs. I do backup playlists (CMD+A, +C, +V to paste it to a new playlist called "Backup") every now and then. All my 2019 backups have a size over a bit over 1000 songs. Doing another "backup" today I ...

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  • On my iPhone it shows me that I have 1277 liked songs. I do backup playlists (CMD+A, +C, +V to paste it to a new playlist called "Backup") every now and then. All my 2019 backups have a size over a b...
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Playlist covers for webplayer/mobile

PlanFree/PremiumDeviceMacbook WebplayerOperating SystemApple Macbook TL;DR at the bottom I wanted to put the idea out there about being able to change your playlist covers on mobile and webplayer because there is no option to. I looked around and fou...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Device Macbook Webplayer Operating System Apple Macbook   TL;DR at the bottom   I wanted to put the idea out there about being able to change your playlist covers...
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Solved!! Not all local files showing up on iMac app.

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,e...

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  •  None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9,...
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Superuser Contribution Discovery Weekly Archive

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD make it possible to see what was on your previous Discovery Weekly playlist. I understand that I can set up a playlist to archive ahead of time, but there should absolutely be some way to go back and find those songs if you...

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  • PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD make it possible to see what was on your previous Discovery Weekly playlist. I understand that I can set up a playlist to archive ahead of time, but there should absolutely...
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Local Files don't appear on my Iphone

Spotify PremiumFrance iPhone Xr / MacBook Pro 13-inch, 2019iOs 13.5.1 / MacOs Catalina 10.15.2 version Hi everyone, I know this is a question that is here often, however I think I've tried everything to fix the problem and nothing works.As the title ...

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  • Spotify Premium France   iPhone Xr / MacBook Pro 13-inch, 2019 iOs 13.5.1 / MacOs Catalina 10.15.2 version   Hi everyone,   I know this is a question that is here oft...
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Superuser Contribution Does Customer Service Even Exist?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone XOperating SystemMac OS My Question or IssueI paid up for Premium last month. Complete disappointment. Zero functionality for Apple users, and I am not even sure us "new" users are even given a functional interface. ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone X Operating System Mac OS   My Question or Issue I paid up for Premium last month.  Complete disappointment.  Zero functionality for Ap...
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Shuffle does not actually shuffle the whole content

Plan: premium Country: Brazil DeviceMacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)Operating SystemMac OS Catalina The current shuffle algorithm is a travesty. It only shuffles a subset of the playlist or liked songs, leading to it playing the same 20 songs or so over a...

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  • Plan: premium  Country: Brazil    Device MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) Operating System Mac OS Catalina   The current shuffle algorithm is a travesty. It only shuffles a sub...
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No Audio at all in Spotify premium - possibly an issue with Google Home?

PlanPremium - familyCountry:UKDevice: Macbook pro early 2016 Operating SystemMojave My Question or IssueAfter four years or more of perfect use, yesterday my Desktop app and Web player stopped playing any audio - no sound at all. Other apps are worki...

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  • Plan Premium - family Country:UK Device: Macbook pro early 2016   Operating System Mojave   My Question or Issue After four years or more of perfect use, yesterday my Desktop ...
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After updating to Catalina I cannot open Spotify, but you say that this problem is fixed on the comm

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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Superuser Contribution Screen turns black

PlanFreeCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceMacOperating SystemEl Capitan My Question or IssueI often have to restart Spotify. After listening to a few sons the main screen often turns black. I can access the left menu and go to Home, Browse etc., but no con...

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  •   Plan Free Country The Netherlands Device Mac Operating System El Capitan   My Question or Issue I often have to restart Spotify. After listening to a few sons the main screen o...
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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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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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