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Solved!! Spotify begins playing random music

When listening to one of my own playlists, Spotify begins to play random (usually top hits or hip hop) music instead. I may be mid song and it will change to something completely random, or if I have the music paused it will begin playing again later...

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Pop-up for xpui appears on app startup

Every time my desktop app starts up another window appears for https://xpui.app.spotify.com/index.html with the error:DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN The app works fine but it's incredibly annoying to have this random window appear every single time. Mac...

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Alcyon

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Solved!! Cant download Spotify on Mac OS 10.15.7

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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Solved!! Clear recently played on home screen?

How do I clear the recently played items that appear on the home screen upon launching the desktop app? If I go into the Recently Played section and remove them there, they still show up on the home screen.

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Solved!! Problem loading songs on a Mac

Somebody please help. My Spotify version 0.9.14.13 doesn't work on my mac osx 10.9.5. The problem started after I updated my Spotify app and I havent been able to play any songs. The song will often take about 30sec to 1min to start playing. After 9 ...

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Somebody please help. My Spotify version 0.9.14.13 doesn't work on my mac osx 10.9.5. The problem started after I updated my Spotify app and I havent been able to play any songs. The song will o...

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Solved!! actual playing title isn't green

If I click on a Playlist PLAY the actual title wont hover green. Thats realy ugly since I don't know exactly on which postition I'm in the playslist and which title is play (also click on the cover and "go to" won't help). When I directly click into ...

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If I click on a Playlist PLAY the actual title wont hover green.  Thats realy ugly since I don't know exactly on which postition I'm in the playslist and which title is play (also click o...

Grace

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Solved!! Unable to complete Premium membership subscription with NUS discount

I am trying to purchase spotify premium through the NUS discount so i get 50% off the subscription. However as I try to purchase it, i enter my NUS card number and then it prompts me to enter my facebook password and then once i do so it redirects me...

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I am trying to purchase spotify premium through the NUS discount so i get 50% off the subscription. However as I try to purchase it, i enter my NUS card number and then it prompts me to enter my face...

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Search by country and location

Hi, I have used Spotify for some time, but the search "feature" is really bad. Sometimes I want to search e.g. for new songs in a specific country or location. But how to do that? In "Browse" there are only genres. If I e.g. enter "country: Sweden", ...

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Hi,   I have used Spotify for some time, but the search "feature" is really bad. Sometimes I want to search e.g. for new songs in a specific country or location. But how to do that? In "Brow...

spiff69

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Solved!! Just a thought about Spotify desktop

I started paying the premium the moment I could (I was a student before) just because I thought Spotify was the kind of idea that had to exist and it just needed some support to become what it is nowadays. A minute ago I realised whenever I want to l...

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I started paying the premium the moment I could (I was a student before) just because I thought Spotify was the kind of idea that had to exist and it just needed some support to become what it is now...

lusop

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Solved!! Mac: Spotify Helper not responding

I've noticed over the past couple months at least that in my Activity Monitor one of the Spotify Helpers is constantly Not Responding. I force quit and it appears again. The desktop app works, but seems slow and I'm wondering if this might be the rea...

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I've noticed over the past couple months at least that in my Activity Monitor one of the Spotify Helpers is constantly Not Responding. I force quit and it appears again. The desktop app works, but se...

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Solved!! Spotify freezing on startup mac

I'm not sure what this falls under and none of the other forums have solved my problem. When I start spotify on my macbook pro running 10.9.4 it immediately freezes. I cannot do anything but look at a frozen loading symbol. This is the console read-o...

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I'm not sure what this falls under and none of the  other forums have solved my problem. When I start spotify on my macbook pro running 10.9.4 it immediately freezes. I cannot do anything but lo...

Ben20

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Solved!! Spotify no longer starts (Mac)

Hi, About an hour ago, my Spotify app crashed and since then it won't start anymore. Every time I click Spotify the login screen pops up for a fraction of a second and the app never loads. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Spotify, but it won't h...

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Hi,   About an hour ago, my Spotify app crashed and since then it won't start anymore. Every time I click Spotify the login screen pops up for a fraction of a second and the app never loads....

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Solved!! Mac OSX 10.9.2 Desktop App Not Responding

Greetings: I have two computers running OSX 10.9.2 - a mid-2010 MacBook Pro and a late-2012 iMac. Both machines experience the same problem when trying to run the Spotify desktop app. Login screen comes up, I login (using either my Spotify or Faceboo...

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Greetings:   I have two computers running OSX 10.9.2 - a mid-2010 MacBook Pro and a late-2012 iMac. Both machines experience the same problem when trying to run the Spotify desktop app....

khain

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Solved!! Family Band

Hello, I wasn't sure where to post this, but there is some weird spanish band under "Family Band" as an artist and if it could be switched to its own artist profile. It would be awesome since it has nothing to do with the artist "Family Band". Here i...

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Hello,   I wasn't sure where to post this, but there is some weird spanish band under "Family Band" as an artist and if it could be switched to its own artist profile. It would be awesome si...

Merik

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Solved!! Removing artist from "your music".

I want to remove a couple artist from the "your music" section but I haven't been able to figure out how. I'm using the mac OS and the adroid app. Thanks.

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I want to remove a couple artist from the "your music" section but I haven't been able to figure out how. I'm using the mac OS and the adroid app. Thanks.

MattSuda

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Solved!! Browse Tab is empty

Hey there, the browser tab an my mac (spotify version 0.9.8.296.g91f68827 with proxy) is empty. Also album covers in discovery tab are missing. Any ideas how to solve this problem? Sam

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Hey there,    the browser tab an my mac (spotify version 0.9.8.296.g91f68827 with proxy) is empty. Also album covers in discovery tab are missing. Any ideas how to solve this problem?...

Dust1000

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Solved!! One album cover stuck in the playlist picture

So, I'm aware of the basics here: The four-pic playlist picture is made of the four first tracks on the playlist. So to change the header picture every time there's a new song on the list, I always add them to the beginning of the list. But sometimes...

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So, I'm aware of the basics here: The four-pic playlist picture is made of the four first tracks on the playlist. So to change the header picture every time there's a new song on the list, I always a...

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Solved!! Mac desktop version won't play music

In the last several days, my Mac desktop version has stopped playing music. If I click to play a song, the song's album cover and the pause button will appear, but the indicator that shows the progress through the song does not move. Skipping to the ...

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In the last several days, my Mac desktop version has stopped playing music.  If I click to play a song, the song's album cover and the pause button will appear, but the indicator that shows the ...

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Solved!! Accidentally deleted song in stared playlist PLEASE HELP!

Hi, I accidentally deleteda song in my stared playlist. I need to recover it, but I don't know how to.

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Hi, I accidentally deleteda song in my stared playlist. I need to recover it, but I don't know how to.

Merik

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Solved!! Badge app icon won't dissapear (Mac OS X)

New user here. I don't understand why the red badge keep showing up. It's extremely annoying. Furthermore, I have two messages in the messages. It only shows one. What am I doing wrong?

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New user here. I don't understand why the red badge keep showing up. It's extremely annoying.   Furthermore, I have two messages in the messages. It only shows one.      ...

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Solved!! [Mac] Probleme

Probleme Mac seit letzter Aktualisierung, die ich beim IPhone aber nicht habe:1.Browse wird seit neuer Version nicht angezeigt (schwarzes Fenster)2. Bei meinen Playlisten erscheinen wechselnd ganz andere Nutzernamen3. eigenes Profil wird nicht mehr a...

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Probleme Mac seit letzter Aktualisierung, die ich beim IPhone aber nicht habe: 1.Browse wird seit neuer Version nicht angezeigt (schwarzes Fenster) 2. Bei meinen Playlisten erscheinen wechselnd gan...

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Solved!! Controlling or streaming to Mac from iPad

Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere, but several searches through the forum database failed to turn anything useful up.I am interested in either controlling my Mac from my iPad or streaming to my Mac from my iPad. It appears to me that this...

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Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere, but several searches through the forum database failed to turn anything useful up. I am interested in either controlling my Mac from my iPad or strea...

Joe

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Solved!! Latest version not working at all (Mac OS X)

Support template from http://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Mac-and/Mac-Troubleshooting-Spotify/td-p/105281 Description I was prompted to update Spotify and did so. It completed successfully but after relaunching I cannot play any music,...

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Support template from http://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Mac-and/Mac-Troubleshooting-Spotify/td-p/105281   Description I was prompted to update Spotify and did so. It ...

Peter__

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Solved!! Custom Radio Stations disappeared on Mac Desktop on update

I know people have had this issue in the past (lots of people). I only found issues from back in 2013 & 2012. (The solution seemed to be to wait until another update?) Description My custom radio stations are not visible on Mac Desktop client after u...

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I know people have had this issue in the past (lots of people). I only found issues from back in 2013 & 2012. (The solution seemed to be to wait until another update?)   Description My...

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