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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 Friends Activity and Playlist covers

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceMacBook AirOperating SystemmacOS Catalina My Question or IssueI just got this new laptop and when I first downloaded Spotify I could see my friends activities and even have the setting switched on to where it should but it's b...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device MacBook Air Operating System macOS Catalina   My Question or Issue I just got this new laptop and when I first downloaded Spotify I could see my friends ac...
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Superuser Contribution Help! Cant add a podcast episode in a playlist on desktop version

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung Galaxy 10e, MacBook Air)Operating SystemAndroid 10.0, macOS Catalina 10.15.4 My Question or IssueOn the android version I can with no problem add a podcast episode into a playlist, but when I try on the desktop v...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway Device Samsung Galaxy 10e, MacBook Air) Operating System Android 10.0, macOS Catalina 10.15.4   My Question or Issue On the android version I can with ...
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Can't filter my albums

Spotify 1.1.33.569.gced9e0f5 on Mac OS 10.14.6. If I go to the Albums page under Your Library, the Filter field no longer works. No matter what I type there, it still shows all my albums. The field DOES work on Liked Songs, Artists, etc.. This has be...

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  • Spotify 1.1.33.569.gced9e0f5 on Mac OS 10.14.6.   If I go to the Albums page under Your Library, the Filter field no longer works. No matter what I type there, it still shows all my album...
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Superuser Contribution Collaborative playlist option has disappeared

I am using the desktop mac & pc and mobile ios app - and on all platforms the option to make a playlist collaborative has disappeared, please help get it back - i have a premium account. thank you

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  • I am using the desktop mac & pc and mobile ios app - and on all platforms the option to make a playlist collaborative has disappeared, please help get it back - i have a premium account.   ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Listeners in Discovered On disappeared?

I use a Spotify client on macOS Catalina (10.15.2). I recently updated the client to version 1.1.25.559.g85cf5e4c and when I look at the About tab of any artist, there are no data about listeners in the Discovered On section. It works fine in 1.1.24....

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  • I use a Spotify client on macOS Catalina (10.15.2). I recently updated the client to version 1.1.25.559.g85cf5e4c and when I look at the About tab of any artist, there are no data about listener...
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playlist covers !!!

i just want to change my playlist covers. i want to know the exact size picture that they want. idk why the updated it ... i hate it PLEASE let me go back . i can't do anything there's so many glitches . i've defended the **bleep** out of spotify out...

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  • i just want to change my playlist covers. i want to know the exact size picture that they want. idk why the updated it ... i hate it PLEASE let me go back . i can't do anything there's so many glitch...
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Sort playlist on Mac Desktop

Using Mac OS Catalina 10.15.4. I can no longer view songs in a playlist by recently added showing first. The songs show in the order they were added (top song was first added, most recently added at the bottom)I used to have them sorted by date added...

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  • Using Mac OS Catalina 10.15.4.  I can no longer view songs in a playlist by recently added showing first.  The songs show in the order they were added (top song was first added, most recent...
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[Desktop] Spotify unreasonably resource hungry even in background

Spotify Desktop App uses more continuous resources than any other program I run. Even if there's NOTHING going on, no music playing, the app not even displaying. This is totally unreasonable and must be due to a resource usage bug of some sort. When ...

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  • Spotify Desktop App uses more continuous resources than any other program I run. Even if there's NOTHING going on, no music playing, the app not even displaying. This is totally unreasonable and must...
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Superuser Contribution Old mac running snow leopard 10.6.8

Hi I'm trying to run Spotify 04 on Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and I keep getting error 112 - offline so I can't send "I Accept" for the agreement.I have disabled the firewall and I am running from home, Safari works OK, so cableing oK. I have deleted spotif...

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  • Hi I'm trying to run Spotify 04 on Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and I keep getting error 112  - offline so I can't send "I Accept" for the agreement. I have disabled the firewall and I am running from ...
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Superuser Contribution Desktop App Testing Needs To Stop NOW!

So it is quite clear that a random group of people are being used as guinea pigs for marketing testing via the desktop app. This is farcical and simply unacceptable. Myself and many others pay good money for this service, in which every is entitled t...

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  • So it is quite clear that a random group of people are being used as guinea pigs for marketing testing via the desktop app. This is farcical and simply unacceptable. Myself and many others pay good m...
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Superuser Contribution Mac (Catalina) App "Edit Details" and Album Pencil Icon Missing

Mac (Catalina) Desktop The recent update has caused the "Edit Details" and the album pencil icon to go missing. I can no longer add/update details to old or newly created playlists. Also, I've deleted and reinstalled the app a couple of times, includ...

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  • Mac (Catalina) Desktop   The recent update has caused the "Edit Details" and the album pencil icon to go missing. I can no longer add/update details to old or newly created playlists. Also, I'...
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Black Screen Spotify Mac

Brief description of the issue: I am trying to download Spotify to a Mac Desktop. I have tried several times and used different internet browsers. Steps to reproduce the issue:First I installed the app from https://www.spotify.com/us/download/mac/The...

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  • Brief description of the issue: I am trying to download Spotify to a Mac Desktop. I have tried several times and used different internet browsers.  Steps to reproduce the issue: First I insta...
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Superuser Contribution song credits gone!!! new update trash

so first of all, I have to say as a long time Spotify user I have to say most of the updates they do more harm than good. just when you get used to the intuition flow of stuff they change it. The new desktop update is the worst one since they first g...

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  • so first of all, I have to say as a long time Spotify user I have to say most of the updates they do more harm than good. just when you get used to the intuition flow of stuff they change it. The new...
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Bug: Playback stops randomly in between songs

When I play a playlist, even though I have the "repeat all" option switched on, the playback will sometimes stop randomly in between songs. This should obviously not happen, the playlist should play indefinitely when "repeat all" is on. The playback ...

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  • When I play a playlist, even though I have the "repeat all" option switched on, the playback will sometimes stop randomly in between songs.   This should obviously not happen, the playlist sho...
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Spotify Helper

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceiMacOperating SystemOS El Capitan 10.11.6My Question or IssueCan we lower the memory use of Spotify Helper? Would this help our computer to run more smoothly and not freeze up? If so, how do we do this? Thank you!

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device iMac Operating System OS El Capitan 10.11.6 My Question or Issue Can we lower the memory use of Spotify Helper? Would this help our computer to run more smoothly...
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Superuser Contribution distorted sound macOS Catalina Spotify app desktop

I hope you can help me, I am on a MacBook Pro 16" and download the app, I hear distorted sound on this track at min 00:43 https://open.spotify.com/track/51NFxnQvaosfDDutk0tams?si=cK6RgnCLSfWTIj8e4Q5cdA I 've tried on the web player and it is the same...

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  • I hope you can help me,   I am on a MacBook Pro 16" and download the app, I hear distorted sound on this track at min 00:43  https://open.spotify.com/track/51NFxnQvaosfDDutk0tams?si=cK6R...
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Unable to Access Local Storage or Edit Playlists Mac

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacOperating SystemMac OS My Question or IssueI recently purchased Spotify Premium yet am unable to access local storage or any other premium features on my mac or PC, I have attempted a clean reinstall multiple times, tried...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Mac Operating System Mac OS   My Question or Issue I recently purchased Spotify Premium yet am unable to access local storage or any other premium featur...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Error code: auth:3

Ok so- I've tried for AGES now to login on a new profile and this is all I get: Now my question is: How do I fix this? I've tried every damned thing under the sun+moon, day+night, and NOT ONE of the MULTIPLE "solutions" ended up working. I'm on an ol...

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  • Ok so-   I've tried for AGES now to login on a new profile and this is all I get:       Now my question is: How do I fix this? I've tried every damned thing under the su...
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Siri control on MACOS

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceMacBook Pro 2019Operating SystemMacOS My Question or IssuePlease fix the update app issue that occurs when I use Siri on Mac OS (not IOS), I would like to ask Siri "play such and such on Spotify" without it asking for up...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device MacBook Pro 2019 Operating System MacOS   My Question or Issue Please fix the update app issue that occurs when I use Siri on Mac OS (not IOS), ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Podcasts don't sort by new episodes :(

On my Mac desktop, the Podcast section does not update when new episodes of Podcasts are added since the update. So now I have no way of knowing when new podcast episodes have been released, at least not without clicking on the podcast icons to check...

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  • On my Mac desktop, the Podcast section does not update when new episodes of Podcasts are added since the update. So now I have no way of knowing when new podcast episodes have been released, at least...
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