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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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"Local Files" option not showing up on desktop client

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceMac Pro 2009Operating SystemOS 10.12.16 My Question or IssueI've been attempting to locate "Show Local Files" in the Setting menu of the desktop client. But, have been unable to. Am I missing something obvious? Thanks fo...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Mac Pro 2009 Operating System OS 10.12.16   My Question or Issue I've been attempting to locate "Show Local Files" in the Setting menu of the desktop...
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Solved!! Playlist Cover SOS !!!

Hi! I am on my desktop APP (not web browser) for Mac and I can no longer edit playlists (change cover, reorder songs, etc.) I have the premium plan. I have some custom covers I would love to use but can't find that option anymore. The pencil edit opt...

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  • Hi! I am on my desktop APP (not web browser) for Mac and I can no longer edit playlists (change cover, reorder songs, etc.) I have the premium plan. I have some custom covers I would love to use but ...
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Superuser Contribution Proxy setting error code "30" Mac user

Plan: FreeCountry: Egypt Device(Macbook Air late 2017)Operating System(macOS Catalina V10.15.2) I can't log in due to the proxy setting problem error code "30" I tried deleting the app removing all the files related to it through the hidden library a...

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  • Plan: Free Country: Egypt   Device (Macbook Air late 2017) Operating System (macOS Catalina V10.15.2)   I can't log in due to the proxy setting problem error code "30" I tried ...
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Play button icon isn't perfectly circular

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceMacbook Pro 15 Late 2013Operating SystemMojave My Question or IssueThe play button isn't perfectly round when inactive. When in a hover state it's corrected. Instead it looks like an oval or an egg about to roll ...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Macbook Pro 15 Late 2013 Operating System Mojave   My Question or Issue The play button isn't perfectly round when inactive. When in a hover ...
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Low quality music when another application with sound is open

Plan: PremiumCountry: Spain Device: Macbook Air Retina, 13'', 2019Operating System : MacOS Catalina 10.15.4 My Question or Issue: When I open Spotify and listen to music, and I am also listening to another application/page with sound, the quality of ...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Spain   Device: Macbook Air Retina, 13'', 2019 Operating System : MacOS Catalina 10.15.4   My Question or Issue: When I open Spotify and listen to music, and I ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution The queue doesn't display the list of the songs added to it

PlanPremium CountryGermany DeviceMacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) Operating SystemmacOS 10.14.2 (18C54) My Question or IssueHi, yesterday I updated the desktop app to version 1.1.32.618.gda5638a6. The songs that were added to the queue before the upda...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Germany   Device MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)   Operating System macOS 10.14.2 (18C54)   My Question or Issue Hi, yesterday I updated t...
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Performance / Loading problems on Mac resolved

Hi...after complaining for quite some time around the slowness of the application on my 2014 Mac Mini, one has to say sorry to Spotify - I have found that the application itself is not the problem. It seems that the HDD in these machines degrades pre...

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  • Hi...after complaining for quite some time around the slowness of the application on my 2014 Mac Mini, one has to say sorry to Spotify - I have found that the application itself is not the problem. ...
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Music doesn't play after disconnecting from Echo Dot

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceMacbook Pro early 2015Amazon Echo Dot 3rd GenerationAirPods 1st GenOperating SystemMacOS 10.15.3 My Question or IssueSo when I play music through my Echo, it works fine. However, when I try to play music through ...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Macbook Pro early 2015 Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation AirPods 1st Gen Operating System MacOS 10.15.3   My Question or Issue So when I play ...
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Can't install Spotify, "could not move to applications folder "

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUKDeviceMacBook Pro 2012Operating SystemMojave 10.14.5 My Question or IssueI have recently been having problems running Spotify on the app so tried deleting and re-installing. The installation proceeds then after some while I g...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country UK Device MacBook Pro 2012 Operating System Mojave 10.14.5   My Question or Issue I have recently been having problems running Spotify on the app so tried del...
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Spotify update, can't see album/song image

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemmacOS Mojave 10.14.6 My Question or IssueAfter the Spotify update, I can't get my song image to show again. I tried to maximize the window and reinstalling Spotify following Spotify instruct...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System macOS Mojave 10.14.6   My Question or Issue After the Spotify update, I can't get my song image to show again....
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Solved!! Installer stuck + Eats RAM to infinity.

The most recent Spotify Installer for Mac gets stuck at 'Installing Spotify', and keeps eating RAM. I left it for a good 30 minutes, and by that time it occupied more than 28 GBs or RAM. PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceMacbook Pro Retina 2014Operating ...

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  • The most recent Spotify Installer for Mac gets stuck at 'Installing Spotify', and keeps eating RAM. I left it for a good 30 minutes, and by that time it occupied more than 28 GBs or RAM.   Pla...
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Spotify push CPU 100%

information required:Plan: PremiumCountry: FranceDevice: MacBook Pro 15, 2018 / Intel Core i7 / 2,2 GHz / 16 Go RamOperating System: OsX Mojave 10.14.6 SPOTIFY Premium USER /version 1.1.30.658.gf13cde74 Facebook connection and most pref option is dea...

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  • information required: Plan: Premium Country: France Device: MacBook Pro  15, 2018 /  Intel Core i7 / 2,2 GHz / 16 Go Ram Operating System: OsX Mojave 10.14.6 &...
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Superuser Contribution Unable to arrange songs after reinstalling

Hi, I am under Spotify Premium and have previously installed Spotify on my Mac. However, after uninstalling Spotify and reinstalling it again (to see my friends' activity coz it went missing), I realise that I am unable to arrange the songs in my Spo...

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  • Hi, I am under Spotify Premium and have previously installed Spotify on my Mac. However, after uninstalling Spotify and reinstalling it again (to see my friends' activity coz it went missing), I real...
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Can't unfavorite/uncheck grayed out songs

I am on macOS High Sierra and I cannot remove these songs in my favorites section. These songs use to be local files but I deleted them and are no longer on my drive. Now I can't remove the title in the Spotify desktop client and it is really frustra...

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  • I am on macOS High Sierra and I cannot remove these songs in my favorites section. These songs use to be local files but I deleted them and are no longer on my drive. Now I can't remove the titl...
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revert the new update

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceMacbook AirOperating SystemiOS 10 My Question or Issuethere was recently an update on spotify on my desktop. it took away the ability to see friend activity, when a song was added to a playlist and the search bar in playlists...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Macbook Air Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue there was recently an update on spotify on my desktop. it took away the ability to see fri...
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7.1 speaker system

I have a 7.1 speaker system connected to my mac but Spotify doesn't support this system so the audio only comes out front two speakers. I tried loopback and that worked great but It was too expensive and other software was really complex, does anyone...

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  • I have a 7.1 speaker system connected to my mac but Spotify doesn't support this system so the audio only comes out front two speakers. I tried loopback and that worked great but It was too expensive...
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A firewall may be blocking Spotify.

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceMacBook Air (early 2015)Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.4 My Question or IssueI recently switched over from my MacBook Pro to my MacBook Air and wanted to use Spotify there, logging in, as per usual, through facebo...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device MacBook Air (early 2015) Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.4   My Question or Issue I recently switched over from my MacBook Pro to my MacBook A...
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Solved!! desktop app on mac has unbalanced volume when connecting headphones or speaker with aux

Using a macbook pro and this issue only started up within the past few days. I plugged an aux into my mac to connect it to my desktop speakers and it sounded as if the right speaker was the only one playing music. Upon inspection the left speaker was...

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  • Using a macbook pro and this issue only started up within the past few days. I plugged an aux into my mac to connect it to my desktop speakers and it sounded as if the right speaker was the only one ...
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Superuser Contribution Every now and then, Spotify says 'Can't play current song.' Any way to fix this?

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(Macbook Air, Retina, 13-inch, 2019)Operating System(MacOS) My Question or Issue I don't know how to fix an issue I get sometimes, where Spotify says 'Can't play current song.' I have to always restart Spotify and...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device (Macbook Air, Retina, 13-inch, 2019) Operating System (MacOS)   My Question or Issue   I don't know how to fix an issue I get sometimes,...
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Can't change playlist cover

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacBook Pro 2017Operating SystemmacOS Catalina (10.15.4) I am unable to switch out the covers of my playlists. The desktop app also left out some highly used features and it feels less robust than what it did. How can we r...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device MacBook Pro 2017 Operating System macOS Catalina (10.15.4)   I am unable to switch out the covers of my playlists. The desktop app also left out ...
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