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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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  • MattSuda
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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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  • MattSuda
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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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  • MattSuda
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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....

  • Casual Listener
  • bfteach
  • Regular
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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Links "open.spotify" don't open in Desktop App OSX/Mac anymore

Premium AccountUSAMac OS Mojave Seems like Spotify keeps pushing this issue aside because not enough people are complaining about it. I've actually seen a good amount of posts on the community boards about it but none of them seem to have gained trac...

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  • Premium Account USA Mac OS Mojave    Seems like Spotify keeps pushing this issue aside because not enough people are complaining about it. I've actually seen a good amount of posts on t...
  • seekay243
  • Newbie
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  • Desktop
    desktop app
    macOS
    open.spotify
    sharing
    spotify links
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Solved!! Streaming Quality drops when I open Google Chrome on Mac Desktop App

Plan:PremiumCountry:United Kingdom Device:MacBook Pro 2019Operating System:macOS Catalina (Version 10.15.1) The Problem:When using the desktop app for Spotify on Mac with the streaming quality setting set to "Very High", or any other quality for that...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan: Premium Country: United Kingdom   Device: MacBook Pro 2019 Operating System: macOS Catalina (Version 10.15.1)   The Problem: When using the desktop app for Spotify on Mac w...
  • semuu
  • Visitor
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  • audio problem
    desktop app
    google chrome
    Mac
    poor quality
    streaming quality
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop App doesn’t work on Mac after re-installing it

PlanFreeCountryMEXDeviceMacBook Pro 2017Operating SystemMojave I'd been using the Desktop App without any inconvenience for +2 years in this mac until last Friday when this error message showed up when I tried to log into my account: "A Firewall may ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Free Country MEX Device MacBook Pro 2017 Operating System Mojave   I'd been using the Desktop App without any inconvenience for +2 years in this mac until last Friday when this err...
  • CarlosE
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Superuser Contribution Spotify WILL NOT Stop Showing Local Files, Even After Disabling & Deleting local-files.bnk

Device16" MacBook Pro (Late 2019)Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.4 (19E287) No matter what I try, my Spotify desktop app (version 1.1.32.618.gda5638a6) will not stop showing & scanning for local files.I have already turned off local files in set...

  • Casual Listener
  • Device 16" MacBook Pro (Late 2019) Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.4 (19E287)   No matter what I try, my Spotify desktop app (version 1.1.32.618.gda5638a6) will not stop sho...
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    local files
    Mac
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Airpods Pro don't show up in device list

Trying to connect my Airpods Pro to Spotify's desktop app and they don't show up in "Devices Available" menu. I've disconnected Airpods from my phone and paired and re-paired them to my MacBook Pro (2019 model) running the latest OS version to no ava...

  • Casual Listener
  • Trying to connect my Airpods Pro to Spotify's desktop app and they don't show up in "Devices Available" menu. I've disconnected Airpods from my phone and paired and re-paired them to my MacBook Pro (...
  • trent_morr
  • Newbie
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    desktop app
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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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...
  • das187
  • Music Fan
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