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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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  • 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....

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  • bfteach
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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 using siri for Spotify on mac

PlanPremiumDeviceMacBookPro My Question or Issue:please put Spotify on the Mac app Store , to allow using it with Siri assistant

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  •   Plan Premium Device MacBookPro     My Question or Issue: please put Spotify on the Mac app Store , to allow using it with Siri assistant  
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Solved!! MacBook Air- Low Audio Quality

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Macbook Air 2018/19Operating SystemmacOS Mojave 10.14.5My Question or Issue: Over the past day, I have been streaming music back and forth over Bluetooth from either my Macbook Air or my IPhone XR to my Beats Studio3,...

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  •   Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Macbook Air 2018/19 Operating System macOS Mojave 10.14.5 My Question or Issue: Over the past day, I have been streaming music back and forth o...
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Superuser Contribution Error code: accesspoint:34 Macbook Air

Hello!I have trouble logging into my Spotify Premium account on my desktop app. It constantly gives Error code accesspoint 34.I uninstalled it and reinstalled the app. Still, it gives the same problem whenever I try to log in with my password. Althou...

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  • ...roblem whenever I try to log in with my password. Although my account is connected to facebook, "continue with facebook" didn't work as well.     Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Macbook...
  • Jeremy
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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 c...
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Can Podcasts Load in order of most recently updated on Macbook Desktop app akin to iPhone app?

PremiumUSA DeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemiOS 10 The major reason I don't use the desktop app is because in the podcast tab, the podcasts you follow are listed by the ones most recently ADDED by you or by name - not by the ones most recently update...

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  • Premium USA   Device Macbook Pro Operating System iOS 10   The major reason I don't use the desktop app is because in the podcast tab, the podcasts you follow are listed by the o...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution playlists are empty on spotify desktop

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemMacOS Catalina 10.15.5 My Question or IssueI just downloaded spotify on my mac and when i opened it, none of my friends' activity showed up and all the playlists in my library were empty, eve...

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  • Plan Premium Country US   Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System MacOS Catalina 10.15.5   My Question or Issue I just downloaded spotify on my mac and when i opened it, none o...
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Superuser Contribution CPU Usage

Using Macbook Pro 2019 which is recently bought and every time I'm using Spotify, it is hot and fan is screaming at me. I've checked activity monitor and CPU usage is always at 100%. I've reinstalled Spotify and still the same issue.

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  • Using Macbook Pro 2019 which is recently bought and every time I'm using Spotify, it is hot and fan is screaming at me. I've checked activity monitor and CPU usage is always at 100%. I've r...
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Superuser Contribution MacOS App High %100+ CPU Use After Lastest Version

Spotify macOS app 1.1.36.734.g8731c306 latest version, after i update spotify this version app use high cpu and heat up the machine. I am already clear re-install or downgrade some setting but it doesn't any change. I try all of solutions but doesn't...

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  • ...t doesn't any change. I try all of solutions but doesn't effect. Please don't say re-instal, clean caches or change any settings. I TRY EVERYTHING ... Plan Premium Turkey Device Macbook Pro 1...
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Connectivity issues with Sony 1000 XM3 on macbook

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DeviceMacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017)Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.5HeadsetSony WH-1000XM3 I keep having connectivity issues with my Sony headset and Spotify. Sometimes I get the 'can't play the current song' error, s...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands   Device MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017) Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Headset Sony WH-1000XM3   I keep having connectivity issues with m...
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Superuser Contribution Can't play song when changing audio device

This issue still exists and seriously annoys me.More than a year later nothing has changed.@Spotify: will this ever be solved? If so, when? What do you need from me to resolve this issue?

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  • This issue still exists and seriously annoys me. More than a year later nothing has changed. @Spotify: will this ever be solved? If so, when? What do you need from me to resolve this issue?
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Syncing local Fies on phone not working / Lokale Dateien laden nicht auf's Handy

PlanPremiumCountryGermany Device(iPhone 6s, MacBookAir8,2)Operating System(iOS 10, MacOS 10.15.3) My Question or Issue (ENG) I have a local music file on my Mac, that I would like to download to my phone. Both devices are in the same WiFi. The option...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany   Device (iPhone 6s, MacBookAir8,2) Operating System (iOS 10, MacOS 10.15.3)   My Question or Issue   (ENG) I have a local music f...
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Superuser Contribution Helpless - "Spotify can't play this right now."

Premium Family Device(Macbook pro)Operating System(OSX 10.13.6) My Question or IssueI suddenly have an issue with playback. One or two songs are playable but all others play a second and skip to the next song. The message "Spotify can't play this rig...

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  • Premium Family   Device (Macbook pro) Operating System (OSX 10.13.6)   My Question or Issue I suddenly have an issue with playback. One or two songs are playable but all others p...
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Solved!! All songs stop playing after a few seconds in MacOs

I've been using spotify for Windows and Android for a while and everything worked almost perfectly, but recently i got a new Mac computer and one of the first things i did was to download spotify app, and since day one its one problem after the other...

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  • ...ther laptop i can't quite understand the reason behind it.    Computer: Macbook pro late 2018   Any help would be appreciated PD: i'm not willing to have the VPN on always just for m...
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Premium account with Offline/Failed desktop app (Mac)

PlanPremiumCountrySouth Africa DeviceMacBook Pro Mid 2015Operating SystemMacOS High Sierra V 10.13.6 My Question or Issue Spotify for desktop has been giving me the following issues for the past while (more than 2 weeks):- Friend Activity: "Hmm, the ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country South Africa   Device MacBook Pro Mid 2015 Operating System MacOS High Sierra V 10.13.6   My Question or Issue  Spotify for desktop has b...
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