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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...
Spotify Legend
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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...
Newbie
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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...
Visitor
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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.
Visitor
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Within a Macbook Pro late 2016, I am able to activate "Spacial Audio" with compatible devices when watching some videos, movies... but not with Spotify ! In fact, the Spacial audio is available with the Spotify Web version opened in Safari, but using...
...vailable with the Spotify Web version opened in Safari, but using the application, the option is disabled when wanting to activate spacial audio... Please add the support of this feature on MacOS...
Newbie
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6 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom DeviceMacbook Pro 13" Early 2015Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.2 My Question or IssueWhenever I'm in a discord call, the sound quality from Spotify is dreadful. My headphones are Sony WH-H900N and connected thro...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Macbook Pro 13" Early 2015 Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.2 My Question or Issue Whenever I'm in a discord call, t...
Casual Listener
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12 replies
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PlanPremiumDeviceMacbook Pro Retina Early 2015Operating SystemMacOS 11.7.10 Desktop App Version1.2.71.421 Hi All, According to today, Sept 26th, 2025 - the desktop app supports only MacOS 12 and up. I use 11.7.10. Alongside this - all of a sudden I'm...
Plan Premium Device Macbook Pro Retina Early 2015 Operating System MacOS 11.7.10 Desktop App Version 1.2.71.421 Hi All, According to today, Sept 26th, 2025 - the d...
Regular
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Hi, On windows there is (was?) the possibility to hide Spotify in the taskbar instead of having it as a classic window.Would it be possible to add the same behavior on Mac and hide Spotify inside a Menubar icon?I always have it playing in the backgro...
...hanks, Aurel Plan Premium Country Germany Device MacBook Pro 2024 Operating System MacOs Sequoia 15.5
Moderator
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Plan: PremiumCountry: CHDevice: MacBook Pro M1Operating System: macOS (Apple Silicon)Spotify Version: 1.2.61.443.gc51c574bMy Question or Issue:The "Liked Songs" playlist won't always start in the desktop app. It works when I click "Play" to launch th...
Plan: Premium Country: CH Device: MacBook Pro M1 Operating System: macOS (Apple Silicon) Spotify Version: 1.2.61.443.gc51c574b My Question or Issue: The "Liked Songs" playlist won't always s...
Moderator
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When "Automatically hide/show menu bar" in System Preferences > Dock & Menu Bar is enabled, you can no longer drag the Spotify window if it's full width/height (not fullscreen mode). You must resize the window so it's smaller, then quit and reopen Sp...
When "Automatically hide/show menu bar" in System Preferences > Dock & Menu Bar is enabled, you can no longer drag the Spotify window if it's full width/height (not fullscreen mode). You must ...
Casual Listener
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5 replies
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Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.44.405.g81fd6352macOS 14.5 (23F79) Just now I've noticed there's a chance for a character to disappear a moment after typing it. For example while I was typing "classical reading" the "e" disappeared around the ti...
Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.44.405.g81fd6352 macOS 14.5 (23F79) Just now I've noticed there's a chance for a character to disappear a moment after typing it. For example while I...
Not applicable
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7 replies
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I am only here to post this so others can maybe profit from it. I found out that on my macbook pro 2014, macOS(now catalina 10.15.6) is prevented from going to sleep because of the macos spotify app.Even if the spotify app is not open, the spotify ap...
I am only here to post this so others can maybe profit from it. I found out that on my macbook pro 2014, macOS(now catalina 10.15.6) is prevented from going to sleep because of the macos s...
Casual Listener
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3 replies
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PlanPremium DuoCountryBelarus Device(MacBook Pro, M1)Operating System(MacOS Big Sur, v. 11.2.3) My Question or IssueSpotify crashes after changing the connected device.1. Open Spotify.2. Click on the 'Device Available' icon and select any device. (In...
Plan Premium Duo Country Belarus Device (MacBook Pro, M1) Operating System (MacOS Big Sur, v. 11.2.3) My Question or Issue Spotify crashes after changing the connected d...
Newbie
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8 replies
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VersionSpotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.26.1187.g36b715a1PlanPremiumCountryThe Netherlands DeviceMacbook Pro, M2, 2022Operating SystemmacOS Sonoma 14.0, My Question or IssueThe Spotify app window on macOS automatically hides after a certain amoun...
Version Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.26.1187.g36b715a1 Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device Macbook Pro, M2, 2022 Operating System macOS Sonoma 14.0, My Q...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro 14"Operating SystemmacOS 13.6Spotify versionSpotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.23.1125.g920a7ada My Question or IssueThe new in-app notifications that show when you take an action (ex: liking or un-liking a so...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 14" Operating System macOS 13.6 Spotify version Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.23.1125.g920a7ada My Question or Issue The new i...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemmacOS 11 My Question or IssueWith the new Spotify experience, there are some really rough edges (but overall it's a great change!). One of these is scrolling - I often scroll through my list ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System macOS 11 My Question or Issue With the new Spotify experience, there are some really rough edges (but overall it's a...
Spotify Legend
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6 replies
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Hi all, I'm on macOS Ventura 13.4 (M2 Pro). I can't get rid of this background item. Uninstalling Spotify didn't help either. Is there any solution to this? Thanks in advance. Hakan PS: Screenshot attached below
Hi all, I'm on macOS Ventura 13.4 (M2 Pro). I can't get rid of this background item. Uninstalling Spotify didn't help either. Is there any solution to this? Thanks in advance. H...
Casual Listener
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This version was working fine:Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.9.743.g85d9593d But this one crashes/closes Spotify when using the player (eg. play/next/previous actions) Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.10.751.g9ce1ecb2 Re-installing/downgrad...
This version was working fine: Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.9.743.g85d9593d But this one crashes/closes Spotify when using the player (eg. play/next/previous actions) S...
Music Fan
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DeviceMacbook Pro 13" 2016Operating SystemMacOS Catalina 10.15.5 The 'skip track' button (F9) does not work on the Spotify desktop app. 'Previous track' and 'play/pause' buttons work just fine. I reinstalled the app multiple times, does not help.
Device Macbook Pro 13" 2016 Operating System MacOS Catalina 10.15.5 The 'skip track' button (F9) does not work on the Spotify desktop app. 'Previous track' and 'play/pause' buttons work j...
Composer
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PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevicemacbook pro 13" 2017Operating SystemmacOs 10.15.5 My Question or IssueSince today app crashes on start.So far I tried: - reboot: no effect- uninstall and reinstall: no effect- clean cache: no effect- clean cache and reins...
Plan Premium Country Italy Device macbook pro 13" 2017 Operating System macOs 10.15.5 My Question or Issue Since today app crashes on start. So far I tried: - reboot: no e...
Casual Listener
7255 Views
1 replies
1 likes
PlanPremiumCountryRO Device(Macbook Pro early 2015)Operating System: macOS Mojave My Question or Issue For about 2 months now, whenever I try to play Spotify on macOS, the desktop app playing any music after about 20-30 seconds and shows the "Can't p...
Plan Premium Country RO Device (Macbook Pro early 2015) Operating System: macOS Mojave My Question or Issue For about 2 months now, whenever I try to play Spotify on macOS...
Casual Listener
6037 Views
10 replies
2 likes
DeviceMacbook Pro 15 inch 2019 Operating SystemMacOS 10.15.5 Spotify Version1.1.33.569.gced9e0f5 If shuffle is enabled, the wrong music in the list is highlighted when clicking the song image. Shuffle Enabled (highlighted the currently playing song) ...
Device Macbook Pro 15 inch 2019 Operating System MacOS 10.15.5 Spotify Version 1.1.33.569.gced9e0f5 If shuffle is enabled, the wrong music in the list is highlighted w...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceMacBookPro 2018Operating SystemmacOS 10.14.6 My Question or IssueI've got more than 4000 songs on a playlist, I don't know if it does something but, when I click on the jacket of the song, it doesn't focus the right song...
Plan Premium Country France Device MacBookPro 2018 Operating System macOS 10.14.6 My Question or Issue I've got more than 4000 songs on a playlist, I don't know if it does s...
Community Legend
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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...
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...
Casual Listener
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