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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 Media Keys for Podcasts not working as expected

PlanIrrelevantCountry irrelevant DeviceMacbookOperating SystemMac OS X 10.15.6 For podcasts I had expected the Previous/Forward media keys to work differently on my mac. I wanted it to skip 15secs forward/backwards using the media keys, but instead s...

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  • Plan Irrelevant Country irrelevant   Device Macbook Operating System Mac OS X 10.15.6   For podcasts I had expected the Previous/Forward media keys to work differently on my mac. I...
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Play/Pause keys not working on Mac

A brief description of the issue: After using youtube in any capacity, play/pause key ceases to function in Spotify without closing chromeSteps to reproduce the issue:Open Spotify and ChromeStart a playlistPlay and pause a youtube videoWhat steps you...

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  • A brief description of the issue: After using youtube in any capacity, play/pause key ceases to function in Spotify without closing chrome Steps to reproduce the issue: Open Spotify and Chrome Sta...
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Media Keys won't control Spotify on Mac anymore

PlanFree/PremiumCountry USA Device(Macbook Pro late 2013)Operating System(MacOS High Sierra) My Question or IssueFor the past 6 years I've been able to control Spotify with both my macbook keyboard and the bluetooth apple keyboard I use. Within the l...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country  USA   Device (Macbook Pro late 2013) Operating System (MacOS High Sierra)   My Question or Issue For the past 6 years I've been able to control Sp...
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