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Solved!! How to play the "Eat this playlist"

Do i have to get premium to do it?And i have the latest version which is 8.8.44.527 but i still cant see the option

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Volume buttons on device don't work when casting

As of Spotify 8.9.xx and newer I can't control the volume on my iPhone when casting to a Chromecast device. I need to go into the slider inside the Spotify app to change the volume. This is not an iOS or apple issue:My non working version of Spotify ...

Roadie

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iOS Local Files: Easier import with the Files app

It is now easier to import Local Files into the Spotify iOS app through the Files app on your iOS device. A computer and WiFi network are not required to use this new import method. This means that you can now import Local Files into the Spotify iOS ...

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Rastereyes

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Can't play offline

When I select a playlist to play offline it does not load the songs to enable them to be played offline, I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app many times and it is still not working

Casual Listener

When I select a playlist to play offline it does not load the songs to enable them to be played offline, I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app many times and it is still not working

kbrooksc

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Songs sorted by albums

Some day for some reason in "Your Music" "Artist" section, songs were sorted by albums and it was great. Now it dissapeared and I kind of miss it. Is there a way to return it? Thank you

Newbie

Some day for some reason in "Your Music" "Artist" section, songs were sorted by albums and it was great. Now it dissapeared and I kind of miss it. Is there a way to return it? Thank you

sasmimo

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Solved!! Trying to understand difference between streaming and syncing

Can someone please explain the difference between streaming and syncing? Am I right in thinking streaming is when you are playing something with an Internet connection and syncing is for when you press the 'available offline' switch and it actually d...

Music Fan

Can someone please explain the difference between streaming and syncing? Am I right in thinking streaming is when you are playing something with an Internet connection and syncing is for when yo...

KOOLV

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Shuffle Play- Same sequence of songs

I just listened to my 330 song playlist on shuffle play on two consecutive days and I heard almost the same exact sequence of songs each day. Its not the first time it has happened either. If that doesnt tell you that shuffle play isnt working then I...

Roadie

I just listened to my 330 song playlist on shuffle play on two consecutive days and I heard almost  the same exact sequence of songs each day. Its not the first time it has happened either. If t...

jeremygoh

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When will Spotify stop hiding shuffle off?

I spend an emormous about of time trying to figure out how to turn off shuffle. After trying everything in the UI, I always end up needing to search support forums. By the time it happens again, I forget how I turned it off last time and go through t...

Music Fan

  I spend an emormous about of time trying to figure out how to turn off shuffle.  After trying everything in the UI, I always end up needing to search support forums. By the time it...

albertalbert

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Help with saving data

Is there any way I can download only those files that are not on spotify and leave the others for streaming? Basically, i want to stream all my songs available on spotify and leave songs that are only local files--and not spotify files--as available ...

Newbie

Is there any way I can download only those files that are not on spotify and leave the others for streaming? Basically, i want to stream all my songs available on spotify and leave songs that are onl...

MattSuda

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Playlists not syncing correctly

Hi everyone,I've been using the free Spotify for quite awhile and I really love it. However, it has been frustrating me lately that no matter what I do my iPad isn't quite syncing all the songs and playlists I've created on the computer. For example,...

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Hi everyone, I've been using the free Spotify for quite awhile and I really love it. However, it has been frustrating me lately that no matter what I do my iPad isn't quite syncing all the songs and...

kbrooksc

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Continuous play if a playlist

We use Spotify in our salon. We would like for one playlist to continue to play throughout the day, but it always seems to stop at the end if the playlist. Is there a way to continue to repeat the playlist? I so have premium and I do the offline mode...

Casual Listener

We use Spotify in our salon. We would like for one playlist to continue to play throughout the day, but it always seems to stop at the end if the playlist. Is there a way to continue to repeat the ...

jeremygoh

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Albums skip around

When I try to play a complete album from my playlist, rather than play the songs in order, Spotify is skipping around to various songs on the album. I do not have the shuffle button on so I am not sure why this would be happening? Help please

Newbie

When I try to play a complete album from my playlist, rather than play the songs in order, Spotify is skipping around to various songs on the album. I do not have the shuffle button on so I am not su...

jeremygoh

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Browse page does not refresh featured playlists in the rotator

Every morning I have to log out of Spotify and log in again because the Browse page does not automatically does not refresh featured playlists in the rotator box. So for e.g. if I last accessed spotify on my iphone 5s on Tuesday, it would continue sh...

Newbie

Every morning I have to log out of Spotify and log in again because the Browse page does not automatically does not refresh featured playlists in the rotator box. So for e.g. if I last accessed ...

jeremygoh

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Saved music missing

The albums/songs I have saved are not showing in "Your Music" on iPhone, but can be seen on my Mac and Android apps.I have tried the following, to no avail:-rebooting my phone-logging out-reinstalling the appI have a premium account and I am using Sp...

Newbie

The albums/songs I have saved are not showing in "Your Music" on iPhone, but can be seen on my Mac and Android apps. I have tried the following, to no avail: -rebooting my phone -logging out -r...

jeremygoh

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Offline Issues

While i was playing music at a certain point i got the song stuck, and checkin my iphone i saw that without any action caused by me I found all the playlist erased from the usual place (under "your music"). They aren't there anymore but sill saved on...

Newbie

While i was playing music at a certain point i got the song stuck, and checkin my iphone i saw that without any action caused by me I found all the playlist erased from the usual place (under "your m...

jeremygoh

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Gift Card

I have already got my spotfiy account to premium but I was using a gift card and activated it from my iphone 5. I heard on previous posts to wait up to 12 hours or log out then back in(which didn't work for me). I would like to know if any of these c...

Casual Listener

I have already got my spotfiy account to premium but I was using a gift card and activated it from my iphone 5. I heard on previous posts to wait up to 12 hours or log out then back in(which didn't w...

jeremygoh

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music stops playing and gets stuck on certain tracks

I have two problems with the app on my iphone 5s, the first one is music just stops playing and my phone goes to homescreen. The app doesn't shut down it just kicks me out of it. If i go back in it doesn't even get through one song before doing it ag...

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I have two problems with the app on my iphone 5s, the first one is music just stops playing and my phone goes to homescreen. The app doesn't shut down it just kicks me out of it. If i go back in it d...

amandab18

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Solved!! Do I have to play songs before using offline mode?

So I switched to Premium to use the offline mode on the tube where there's no signal. If I listen to a song online it will play it offline later but if I didn't play it before it won't! Is this how it is supposed to work? Many thanks

Casual Listener

So I switched to Premium to use the offline mode on the tube where there's no signal.   If I listen to a song online it will play it offline later but if I didn't play it before it won't! ...

davidlandier

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Getting Spotify to play on iphone4 (works on iphone5)

So I used to be able to access and play spotify from both my iphone5 and, when at work, my docked iphone4. All of the sudden, my playlists do not show up on the iphone4. I can somehow get the iphone5 to act like it is playing music and it says playin...

Newbie

So I used to be able to access and play spotify from both my iphone5 and, when at work, my docked iphone4. All of the sudden, my playlists do not show up on the iphone4. I can somehow get the iphone5...

Josh

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Solved!! I WANT TO USE MY OWN COVER ART AND FILE TAGS...

I spend a lot of time making sure my tags and file cover art are perfect and in order. It's very annoying that Spotify doesn't want me to use these on my mobile... On my laptop/pc I can "Unlink" the tracks from Spotify's register/database. This enabl...

Casual Listener

I spend a lot of time making sure my tags and file cover art are perfect and in order. It's very annoying that Spotify doesn't want me to use these on my mobile... On my laptop/pc I can "Unlink" ...

MattSuda

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spotify showing free in stead of premium

when i login in spotify website, it shows my premium will be end on 2014-10-03 but when i log into iphone app, it shows free........ please help

Newbie

when i login in spotify website, it shows my premium will be end on 2014-10-03 but when i log into iphone app, it shows free........   please help

jeremygoh

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Playlists aren't showing up on ipod touch

I intalled the app on my ipod touch and logged in, but for some reason my playlists dont show up that i already have set on my computer. please help

Casual Listener

I intalled the app on my ipod touch and logged in, but for some reason my playlists dont show up that i already have set on my computer. please help

jeremygoh

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SPOTIFY PREMIUM WILL NOT REGISTER ON IPHONE 5

I've always used spotify and recently lost my debit card, so the payment was cancelled. When I went to put in the new card numberit wouldn't take it. Ive gotten reciepts saying the purchase went through, but it's still showing as a free account on my...

Newbie

I've always used spotify and recently lost my debit card, so the payment was cancelled. When I went to put in the new card numberit wouldn't take it. Ive gotten reciepts saying the purchase went thro...

jeremygoh

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