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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Main Search Bar Issue: Mac OS

United Kingdom Premium Plan iOS10.15 MacBook Pro mid-2012 Spotify Ver 1.2.37.701 (Desktop Application) My Question or Issue Any time I type anything into the main search bar, I get the "Something went wrong. Try reloading the page." with the "RELOAD ...

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  • United Kingdom Premium Plan iOS10.15 MacBook Pro mid-2012 Spotify Ver 1.2.37.701 (Desktop Application)   My Question or Issue Any time I type anything into the main search bar, I get...
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MAC - Playback issue both web browser and app

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceMacbook Mini intel core i3Operating SystemmacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 My Question or IssueJust commenced a week ago - the application and web browser both are having playback issues and not continuing through playlists. It wi...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device Macbook Mini intel core i3 Operating System macOS Sonoma 14.6.1   My Question or Issue Just commenced a week ago - the application and web browser...
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Superuser Contribution [macOS] Cannot pause or play Spotify using space bar after minimizing using Command+W

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacBook Air M1, 2020Operating SystemmacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 My Question or IssueAfter hiding / minimizing Spotify using Command+W (on macOS), play/pause functionality with the space bar does not work until clicking on...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device MacBook Air M1, 2020 Operating System macOS Sonoma 14.6.1   My Question or Issue After hiding / minimizing Spotify using Command+W (on macOS),...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Play/pause button not automatically focused after re-opening Spotify desktop

This used to be the case, but since the last few versions of Spotify Desktop re-opening the app does not automatically focus the keyboard on the Play/Pause button. How to reproduce:Open SpotifyPlay a songHide Spotify (Cmd+H or from menu Spotify > Hid...

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  • This used to be the case, but since the last few versions of Spotify Desktop re-opening the app does not automatically focus the keyboard on the Play/Pause button.   How to reproduce: Open S...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Playlists] Pin playlists to your profile.

I personally have a lot of public playlists, and there’s many that I would like people to see first when they open my profile. I believe the ability to pin these playlists would come in really handy. (Keep in mind that pinning playlists to your profi...

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  • I personally have a lot of public playlists, and there’s many that I would like people to see first when they open my profile. I believe the ability to pin these playlists would come in really handy....
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Superuser Contribution Pop-up for xpui appears on app startup

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...

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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 ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify AI DJ Keeps Hiding Mini Player

I love using the mini player, but how do I keep it open while using the AI DJ?Every time he talks, he hides the mini player and won't reopen it. I click it to open it again, then he hides it again next time he speaks. I even tried opening the mini pl...

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  • I love using the mini player, but how do I keep it open while using the AI DJ? Every time he talks, he hides the mini player and won't reopen it. I click it to open it again, then he hides it again ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify doesn't know where to play my music when switching over from iOS to Macbook

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 14 to MacBook Air M3 2024Operating SystemmacOS Sequoia My Question or IssueJust for a brief background: I have my AirPods connected to my iPhone listening to music and I wanted to switch over to my MacBook, which has...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 14 to MacBook Air M3 2024 Operating System macOS Sequoia   My Question or Issue Just for a brief background: I have my AirPods connected to my iP...
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Something Went Wrong

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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MacOS Desktop App "Something went wrong"

This error appears whenever I try to use the search function within the desktop app.Listening to songs in Playlists works.Web-app works perfectly fine. Already ensured the app is not in offline mode , switched to another network and also performed a ...

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  • This error appears whenever I try to use the search function within the desktop app. Listening to songs in Playlists works. Web-app works perfectly fine. Already ensured the app is not in offline...
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Fix the Shuffle Button

In macOS version Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c and iOS version 9.0.44.500 the shuffle function does not work as it has before. Let's say I am playing song number 10 in my playlist, if I click or tap on 11, the upcoming shuffl...

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  • In macOS version Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c and iOS version 9.0.44.500 the shuffle function does not work as it has before. Let's say I am playing song number 10 in my pla...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution not possible to search ...

Planpremium individualCountryGermany DeviceiMacOperating SystemSonoma 14.6.1 My Question or IssueI open Spotify on my Desktop. Try to search for something and begin to type in into the search field -> after the first letter there comes a message "som...

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  • Plan premium individual Country Germany   Device iMac Operating System Sonoma 14.6.1   My Question or Issue I open Spotify on my Desktop. Try to search for something and begin to...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Denon AV X1300W no sound with Spotify Connect - SOLUTION

I would like to share a solution to having no sound despite having a connection through Spotify Connect and despite showing that the app is actually playing the track - but with no sound as said. So far not a single forum entry showed me any work aro...

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  • I would like to share a solution to having no sound despite having a connection through Spotify Connect and despite showing that the app is actually playing the track - but with no sound as said. So ...
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Superuser Contribution "No internet connection detected" on desktop app (Error code: accesspoint: 31)

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceMacbook Air, M2, 2022Operating SystemSeqouia 15.4.1 My Question or IssueI had issued with my desktop app not being able to play podcasts - just musics.I did a complete wipe of cache, still did not work.Did a complete uni...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Macbook Air, M2, 2022 Operating System Seqouia 15.4.1   My Question or Issue I had issued with my desktop app not being able to play pod...
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Superuser Contribution Can't reach Spotify for Artists page on Safari

An animation of three dots persist when I try to open Spotify for artists page on Safari. I have been checking my stats from my mobile device, hoping the Safari issue would be solved by itself, but now it has been over a month. Thanks for help

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  • An animation of three dots persist when I try to open Spotify for artists page on Safari. I have been checking my stats from my mobile device, hoping the Safari issue would be solved by itself, but n...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Artwork and Artist Images Missing in Expand Now Playing View

I'm experiencing an issue where artwork, canvas, and artist images are not displayed when using the "Expand Now Playing view" feature.Issue DetailsWhen entering "Expand Now Playing view", artwork, canvas, and artist images fail to loadThis issue cons...

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  • I'm experiencing an issue where artwork, canvas, and artist images are not displayed when using the "Expand Now Playing view" feature. Issue Details When entering "Expand Now Playing view", artwor...
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Superuser Contribution Insanely high battery impact and usage

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceMacBook Air 2023Operating SystemmacOS 14 My Question or IssueRecently I've began noticing an issue with the battery impact and usage of Spotify. Sometimes when using the app it'll randomly shoot up to like 300 energy im...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Denmark Device MacBook Air 2023 Operating System macOS 14   My Question or Issue Recently I've began noticing an issue with the battery impact and usage of...
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Superuser Contribution search results limited to 100?

hi there, i was wondering if you could clear something up for me regarding the results obtained via label search. as an example searching for label:"wackies" gives 100 tracks precisely; however looking at the results via albums/see all it seems that ...

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  • hi there,   i was wondering if you could clear something up for me regarding the results obtained via label search.   as an example searching for label:"wackies" gives 100 trac...
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Two MacBook's appeared to be linked

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceMacBook Air M1, MacBook Pro M1 ProOperating SystemMacOS 15.5 My Question or IssueAfter buying another mac, I moved configuration keeping the old one for different purposes. I log out Spotify on both devices than logged i...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Device MacBook Air M1, MacBook Pro M1 Pro Operating System MacOS 15.5   My Question or Issue After buying another mac, I moved configuration keeping the old...
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