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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 Can't go back in queued songs playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMacbook Pro mid 2015Operating SystemmacOS Mojave My Question or IssueWhen I add songs to my queued list, I can't press back to listen to the previous songs again. Instead, it plays some other song I might have been listening...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Macbook Pro mid 2015 Operating System macOS Mojave   My Question or Issue When I add songs to my queued list, I can't press back to listen to the pr...
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Superuser Contribution How can I search songs I've saved by an artist in the library?

When I click on the artist who's music I've saved, it doesn't take me to a page where I can see other saved songs. It takes me to the artists spotify profile. I only want to see the songs that I've saved. Is there a way to do this?

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  • When I click on the artist who's music I've saved, it doesn't take me to a page where I can see other saved songs. It takes me to the artists spotify profile. I only want to see the songs that I've s...
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Superuser Contribution playlist sorting does not remember - when you click away spotify forgets sorting

Plan - PremiumFree/PremiumCountry USA Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Mac OS Catalina10.15.6 My Question or Issue Spotify does not remember custom sorting on playlists. W...

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  • Plan - Premium Free/Premium Country USA   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Mac OS Catalina10.1...
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Superuser Contribution Black screen for Spotify Mac Desktop

Hello to everyone, It's been a while that I can't use Spotify on Mac (Catalina 10.15.3), I just have a black screen.Of course I re-instal many times, I also disabled hardware acceleration. Some previous help told my to change lines of code on the lib...

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  • Hello to everyone,   It's been a while that I can't use Spotify on Mac (Catalina 10.15.3), I just have a black screen. Of course I re-instal many times, I also disabled hardware acceleration....
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Superuser Contribution How to connect Spotify APP on Mac to hearing aids (Tru Hearing)

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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PlanPremiumCountry Device Macbook Pro 2020 My Question or IssueI am connected to wifi but my Spotify app won't switch off offline mode. Is this a bug or an easy fix?

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device  Macbook Pro 2020       My Question or Issue I am connected to wifi but my Spotify app won't switch off offline mode. Is this a bug or...
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Superuser Contribution Video of podcast is not playing

When listening to a podcast, the video is not playing and is showing transparant. When the podcast is paused, there is a still of the video showing but it disappears as soon as the podcast is playing again.

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  • When listening to a podcast, the video is not playing and is showing transparant. When the podcast is paused, there is a still of the video showing but it disappears as soon as the podcast is playing...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify appears offline while connected to wifi on MacOS Monterey with M1 Pro chip

Hi. I am running spotify on a MacBook Pro 14" (M1PRO CPU) on Mac OS Monterey. App version: Spotify for MacOS (AppleSilicon) 1.1.81.604.gccacfc8c The issue is that while being connected to wifi, the songs are being displayed inactive (gray), like I wa...

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  • Hi.    I am running spotify on a MacBook Pro 14" (M1PRO CPU) on Mac OS Monterey. App version: Spotify for MacOS (AppleSilicon) 1.1.81.604.gccacfc8c   The issue is that while b...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify App Extremely slow and unresponsive on M1 Mac

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceMacBook Air M1 2020Operating SystemMacOS 14.1.1 (Problem started already on Ventura / before Update to Sonoma) My Question or IssueSince approximately one week the Spotify App on my M1 Mac is extremely unresponsive and...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany   Device MacBook Air M1 2020 Operating System MacOS 14.1.1 (Problem started already on Ventura / before Update to Sonoma)   My Question or Issue Sinc...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't login to MacOS App

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceMacBook Air M2Operating SystemMacOS Sonoma 14.2.1 My Question or IssueI'm trying to make a fresh installation of Spotify in a new laptop. No problem login in on the browser —Safari 17.2.1— when the app sends me there for ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device MacBook Air M2 Operating System MacOS Sonoma 14.2.1   My Question or Issue I'm trying to make a fresh installation of Spotify in a new laptop. No prob...
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Superuser Contribution newly added songs can't be played

PlanPremium CountryCanada DeviceMacBook Pro 2021 Operating SystemSonoma 14.3 My Question or IssueI couldn't play newly added songs in "Liked Songs", and the message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can imp...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Canada   Device MacBook Pro 2021   Operating System Sonoma 14.3   My Question or Issue I couldn't play newly added songs in "Liked Songs", and ...
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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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why is Release Radar full of repetition and overlap every week - without fail?

this has been going on for all this year. release radar keeps repeating artists/new albums each week. why?!i follow hundreds of artists and yet it gives me no variety - only repetition. incredibly frustrating, especially considering they removed the ...

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  • this has been going on for all this year. release radar keeps repeating artists/new albums each week. why?! i follow hundreds of artists and yet it gives me no variety - only repetition. incredibl...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Upstream request timeout?

The web player link brings me to a white page that says upstream request timeout. The website said it was fixed in October but it is a new issue for me.

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  • The web player link brings me to a white page that says upstream request timeout. The website said it was fixed in October but it is a new issue for me.
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Smallest window size is too large when using low resolution

Premium Macbook Pro M1 13 inch I need to make my screen bigger because I have a hard time seeing small things. When I do, however, Spotify cannot be resized enough to not hang out at the bottom of the screen, behind my task bar. Essentially, the mini...

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  • Premium   Macbook Pro M1 13 inch   I need to make my screen bigger because I have a hard time seeing small things.      When I do, however, Spotify cannot be resiz...
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Superuser Contribution Won't play more than two songs

PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceM4 Macbook Pro Operating SystemMacos My Question or IssueI hit play on a playlist. The first song plays, when it's done, the second song plays, but the now playing still shows the first song with the progress bar at 100%....

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  • Plan Premium   Country USA   Device M4 Macbook Pro   Operating System Macos   My Question or Issue I hit play on a playlist. The first song plays, when it's done, the...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Links "open.spotify" don't open in Desktop App OSX/Mac anymore

Premium AccountUSAMac OS Mojave Seems like Spotify keeps pushing this issue aside because not enough people are complaining about it. I've actually seen a good amount of posts on the community boards about it but none of them seem to have gained trac...

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  • Premium Account USA Mac OS Mojave    Seems like Spotify keeps pushing this issue aside because not enough people are complaining about it. I've actually seen a good amount of posts on t...
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Superuser Contribution Pages not loading "Something went wrong"

DeviceM4 MacBook AirOperating SystemmacOS 15.3.2 My Question or IssueNew install of Spotify desktop app. None of my pages are loading (Home, playlists ...) Can get to Spotify on my phone, and when playing can see what is playing and control on my com...

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  • Device M4 MacBook Air Operating System macOS 15.3.2   My Question or Issue New install of Spotify desktop app. None of my pages are loading (Home, playlists ...) Can get to Spotify on my p...
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Superuser Contribution Songs immediately pause whenever I hit play

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemVentura My Question or IssueRecently after playing a few songs, one song will just immediately pause upon playing, and trying to make it play again makes it pause after half a second. All following...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Pro Operating System Ventura   My Question or Issue Recently after playing a few songs, one song will just immediately pause upon playing, and tr...
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Is is possible for AppleScript to get the currently playing song from the Spotify app?

I would love to make applescript that can fetch the current song from the Mac Spotify app and run a google search in my browser for "[song name] lyrics". Is it actually possible to access the currently playing song via an Applescript command? I know ...

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  • I would love to make applescript that can fetch the current song from the Mac Spotify app and run a google search in my browser for "[song name] lyrics". Is it actually possible to access the current...
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