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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 sort search results?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro late 2016Operating System(OS 11.1) My Question or IssueHmm, seems this was a feature black in 2014 but why on Earth can I NOT sort my search results? Screenshot attached, and no, no green arrows pop-up upon hove...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro late 2016 Operating System (OS 11.1)   My Question or Issue Hmm, seems this was a feature black in 2014 but why on Earth can I NOT sort my s...
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Does Spotify get kickbacks from Creedence Clearwater Revival

I cant understand spotify's love for Creedence Clearwater Revival. No matter what radio station i pick, or how many times i thumbs down, I constantly get songs by Creedence. Seriously, on Bo Diddley radio, 6 out of the first 12 songs were Creedence e...

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  • I cant understand spotify's love for Creedence Clearwater Revival.  No matter what radio station i pick, or how many times i thumbs down, I constantly get songs by Creedence.  Seriously, on...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle should not repeat individual songs

In a playlist of mine that is more than 6 hours long, shuffle often plays songs twice or three times within 30 minutes. I know there are a few posts about this already, but there isn't a recent one and this problem still exists. It is obviously not d...

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  • In a playlist of mine that is more than 6 hours long, shuffle often plays songs twice or three times within 30 minutes.   I know there are a few posts about this already, but there isn't a rec...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify always plays the same playlist at the same time everyday

PlanPremiumCountryAusDeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemOS 10.14.3 My Question or IssueEveryday at 9:20am, if my laptop is on it starts playing a specific playlist, I would love to be able to stop it from doing this. I did once have the app wakefy...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Aus Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System OS 10.14.3   My Question or Issue Everyday at 9:20am, if my laptop is on it starts playing a specific playlist...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Please stop showing Pop-ups to remind me upgrading to the latest MacOS when I open it

As an old MacOS(Catalina, 10.15.7) user, I do have reason keeping my system version at 10.15.7 cause My Mac runs on Intel Chip and once it updates to a higher system version it would run slowly, which is also the reason I downgrade it and stay at 10....

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  • As an old MacOS(Catalina, 10.15.7) user, I do have reason keeping my system version at 10.15.7 cause My Mac runs on Intel Chip and once it updates to a higher system version it would run slowly, whic...
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The solution to seeing how many songs you have downloaded on Spotify!

Hi there, I have had seen tons of people wanting to see if they can see how many songs they have downloaded. Well here is the solution! All you need is to go to whatever web browser you use and then click on it. It will open then paste this link to t...

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  •   Hi there,   I have had seen tons of people wanting to see if they can see how many songs they have downloaded. Well here is the solution! All you need is to go to whatever web browser ...
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desktop app

After updating my 2020 macbook air to Sonoma 14.5, I am getting the following error when trying to open the desktop app."You can’t open the application “Spotify” because this application is not supported on this Mac."I have tried uninstalling and rei...

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  • After updating my 2020 macbook air to Sonoma 14.5, I am getting the following error when trying to open the desktop app. "You can’t open the application “Spotify” because this application is not s...
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Superuser Contribution Crossfade not working on Spotify Mac OS

Plan PremiumCountry USA Device/Operating SystemMacbook OS Sonoma 14.5My Question or IssueI've done a full clean reinstall (twice now) but I still can't get the crossfade to work. It used to work and then at some point stopped. Is this a bug? It's on ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device/Operating System Macbook OS Sonoma 14.5 My Question or Issue I've done a full clean reinstall (twice now) but I still can't get the crossfade to ...
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Superuser Contribution album and playlist covers not showing/loading on desktop/web app (macos/edge)

PlanPremiumCountryMexicoDeviceMacBook Air M1Operating System(MacOS Sonoma 14.2.1 My Question or IssueEverything else works fine except for every album cover and playlist cover showing up as blank/black. here are some extra details: -I'm on Sonoma 14....

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  • Plan Premium Country Mexico Device MacBook Air M1 Operating System (MacOS Sonoma 14.2.1   My Question or Issue Everything else works fine except for every album cover and playlist cove...
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Superuser Contribution no username and password area/issue with signing in entirely

PlanPremiumCountryAmericaDeviceMacbook AirOperating SystemiOS 14.5 My Question or IssueOKAY SO- it started when my spotify for desktop suddenly stopped working. it wouldn't load songs, menus, podcasts, or even playlists. it was all just buffering and...

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  • Plan Premium Country America Device Macbook Air Operating System iOS 14.5    My Question or Issue OKAY SO- it started when my spotify for desktop suddenly stopped working. it woul...
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Superuser Contribution "Your version of windows is out of date" ... I'm on a Mac

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA Device: Macbook Pro mid-2012 (refurbished)Operating System: Mac 10.13.6 My Question or Issue:I am seeing a "Your version of Windows is out of date banner", but a) I'm on a Mac so I don't have Windows and b) my Mac's version ...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: USA   Device: Macbook Pro mid-2012 (refurbished) Operating System: Mac 10.13.6   My Question or Issue: I am seeing a "Your version of Windows is out of date ...
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library, playlists or maps on spotify

Hi, When I put all my music on spotify I sorted it in a few different playlists.But now I see it's also possible to put the music into a 'library' of in 'maps'. What is the difference between maps, library and playlist? And what do you think is the b...

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  • Hi,   When I put all my music on spotify I sorted it in a few different playlists. But now I see it's also possible to put the music into a 'library' of in 'maps'.   What is the differ...
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Superuser Contribution Podcast Playlist

Hello everyone,I have a problem with the Spotify app on my MacBook. On my iPhone and iPad, there is a "New Episodes" feature that allows me to easily find new episodes of my subscribed podcasts. However, this feature is missing in the Spotify app on ...

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  • Hello everyone, I have a problem with the Spotify app on my MacBook. On my iPhone and iPad, there is a "New Episodes" feature that allows me to easily find new episodes of my subscribed podcasts. Ho...
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Superuser Contribution Mac OS sequoia web player issues

using the Spotify web player on developer version os Mac OS sequoia is resulting in playback sounding like there's a sheet of glass lying on my MacBooks speakers, issue presents on built in laptop speakers and also when using bluetooth headphones, au...

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  • using the Spotify web player on developer version os Mac OS sequoia is resulting in playback sounding like there's a sheet of glass lying on my MacBooks speakers, issue presents on built in laptop sp...
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Superuser Contribution My podcast episodes are not updating on the Mac app

I am using the Mac app on my MacBook Pro. The podcasts aren't updating. I have tried clearing my app cache etc. But e.g. the most recent podcast from The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett is Feb 2. I have all episodes selected and newest to oldest ...

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  • I am using the Mac app on my MacBook Pro. The podcasts aren't updating. I have tried clearing my app cache etc. But e.g. the most recent podcast from The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett is Feb 2....
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Mac app won't play the song I want to hear. It gives out "can't play this right now" error.

I tried to clear app cache, force restarted app, restarted my Macbook Air but it still wouldn't play the song. Any ideas why?

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  • I tried to clear app cache, force restarted app, restarted my Macbook Air but it still wouldn't play the song. Any ideas why?
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Missing artist about section on right side of window

As of a month or so ago, Spotify on desktop was displaying an about section on the artist I was currently playing to the right of the window.I closed it and now can't find how to get it to reappear.Does anyone know how to turn this feature back on?Ap...

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  • As of a month or so ago, Spotify on desktop was displaying an about section on the artist I was currently playing to the right of the window. I closed it and now can't find how to get it to reap...
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Superuser Contribution spotify for artists working on phone but not mac

Hello, I am trying to update some information on my spotify artists page. I wanted to use my computer because I like the bigger screen to see everything. The problem is spotify for artists is not working on my Mac. I'm using safari to access the page...

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  • Hello,    I am trying to update some information on my spotify artists page. I wanted to use my computer because I like the bigger screen to see everything. The problem is spotify for art...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify has a memory leak [Mac Desktop]

Brief description of the issueSpotify memory usage does not stop increasing until my MacBook runs out of memory/swap (I experienced up to 79 GB (!!!)) Steps to reproduce the issue:Start Spotify and just stream musicWait (do not know how long exactly,...

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  • Brief description of the issue Spotify memory usage does not stop increasing until my MacBook runs out of memory/swap (I experienced up to 79 GB (!!!))   Steps to reproduce the issue: Start...
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