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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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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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  • 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 s...
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What Is the Difference Between "Make public"/"Public Playlist" and "Add to profile"/Profile Playlist

Hi, This question has been asked before but the answers were not really answering the question:What Is the Difference Between "Make public"/"Public Playlist" and "Add to profile"/Profile Playlist?What private playlists are is clear enough. What I and...

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  • Hi,   This question has been asked before but the answers were not really answering the question: What Is the Difference Between "Make public"/"Public Playlist" and "Add to profile"/Profile...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify from the main Mac M1 menu bar not working for play after pause.

PlanPremiumCountry: US DeviceMacBook Pro 14" M1 2022Operating System: MacOS Ventura 13.4 My Question or Issue: Note: Recently coming from a Windows, so might not be exact with the terminology.So I have the spotify icon on the taskbar down below, and ...

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  • Plan Premium Country: US   Device MacBook Pro 14" M1 2022 Operating System: MacOS Ventura 13.4   My Question or Issue:   Note: Recently coming from a Windows, so might not be...
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Superuser Contribution How to clean my recently listened

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevice(MacBook Air 2020 intel)Operating System(Macos ventura 13.4.) My Question or IssueI would like to clean all my recently listened, but I'm not able to do it and I don't know if it is possible, once it was possible but with...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Italy Device (MacBook Air 2020 intel) Operating System (Macos ventura 13.4.)   My Question or Issue I would like to clean all my recently listened, but I'm...
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Superuser Contribution Daily Drive Without the News?

So maybe this is an odd question but I really enjoy the music selection I'm getting in the daily drive. I listen to radio rock/metal/metalcore/pop/etc, and my daily mixes have only ever covered 1 genre per mix. With the daily mix, I get a little of e...

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  • So maybe this is an odd question but I really enjoy the music selection I'm getting in the daily drive. I listen to radio rock/metal/metalcore/pop/etc, and my daily mixes have only ever covered 1 gen...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution can't login mac os x

Hi, I have been using Spotify Premium for about 3 months with no problems at all ... until today. Can't login. I type my email and password in to the dialog (Facebook login) and it keeps telling me there is an error, something about being behind a fi...

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  • Hi, I have been using Spotify Premium for about 3 months with no problems at all ... until today. Can't login. I type my email and password in to the dialog (Facebook login) and it keeps telling me t...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify 0.8.5.1356 is not working

PlanFreeCountryThe NetherlandsDevicePower Mac G5 dual-coreOperating SystemMac OS X 10.5.8My Question or IssueSpotify 0.8.5.1356 is not working, it says "An error has occured, a firewall may be blocking Spotify..." with error code 409.

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  • Plan Free Country The Netherlands Device Power Mac G5 dual-core Operating System Mac OS X 10.5.8 My Question or Issue Spotify 0.8.5.1356 is not working, it says "An error has occured, a fire...
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Rewind 5 seconds keyboard shortcut for MacOS desktop app

Today, I signed up to become a curator over on Musixmatch so that I can contribute lyrics to this app which has brought me so much joy. For these and other purposes, I'd suggest the option to always show the 'skip back 푥 seconds' on the mobile and de...

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  • Today, I signed up to become a curator over on Musixmatch so that I can contribute lyrics to this app which has brought me so much joy.   For these and other purposes, I'd suggest the option t...
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Certain podcasts not playing

I'm using Spotify Premium USA, on both a Macbook Pro and iPhone XR I noticed today that certain podcast episodes won't play, or rather just certain podcasts in general (all my music seems to be playing fine). For example, I tried to listen to Celebri...

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  • I'm using Spotify Premium USA, on both a Macbook Pro and iPhone XR   I noticed today that certain podcast episodes won't play, or rather just certain podcasts in general (all my music seems to...
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Superuser Contribution Why does "Next" play a completely random song?

Hitting the "Next" ️ button in my Spotify Mac app results in a random song playing and not the next song in my playlist. The song isn't on my playlist. I don't have Shuffle on.

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  • Hitting the "Next" ⏭️ button in my Spotify Mac app results in a random song playing and not the next song in my playlist. The song isn't on my playlist. I don't have Shuffle on.
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Superuser Contribution Dislike/Don't play this song button is missed

I'm using desktop app on macos Ventura.Some songs I very hate but I'm found no way to block them.

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  • I'm using desktop app on macos Ventura. Some songs I very hate but I'm found no way to block them.
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Superuser Contribution Error - App freezes on MAC

Wont play or present songs though online. Plan - PremiumCountry - Denmark Device - Macbook Pro 2019Operating System iOS 11

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  • Wont play or present songs though online.  Plan - Premium Country - Denmark   Device - Macbook Pro 2019 Operating System iOS 11
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Superuser Contribution Spotify starting and playing music overnight by itself

Have a Family Plan under MAC OS Big Sur 11.1 using Spotify version 1.1.48.625.g1c87c7f7. Every morning when I awake, Spotify has started itself on my computer and is playing strange music that I have never listened to on the last speaker that I had s...

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  • Have a Family Plan under MAC OS Big Sur 11.1 using Spotify version 1.1.48.625.g1c87c7f7.  Every morning when I awake, Spotify has started itself on my computer and is playing strange music that ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify will crash while watching a podcast and go to a grey screen

Watching podcast and out of nowhere screen will go grey with the Spotify logo in the upper left corner. No audio or video.

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  • Watching podcast and out of nowhere screen will go grey with the Spotify logo in the upper left corner. No audio or video.
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Superuser Contribution Liking songs doesn't sync between the mobile and the desktop app

My list of liked songs does not update anymore - songs I add from my mobile wouldn't be added to the list on my desktop app, same for the ones I would remove

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  • My list of liked songs does not update anymore - songs I add from my mobile wouldn't be added to the list on my desktop app, same for the ones I would remove
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Spotify keeps disabling "Show Local Files"

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)Operating SystemmacOS Mojave 10.14.6 My Question or IssueHi,My Spotify keeps disabling the option "Show Local Files". It happends randomly, sometimes after a reboot, sometimes after I close and reo...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) Operating System macOS Mojave 10.14.6   My Question or Issue Hi, My Spotify keeps disabling the option "Show Local Fil...
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Strange songs forcibly playing themselves

Hi. So today I was just watching Netflix and all of a sudden this random techno music starts playing. I found it was on Spotify and I had no clue what it was. I have never listened to it, never clicked it, never seen it. I paused it multiple times an...

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  • Hi.   So today I was just watching Netflix and all of a sudden this random techno music starts playing. I found it was on Spotify and I had no clue what it was. I have never listened to it, ne...
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Superuser Contribution [Profile] Increase public playlists limit; View more than 200 playlists

I have a premium account and I currently have 213 public playlists. But 13 of them don't appear on my profile. I just realized that Spotify has a limit of 200 public playlists, which makes absolutely no sense to me. I've been a premium user for years...

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  • I have a premium account and I currently have 213 public playlists. But 13 of them don't appear on my profile. I just realized that Spotify has a limit of 200 public playlists, which makes absol...
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I had the new UI for a day, now it's gone back to the old UI

Spotify on my Mac I got the new UI yesterday 26th April, today I opened the app and it's gone back to the old UI, weird. I quite liked the new UI. --- PremiumUKMacBook Pro (2023)macOS Ventura 13.3.1

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  • Spotify on my Mac I got the new UI yesterday 26th April, today I opened the app and it's gone back to the old UI, weird. I quite liked the new UI.   ---   Premium UK MacBook Pro (2023...
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