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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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  • MattSuda
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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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  • bfteach
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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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Last.FM updated, no scrobbles

Hello all, Last.fm recently updated their site and since the new site went out from beta and they migrated their data to new environment, my Spotify scrobbles haven't been functioning properly. Anyone else experiencing the same? I have disconnected a...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello all,   Last.fm recently updated their site and since the new site went out from beta and they migrated their data to new environment, my Spotify scrobbles haven't been functioning proper...
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Solved!! Installation Failed on Mac

So I rebooted by mac and after doing so spotify will not install. I have tried deleting the download as well as the cache (screen shot attached) and still nothing happens.When I try to install I just get the message "An error occured while trying to ...

  • Casual Listener
  • So I rebooted by mac and after doing so spotify will not install.   I have tried deleting the download as well as the cache (screen shot attached) and still nothing happens. When I try to ins...
  • Dreadlord
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error actualizacion en MAC, Crash! El programa se cierra inesperadamente!

Hola! Estoy un poco desesperado espero que podais ayudarme. Desde que se ha actualizado la ultima version de spotify, el programa al cerrarlo e intentar volver a abrirlo no me deja, me sale un mensaje de MAC que dice que el programa se ha cerrado ine...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hola! Estoy un poco desesperado espero que podais ayudarme. Desde que se ha actualizado la ultima version de spotify, el programa al cerrarlo e intentar volver a abrirlo no me deja, me sale un mensaj...
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SpotifyWebHelper - Constant pop ups Mac

Over the last week Spotfiy has started the mac has started to throw up the pop-up: "SpotifyWebHelper wants to use your confidential information stored in "Spotify" in your Key Chain It doesn't matter how many times you allow, deny or always allow it ...

  • Newbie
  • Over the last week Spotfiy has started the mac has started to throw up the pop-up:   "SpotifyWebHelper wants to use your confidential information stored in "Spotify" in your Key Chain &nbs...
  • bayrho
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songs in que.

Can't remove songs in que.Anyone know how to delete them?

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  • Can't remove songs in que. Anyone know how to delete them?
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Solved!! Desktop player shows the wrong song as playing

This is a weird one. I'm listening to a song, which is correctly displayed in the bottom left area of my desktop player, but the playlist says a different (wrong) song is playing. What's this all about? I tried restarting Spotify and it's still doing...

  • Roadie
  • This is a weird one. I'm listening to a song, which is correctly displayed in the bottom left area of my desktop player, but the playlist says a different (wrong) song is playing. What's this all abo...
  • robot14
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Is Spotify forgetting songs added to My Music?

I can't 100% confirm that this is happening, but it seems to me like Spotify occassionaly forgets songs that I've added to my music. Anyone else experiencing this? Maybe it's a problem with syncing my activities across my personal Mac, work Mac, iPho...

  • Roadie
  • I can't 100% confirm that this is happening, but it seems to me like Spotify occassionaly forgets songs that I've added to my music. Anyone else experiencing this? Maybe it's a problem with syncing m...
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Solved!! Pinwheel of death - Radio function does not work from now to then

ADMINS: PLEASE TRANSFER TO HELP/MAC. THANKS. The radio function does not work anymore.I've shut down my Mac and left it. 2 hours later I restarted it, started Spotify and a song and sudenly the radio just shows that wheel turning over and over again....

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  • ADMINS: PLEASE TRANSFER TO HELP/MAC. THANKS.   The radio function does not work anymore. I've shut down my Mac and left it. 2 hours later I restarted it, started Spotify and a song and sudenl...
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Arcam mini Blink won't pair with Spotify on MacBook Pro

Hi,I've just bought an Arcam Mini Blink Bluetooth D-A converter to connect my Apple MacBook Pro running OSX Yosemite 10.10.5 to my Arcam amplifier and although it works perfectly with Apple Music and pairs instantly I can't get it to pair at all with...

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  • Hi, I've just bought an Arcam Mini Blink Bluetooth D-A converter to connect my Apple MacBook Pro running OSX Yosemite 10.10.5 to my Arcam amplifier and although it works perfectly with Apple Music a...
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Duplicate Local Files

Hi, After I updated Spotify, the music tracks stored in my computer duplicated. I tried switch off all the local files sources however the tracks were still here and some duplicated, I tried see where the tracks were stored in my Mac but the 2 duplic...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   After I updated Spotify, the music tracks stored in my computer duplicated. I tried switch off all the local files sources however the tracks were still here and some duplicated, I tried...
  • GrilledTony
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Solved!! Can't sort search results

Before the big recent update, search results could be sorted by clicking the column headers -- e.g. by artist, track, album. But after the update I can't do it anymore.I'm guessing that they just didn't bother to keep the old functionality in the new...

  • Music Fan
  • Before the big recent update, search results could be sorted by clicking the column headers -- e.g. by artist, track, album. But after the update I can't do it anymore. I'm guessing that they just...
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Solved!! How do I rearrange my playlists' order?

My playlists in spotify seem to be in the order that they were created. Is there a way to rearrange them in any different order? Thanks for any help.

  • Roadie
  • My playlists in spotify seem to be in the order that they were created.   Is there a way to rearrange them in any different order?   Thanks for any help.
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What happened to the Filter function?!

guys! ive been a huge spotify evangelist since its introduction. ive been pleased to see it gradually improve as time has passed, and even had some really great features added (like the ability to control one device from another). but the removal of ...

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  • guys!   ive been a huge spotify evangelist since its introduction.  ive been pleased to see it gradually improve as time has passed, and even had some really great features added (like the...
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Solved!! My Usage of my image

Good morning:I am a photographer and a user of Spotify. This morning 7/24/2015 I noticed on the mobile app Discover weekly section that one of my images was use without mention of authorship or copyrights. I am enclosing said image. Please explain ho...

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  • Good morning: I am a photographer and a user of Spotify. This morning 7/24/2015 I noticed on the mobile app Discover weekly section that one of my images was use without mention of  authorship ...
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Solved!! Search results sorting not available

This has been open for MONTHS now. Search options can't be sorted. Is there ANY official stance on this? It's such a basic feature its increible its been neglected.spotify:search:term workaround no longer works either.

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  • This has been open for MONTHS now. Search options can't be sorted. Is there ANY official stance on this? It's such a basic feature its increible its been neglected. spotify:search:term workaround ...
  • MattSuda
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Local files don't appear

Hello, Firstly, I apologise if this topic has been brought up before, I havent been able to find it and I am new to the community. Im having issues with local files, where nothing (no files) turn up. See attachment below. Any suggestions?

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  • Hello,   Firstly, I apologise if this topic has been brought up before, I havent been able to find it and I am new to the community.   Im having issues with local files, where nothing (...
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Solved!! Plugins on Spotify 1.0.3 for OS X - what happened???

Hi, I'm a premium user and since I've updated my desktop (OS X) client a few weeks ago, I can't access the plugins I had (I used the last.fm and Lazify plugins to discover music). Was this a deliberate downgrade or is there a problem with my installa...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   I'm a premium user and since I've updated my desktop (OS X) client a few weeks ago, I can't access the plugins I had (I used the last.fm and Lazify plugins to discover music).   W...
  • lucas_braga
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Use Spotify Connect with Mac or PC

I don't understand why Spotify does not enable Spotify Connect on desktop computers. It effectively prevents you from using eg a Mac Mini as a media server, unless you want to use 3rd party software to control it remotely eg from an iPad. It also bug...

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  • I don't understand why Spotify does not enable Spotify Connect on desktop computers. It effectively prevents you from using eg a Mac Mini as a media server, unless you want to use 3rd party software ...
  • peiteer
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Solved!! Disabling Mac OS X Dock badge notifications

Warum zum Henker ist das noch immer nicht gelöst worden? Why the hell are you not able to kill the annoying notifications?

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  • Warum zum Henker ist das noch immer nicht gelöst worden? Why the hell are you not able to kill the annoying notifications?
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