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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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since yesterday Spotify stops playing randomly, mac desktop

I don't kwnow what happened but since yesterday after few seconds the sound start to stop randomly.I did a clean new installation of spotify desktop appI had repaired the system permissionsI followed this instruction found in this community: Steps to...

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  • I don't kwnow what happened but since yesterday after few seconds the sound start to stop randomly. I did a clean new installation of spotify desktop app I had repaired the system permissions I fo...
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Help! Spotify is driving me crazy! (Mac)(fixed)

Hey guys! I am a Macbook user and I recently cleared up my mac and reinstalled the operating system. So basically I need to redownload everything including Spotify. I was looking up for the old version of Spotify with a black theme (don't know if you...

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  • Hey guys!  I am a Macbook user and I recently cleared up my mac and reinstalled the operating system. So basically I need to redownload everything including Spotify.  I was looking up for...
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Browse and Discover sections keep loading

Hey there! I am a Macbook user and I've just fixed my spofity to an old version (0.9.8.296) and stopped it from auto-updating again. But then I found the "Browse" and "Discover" sections are laoding all the time. I've tried to remove some cache files...

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  • Hey there!    I am a Macbook user and I've just fixed my spofity to an old version (0.9.8.296) and stopped it from auto-updating again. But then I found the "Browse" and "Discover" sectio...
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Incorrect Sorting of Songs in 1.0.x

I've just noticed that v1.0.x incorrectly sorts songs when the My Music > Songs view is sorted by Song name. 0.9.x and the iOS app correctly sort song titles, ignoring punctuation and other special characters and instead ignoring these, correctly pla...

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  • I've just noticed that v1.0.x incorrectly sorts songs when the My Music > Songs view is sorted by Song name.  0.9.x and the iOS app correctly sort song titles, ignoring punctuation and other...
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Unable to install Spotify after uninstalling

I was trying to download the newest version of Spotify and update the application on my Mac. The program froze and even with force quit was still not working.. I was able to uninstall the spotify application in hopes of redownloading in order to upda...

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  • I was trying to download the newest version of Spotify and update the application on my Mac. The program froze and even with force quit was still not working.. I was able to uninstall the spotify app...
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No title and image sometimes

Some songs that I play don't show an sleeve cover image, title and artist name. About 50%. It was not like that before so I dowloaded Spotify again and then it worked like before again, but after a couple of days it has the same problem.

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  • Some songs that I play don't show an sleeve cover image, title and artist name. About 50%. It was not like that before so I dowloaded Spotify again and then it worked like before again, but after a c...
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Recently Played Artists not updating!

I just posted a similar thread in "Newcomers and Contributions", it was my first ever post and I now realize this may be a better place to post it. For the last 3-4 weeks my Recently Played Artists has not updated, nor has anything on my account page...

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  • I just posted a similar thread in "Newcomers and Contributions", it was my first ever post and I now realize this may be a better place to post it.    For the last 3-4 weeks my Recently P...
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When I add a song to my music it is unticked the next time I log in

I am trying ot get all of my local files into "My Music" so have created a playlist of local files. I am going through the process of adding songs with "+" signs to my music but many of them revert back to "+" after I have "ticked" them the next time...

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  • I am trying ot get all of my local files into "My Music" so have created a playlist of local files.  I am going through the process of adding songs with "+" signs to my music but many of them re...
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Local Files Missing

Hi, I've been using spotify premium for over a year now, and everything was always running smoothly, until a few of the most recent updates. There is always, a problem with the Local Files, I've just updated to the latest version and when I click on ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, I've been using spotify premium for over a year now, and everything was always running smoothly, until a few of the most recent updates. There is always, a problem with the Local Files, I've just...
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Cannot access charts section

Hey there, I'm a premium user and wanted to listen to any playlist within the section "charts". When clicking on it, the spotify window literally "flashes" in white color for half a second (feels like it hangs although music keeps on playing) and not...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey there,   I'm a premium user and wanted to listen to any playlist within the section "charts". When clicking on it, the spotify window literally "flashes" in white color for half a second (...
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My favourite music keeps disappearing

Hi, Today suscribed to Spotify. I started saving artists and albums, but almost half of the albums I saved disappeared after I re-opened the app (this happens in both my Mac and my iPhone). I tried saving them again twice, and the same thing happened...

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  • Hi,  Today suscribed to Spotify. I started saving artists and albums, but almost half of the albums I saved disappeared after I re-opened the app (this happens in both my Mac and my iPhone). I ...
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a track without sound

DescriptionIt looks like the track spotify:track:6ql61jITHSnZhwN4PUkszRwon't play because empty.Precision : the track isn't dimmed in grey, so it should play A more detailed description, using numbered steps1. I played all others in the list, ok2. I ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Description It looks like the track spotify:track:6ql61jITHSnZhwN4PUkszR won't play because empty. Precision : the track isn't dimmed in grey, so it should play   A more detailed descr...
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1.0.6.80.g2a801a53 killing my battery life on MBP Late 2013- forcing gpu to switch on

It's forcing the system to turn on the high performance gpu. There used to be a setting in the preferences that allowed users like me to turn this functionality off. Anyway we could get that back? I've listened to 1 album and lost 1/2 of my batter li...

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  • It's forcing the system to turn on the high performance gpu.    There used to be a setting in the preferences that allowed users like me to turn this functionality off. Anyway we cou...
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Solved!! Where is Classify?

I was incredibly upset, upon restarting Spotify to get the new update, to see that Classify does not exist anymore. I've seen that apps have been discontinued - but seriously!!! There is no rational reason to justify this! Classify was a unique thing...

  • Casual Listener
  • I was incredibly upset, upon restarting Spotify to get the new update, to see that Classify does not exist anymore. I've seen that apps have been discontinued - but seriously!!! There is no...
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Bug in "click album art to jump to the currently playing song" feature

Glad to see that the "click album art to jump to the currently playing song" feature has made a return. However, there is a bug. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start playing a song in a playlist2. Skip to the next song (ideally with shuffle on)3. Click the a...

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  • Glad to see that the "click album art to jump to the currently playing song" feature has made a return.   However, there is a bug.   Steps to reproduce:   1. Start playing a...
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Saved albums disappeared

Hey, All my Saved Albums and Songs have disapeared on the desktop version. If I login to play.spotify.com they are there aswell as on my OS devices.I've tried too remove Spotify from my mac and reinstall it but it's the same. Can someone help? I use ...

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  • Hey,   All my Saved Albums and Songs have disapeared on the desktop version. If I login to play.spotify.com they are there aswell as on my OS devices. I've tried too remove Spotify from my ma...
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Spotify Connect not connecting in one simple shot as previous version

With latest update for Spotify on OSX 1.0.6.80.g2a801a53 and iOS (don't have in front of me but latest as of today), Spotify Connect seems to not connect as smoothly as previous version did. With speaker device on standby, in past, I could start Spot...

  • Gig Goer
  • With latest update for Spotify on OSX 1.0.6.80.g2a801a53 and iOS (don't have in front of me but latest as of today), Spotify Connect seems to not connect as smoothly as previous version did...
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Problems with 'Albums' & 'Artists' on mac

A few updates ago, I suddenly couldn't open my albums and artists from the sidebar. When I click it, the window turns white for a few seconds (I can still see the sidebar) and then returns to the home screen. The same thing happens when I try to see ...

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  • A few updates ago, I suddenly couldn't open my albums and artists from the sidebar. When I click it, the window turns white for a few seconds (I can still see the sidebar) and then returns to the hom...
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Solved!! One playlist is empty!

Hi!I opened up Spotify today just to see one of my beloved playlists were empty. One one and it's one of mine so its not Starred or something like that. All other playlists are fine. I thought i might have deleted it all by misstake but nothing happe...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi! I opened up Spotify today just to see one of my beloved playlists were empty. One one and it's one of mine so its not Starred or something like that. All other playlists are fine. I thought i mi...
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Build 1.01.1060.gc75ebdfd queue does not refresh properly and is unresponsive

I recently installed Mac Desktop build 1.01.1060.gc75ebdfd and after I found the new location of the Queue (it took a little while), I was dismayed to find that the play queue is now extremely unresponsive. Many times when attempting to move an item ...

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  • I recently installed Mac Desktop build 1.01.1060.gc75ebdfd and after I found the new location of the Queue (it took a little while), I was dismayed to find that the play queue is now extremely unresp...
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