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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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Solved!! Offline mode not always available

Hi All---been experiencing an issue with my ipad offline syncing. I have my lists all set to available offline mode on my home network on a Macbook. I use an ipad to listen to playlists while taking public transit to work. In the past, all playlists ...

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  • Hi All---been experiencing an issue with my ipad offline syncing. I have my lists all set to available offline mode on my home network on a Macbook. I use an ipad to listen to playlists while taking ...
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MAC Low playback volume

Playback on Mac desktop client is lower than other services even at maximum volume, is there anyway to fix this without using a third party app? Thanks

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  • Playback on Mac desktop client is lower than other services even at maximum volume, is there anyway to fix this without using a third party app? Thanks
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Can't add songs to playlist

I'm trying to add songs to a new playlist. After a certain point (unknown right now) this function stops working. I can't drag and drop a song to a playlist, nor can I right click and add it through the context menu. These are not local files. The pr...

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  • I'm trying to add songs to a new playlist. After a certain point (unknown right now) this function stops working. I can't drag and drop a song to a playlist, nor can I right click and add it through ...
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spotify 2015 update

Hello, I have Spotify Premium and I am using (2) Apple computers and an iPhone.When I downloaded Spotify onto the 1st computer (a 2010 MacBook Pro), the 2015 version of Spotify downloaded and was I able to select "High Quality Streaming" (320 kbps).W...

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  • Hello,   I have Spotify Premium and I am using (2) Apple computers and an iPhone. When I downloaded Spotify onto the 1st computer (a 2010 MacBook Pro), the 2015 version of Spotify downloaded ...
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Broken - selecting multiple songs in a playlist

Trying to select & move several songs within a playlist is not working - I cannot drag more than one song at a time. What gives?

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  • Trying to select & move several songs within a playlist is not working - I cannot drag more than one song at a time.    What gives?
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Album Artwork Not Updating

I have a playlist I update weekly. I remove all songs from the previous week and add new ones. But when I go to post this week's list on any of my social media, the playlist album artwork is still from the original playlist I made, songs that are not...

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  • I have a playlist I update weekly. I remove all songs from the previous week and add new ones. But when I go to post this week's list on any of my social media, the playlist album artwork is still fr...
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Solved!! Streaming music quality

Hello, "High Quality Streaming" (320 kbps) streaming on my MacBook Pro is not as good as "Extreme" (320 kbps) streaming on my iPhone. Used the same headphones and played the same song on the MacBook Pro and the iPhone. Can anybody explain why this ma...

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  • Hello,   "High Quality Streaming" (320 kbps) streaming on my MacBook Pro is not as good as "Extreme" (320 kbps) streaming on my iPhone.   Used the same headphones and played the same so...
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Can't log in on desktop client (Facebook login not working)

Hi there, I use Facebook to log into Spotify. It works on my iPhone and it also worked in these support forums. However, when I try to log into the desktop application on my Mac, it opens a web page saying "Logging in to Spotify", indicates a success...

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  • Hi there,   I use Facebook to log into Spotify. It works on my iPhone and it also worked in these support forums. However, when I try to log into the desktop application on my Mac, it ope...
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songs automatically added to my music

Why does Spotify automatically add music to My Music, when I click on a song in an album or playlist? Is there a way to change this?

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  • Why does Spotify automatically add music to My Music, when I click on a song in an album or playlist?   Is there a way to change this?
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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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