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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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Playlist Plays Wrong Track

Whenever I update one of my playlists I get the following bug: The albums/tracks are added to the playlist but when I start playing them, spotify plays a complete other track than that's listed at that position. For example: The first track in my pla...

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  • Whenever I update one of my playlists I get the following bug:   The albums/tracks are added to the playlist but when I start playing them, spotify plays a complete other track than that'...
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Can't Select All Tracks in "My Music"

For playlists, select all works fine. I can select all tracks, or I can use the Shift+select feature to select a batch of tracks at once. But in "Your Music", it ALWAYS leaves various tracks unselected inbetween. Having a collection of over 5000 song...

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  • For playlists, select all works fine. I can select all tracks, or I can use the Shift+select feature to select a batch of tracks at once. But in "Your Music", it ALWAYS leaves various tracks unselect...
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Song continues playing but the sound shuts off

Hi!! Yeserday I began to have this problem with Spotify, the song would keep playing but the sound would shut off like mid-song. If I went to an earlier spot in the song it would play, but the sound would drop out again. And if I skip to the next son...

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  • Hi!! Yeserday I began to have this problem with Spotify, the song would keep playing but the sound would shut off like mid-song. If I went to an earlier spot in the song it would play, but the sound ...
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How do I use Spotify??

Hi I'd love some help. So I've just paid up for premium subscription, with the intention of switching from iTunes to Spotify. I'm utterly lost and frustrated; Spotify seems unable to perform the basic functions I'd expect it to. I currently have all ...

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  • Hi I'd love some help. So I've just paid up for premium subscription, with the intention of switching from iTunes to Spotify. I'm utterly lost and frustrated; Spotify seems unable to perform the basi...
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My main playlist is suddenly empty, and the recover playlist tool doesn't work!

So I went on Spotify this morning to list to some music, only to see that my main playlist is empty. The playlist is there, but there are no songs. I checked on the web browser as well, it's gone. The recover playlist function doesn't work because th...

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  • So I went on Spotify this morning to list to some music, only to see that my main playlist is empty. The playlist is there, but there are no songs. I checked on the web browser as well, it's gone. Th...
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Can not see my local files

For some reason I can not see my local files. It says I have "16,346 songs, 1107hr 30min" but there is nothing below it.I am running the latest verison of Spotify as I downloaded the desktop verison last night. Also running OSX 10.10.3

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  • For some reason I can not see my local files. It says I have "16,346 songs, 1107hr 30min" but there is nothing below it. I am running the latest verison of Spotify as I downloaded the desktop veriso...
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All local files disappeared Mac Yosemite

HiJust updated to the newest version1.0.4.90.g0b6df40b, and can't play my local files. List is empty... help!

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  • Hi Just updated to the newest version1.0.4.90.g0b6df40b, and can't play my local files. List is empty... help!  
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Selecting only the songs I do not have locally in a playlist?

Hi everyone, So I had 13,000 songs on my old laptop (Windows) which I used to listen to through Spotify in a Local Files playlist. Now, after purchasing a new laptop (Mac), I want to transfer only the songs that Spotify does not have so I can continu...

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  • Hi everyone,   So I had 13,000 songs on my old laptop (Windows) which I used to listen to through Spotify in a Local Files playlist. Now, after purchasing a new laptop (Mac), I want to transfe...
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Deleted music!

Hi, I've noticed for a long time now, tracks are dissapearing from my playlists. Mostly I notice it soon enough, but I guess a lot of music is just lost now for good because I just didn't notice. Is there any way to see which songs aren't available a...

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  • Hi,   I've noticed for a long time now, tracks are dissapearing from my playlists. Mostly I notice it soon enough, but I guess a lot of music is just lost now for good because I just didn't no...
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Can send, but not receive songs.

Hello, on both mobile and desktop, I can only send songs (which other users do receive) but I cannot receive any. I've tried reinstalling Spotify both on my IPhone and my computer. I've also tried manually logging in using my @facebook.com email and ...

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  • Hello, on both mobile and desktop, I can only send songs (which other users do receive) but I cannot receive any.   I've tried reinstalling Spotify both on my IPhone and my computer. I've...
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OS X Yosemite: Skip/Back Keys have no effect

Hi everyone, I'm a recent owner of a brand new iMac, long time Windows user. I find that the play/pause button works fine and expected. However, it's cousins on either side, the skip forward/back track buttons, have no effects on Spotify. This is rea...

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  • Hi everyone,   I'm a recent owner of a brand new iMac, long time Windows user. I find that the play/pause button works fine and expected. However, it's cousins on either side, the skip forward...
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Solved!! Activity feed - How to remove it? (and everything in it)

As the topic states, how do i remove the acitivity frame. Ive manage to turn most of the stuff in there off. But i cant get away from the suggestions for people to follow. If you want to turn this service into a music facebook fine with me, but let m...

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  • As the topic states, how do i remove the acitivity frame. Ive manage to turn most of the stuff in there off. But i cant get away from the suggestions for people to follow.   If you want to tur...
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Plays the song I click two rows down, not the actual song I want to play.

In my "main" playlist it skips what I want to play and plays the song two rows down instead. This only happens in my largest playlist and doesn't happen in any of the other playlists, so far. I recently updated to version 1.0.1.1060.gc75ebdfd Video s...

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  • In my "main" playlist it skips what I want to play and plays the song two rows down instead. This only happens in my largest playlist and doesn't happen in any of the other playlists, so far. ...
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why does spotify preferentially play spotify sessions/live songs more than album tracks?

And, how can I stop this from happening, or has this nazi regime prevented me from being able to do so?

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  • And, how can I stop this from happening, or has this nazi regime prevented me from being able to do so? 
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Alert window that displays if/when a track has been removed from a playlist.

Hello I have had an album saved for ages and regularly listen to it all of a sudden its gone, can anyone help?Moodymann - Black Mahogani

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  • Hello I have had an album saved for ages and regularly listen to it all of a sudden its gone, can anyone help? Moodymann - Black Mahogani
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Spotify Mac steals focus every 6 seconds

Spotify (free version, Mac Yosemite) has become impossible to use because it pops up to the foreground and interrupts whatever I'm doing every. six. seconds. Doesn't have anything to do with ads or what song is playing, doesn't matter whether it's ma...

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  • Spotify (free version, Mac Yosemite) has become impossible to use because it pops up to the foreground and interrupts whatever I'm doing every. six. seconds.   Doesn't have anything to do with...
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Sonos

I can not open spotify on my Sonos help

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On OSX 10.9.5 ALL SORTS OF ISSUES

I have used spotify for a couple years on my iMac at work (currently on OS X 10.9.5), and for the last couple months I have been wondering why I continue paying for this service. I will not continue doing so much longer, and will cancel both my girlf...

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  • I have used spotify for a couple years on my iMac at work (currently on OS X 10.9.5), and for the last couple months I have been wondering why I continue paying for this service. I will not cont...
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Solved!! How to search in saved song list?

They had this before, then it disappeared, what hapepned to it? I have a sizable saved song list and I literlaly have to scroll through it like I'm looking for something in a dictionary. Am I doing something wrong? How do you search for songs in your...

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  • They had this before, then it disappeared, what hapepned to it? I have a sizable saved song list and I literlaly have to scroll through it like I'm looking for something in a dictionary. Am...
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