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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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Superuser Contribution Skipping to the next song and then playing but no sound

Anyone else having issues on the web browser skipping to the next song or a few songs down the playlist and then it appears to be playing-- the playhead advances on the timeline-- but after a few seconds no sound comes out. Mobile is fine. I restarte...

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  • Anyone else having issues on the web browser skipping to the next song or a few songs down the playlist and then it appears to be playing-- the playhead advances on the timeline-- but after a few sec...
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Superuser Contribution I do not have a plus button to add songs to playlists.

I do not have a plus button to add songs to playlists. I can use the 3 dots to add to a playlist I have created, but I cannot add to the playlists that have been shared with me. Other people can add to the shared playlist but I can't.

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  • I do not have a plus button to add songs to playlists. I can use the 3 dots to add to a playlist I have created, but I cannot add to the playlists that have been shared with me. Other people can add ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Unknown device - TV

PlanFree/Premium: Premium StudentCountry: Latvia Device:MacBook Air 2017 Operating System:macOS Monterey My Question or Issue:Recently opened up Spotify and saw a device that I am not familiar with. Already went through the trouble of logging out of ...

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  • Plan Free/Premium: Premium Student Country: Latvia   Device: MacBook Air 2017   Operating System: macOS Monterey   My Question or Issue: Recently opened up Spotify and saw a...
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Superuser Contribution Mac desktop app does not play songs

plan premium country Swedendevice Mac minios x 10.11 suddenly has stopped making any sound/output,except one quite random albumhas cleared cache and reinstalled app sorry but this app is so poor, not the first time this happens

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  • plan premium  country Sweden device Mac mini os x 10.11   suddenly has stopped making any sound/output, except one quite random album has cleared cache and reinstalled app   s...
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Can't view all songs by artist in new update. Why?!

You used to be able to click on an artist and it would list all their songs for every album, grouped by album. In the newest update it just lists all their albums and you have to click on each album individually to see all the songs. This is terrible...

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  • You used to be able to click on an artist and it would list all their songs for every album, grouped by album. In the newest update it just lists all their albums and you have to click on each album ...
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Superuser Contribution Home Screen is not working on my Mac on desktop app and browser

Getting the "something went wrong" screen whenever I click home. This is on web browser - both safari AND chrome, AND the desktop app. I've tried clean reinstalling the app, following the instructions deleting all library/cache files etc, I've fiddle...

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  • Getting the "something went wrong" screen whenever I click home. This is on web browser - both safari AND chrome, AND the desktop app. I've tried clean reinstalling the app, following the instruction...
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Superuser Contribution spotify skips songs randomly and stops songs on the desktop. please help

It's never been like this before, I had come around to this glitch last year and it's bugging me out. When I play a song or playlist, it either skips to the next song or stops playing music even though it's playing, so when it skips itself, I get an ...

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  • It's never been like this before, I had come around to this glitch last year and it's bugging me out. When I play a song or playlist, it either skips to the next song or stops playing music even thou...
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Superuser Contribution Mac App 'save to library' doesn't work

Plan: PremiumCountry: US DeviceMacBookOperating SystemMacOS My Question or Issue'Save to your library' does now work at all for the Mac app. See attached video.Note that this function still works when using other versions of the app, both on web and ...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: US   Device MacBook Operating System MacOS   My Question or Issue 'Save to your library' does now work at all for the Mac app. See attached video. Note...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Podcasts not playing on Phone or Desktop!

Cannot play Podcasts on any of my device apps. Only on Web version in Windows. I have premium - just updated app on Macbook Air and Iphone X and DOES NOT WORK AT ALL on either of these. When pressing play button nothing happens! Issues happened befor...

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  • Cannot play Podcasts on any of my device apps.  Only on Web version in Windows.     I have premium - just updated app on Macbook Air and Iphone X and DOES NOT WORK AT ALL on eit...
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Superuser Contribution Checking for new local files?

My Question or Issue Does Spotify check for new Local files? It seems it doesn't. I added a few subfolders to the Local folders location, and it didn't see them. What do I do?

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  • My Question or Issue   Does Spotify check for new Local files? It seems it doesn't. I added a few subfolders to the Local folders location, and it didn't see them. What do I do?  
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Superuser Contribution Why have my uploaded podcasts disappeared?

the links to my podcasts no longer work. My podcasts do not show up and my account is unsearchable. I was using a free account but have just switched to a premium student account, they are still not there.

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  • the links to my podcasts no longer work. My podcasts do not show up and my account is unsearchable. I was using a free account but have just switched to a premium student account, they are still not ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify is not responding on Macbook M1

Plan PremiumPolandMacbook Pro M1 Big Sur Hi! I am a music freak and my app is open 24/7 but here comes the problem - when I try to play a song next day hitting PLAY button have no effect whatsoever, app is open but frozen. I can't close it by Command...

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  • Plan Premium Poland Macbook Pro M1 Big Sur   Hi! I am a music freak and my app is open 24/7 but here comes the problem -  when I try to play a song next day hitting PLAY button have ...
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Solved!! Turning OFF "Publish my new playlists on my profile" does not prevent playlists from going PUBLIC

My Question or IssueEvery playlist I create goes PUBLIC to my profile by default regardless of the selection of the "Publish my new playlists on my profile" config in Settings under "Social". I have logged in an out of Spotify Mac Desktop App and tog...

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  • My Question or Issue Every playlist I create goes PUBLIC to my profile by default regardless of the selection of the "Publish my new playlists on my profile" config in Settings under "Social". &nbs...
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Superuser Contribution Naming Playlist Folders

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceDesktop Mac(Catalina)Operating SystemMacOS My Question or IssueI am unable to name/rename playlist folders, I have hundreds of playlists and have been with Spotify since the beginning, but in the last few weeks this has ...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Desktop Mac(Catalina) Operating System MacOS   My Question or Issue I am unable to name/rename playlist folders, I have hundreds of playlis...
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Issue with search bar (spaces got trimmed)

Plan: Premium FamilyCountry: Indonesia DeviceMacbook Air M2 2022Operating SystemmacOS Monterey IssueThis only happens in the device as mentioned above, every time I type something inside the search bar, the spaces got trimmed. For example: this is ex...

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  • Plan: Premium Family Country: Indonesia   Device Macbook Air M2 2022 Operating System macOS Monterey   Issue This only happens in the device as mentioned above, every time I t...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Liked Songs not Visible in Desktop App

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook PromacOS Big Sur My Question or IssueHi,Liked Songs is not visible in my Desktop app. I can still play music and everything else works fine. I can see my Liked Songs in Mobile app. I've tried reinstalling the app an...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Pro macOS Big Sur   My Question or Issue Hi, Liked Songs is not visible in my Desktop app. I can still play music and everything else works fine...
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Superuser Contribution Why does spotify keeps on playing the songs from the same playlist?

Yesterday I queued a playlist (Deep focus) while I was studying and after my study session I wanted to play some pop music from one of my other playlists but spotify will play just one song from the new playlist and go back to the old playlist (deep ...

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  • Yesterday I queued a playlist (Deep focus) while I was studying and after my study session I wanted to play some pop music from one of my other playlists but spotify will play just one song from the ...
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Superuser Contribution Can only play playlists, albums not working

PlanPremiumCountryUk DeviceMacBook Air Early 2015Operating SystemmacOS Catalina version 10.15.6 My Question or IssueSpotify App only now plays playlists, very occasionally it will play the odd album, but only the first track, Most albums will not pla...

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  • Plan Premium Country Uk   Device MacBook Air Early 2015 Operating System macOS Catalina version 10.15.6   My Question or Issue Spotify App only now plays playlists, very occasion...
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Superuser Contribution At least 4 major bugs making the web player unusable in safari on mac

Safari 14 and 15; MacOS 11.6Troubleshooting steps taken: Safari extensions turned off; computer restarted; tried private browsing mode 1: When playing a playlist sometimes the web player will skip every other song. Bug is inconsistent.2: Media keyboa...

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  • Safari 14 and 15; MacOS 11.6 Troubleshooting steps taken: Safari extensions turned off; computer restarted; tried private browsing mode   1: When playing a playlist sometimes the web player w...
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Superuser Contribution Disable The "Up Next" Suggestions When Playing Albums via the Queue

So I select an album to play and add it to the queue. I'm a bit old-school so like listening to the albums as they were when I bought them originally.Unfortunately Spotify thinks it knows better than me and decides it'll add about 10+ tracks it think...

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  • So I select an album to play and add it to the queue. I'm a bit old-school so like listening to the albums as they were when I bought them originally. Unfortunately Spotify thinks it knows better th...
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