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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!! I click a song in a list, and spotify starts the next one (Mac desktop)

Hello, now i click a song in my spotify desktop for Mac (iMac) and instead of starting this song, it starts the next one in the list. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall, but the problem is still here. Any info please?

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  • Hello, now i click a song in my spotify desktop for Mac (iMac) and instead of starting this song, it starts the next one in the list. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall, but the problem is still...
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Spotify doesn't start and crashes (OS X)

Hi everyone,when I lauch Spotify it crashes instantly.No error or messages are displayed.I don't understand what happened because last days it worked perfectly. I tried to uninstall and install the last version but it doesn't work for me, and none of...

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  • Hi everyone, when I lauch Spotify it crashes instantly. No error or messages are displayed. I don't understand what happened because last days it worked perfectly.   I tried to uninstall an...
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Playlists

Hi all... How do Playlists work with Spotify ? Under 'My Music' .. Does it upload songs/tracks to spotify, or do they stay on the local machine, which would mean your computer must be on if u someone wants to listen to them from Spotify ?

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  • Hi all...   How do Playlists work with Spotify ? Under 'My Music' ..   Does it upload songs/tracks to spotify, or do they stay on the local machine, which would mean your computer mu...
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Help. Page cannot be loaded

I have premium spotify and a xload.com ad appears right when i log in.. after a few seconds an error is displayed and i can`t do anything at all...

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  • I have premium spotify and a xload.com ad appears right when i log in.. after a few seconds an error is displayed and i can`t do anything at all...
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NEW UPDATE WONT LET ME DELETE LOCAL FILES

How the f*ck do i delete local files since the new update? I've got some doubles and i cant get rid of em........man this new update is SO bad!!!!!!!!

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  • How the f*ck do i delete local files since the new update? I've got some doubles and i cant get rid of em........man this new update is SO bad!!!!!!!!
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Prevent auto update of activity feed

So, I have taken all the steps to prevent the auto update of spotify and currently I use 0.9.15.17. The only problem I am having is that occassionally the old activity feed updates to the new friend feed! This is a significant problem for me because ...

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  • So, I have taken all the steps to prevent the auto update of spotify and currently I use 0.9.15.17.  The only problem I am having is that occassionally the old activity feed updates to the new f...
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Random Crashes and Problems Playing Songs Since Update

Hello. Basically, I had to come here, sign up on the forums, and make this since it has become so problematic and annoying. It has probably come to your attention that the community has not been all too happy about the last major update. But, aside f...

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  • Hello. Basically, I had to come here, sign up on the forums, and make this since it has become so problematic and annoying.   It has probably come to your attention that the community has not ...
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Solved!! Jorikestnoski Ad

Hello, i'm having a Jorikestnoski Ad issue and unfortunately i can not use spotify.Pls let me know how i can disable this ad!Tks

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  • Hello,  i'm having a Jorikestnoski Ad issue and unfortunately i can not use spotify. Pls let me know how i can disable this ad! Tks  
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BUG: Version 1.0.1.1060.gc75ebdfd does not work on Mac OSX 10.7.4

My Spotify undfortunately "upgraded" itself to 1.0.1.1060.gc75ebdfd and in the process has stopped working. The UI accepts user input, however, the only way to refresh it is to minize the window and then maximise it back again. This is pretty fundame...

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  • My Spotify undfortunately "upgraded" itself to 1.0.1.1060.gc75ebdfd and in the process has stopped working.   The UI accepts user input, however, the only way to refresh it is to minize the wi...
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app doesn't recognize my password on macbook air IOSx

hi , I cannot log in to my account on my macbook air , it says that im logged in on the website but it doesnt let me to log in in the app , it keep saying that either the username or password is incorrect which is not true, & I changed my password se...

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  • hi , I cannot log in to my account on my macbook air , it says that im logged in on the website but it doesnt let me to log in  in the app , it keep saying that either the username or password ...
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Playlist deleted

Hi I have spotify premium and for some reason I logged on to my spotify a couple days ago and one of my playlists had dissapeard. It also deleted off my iPad, as well as my laptop but somehow still seems to be on my phone, although it won't let me ad...

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  • Hi I have spotify premium and for some reason I logged on to my spotify a couple days ago and one of my playlists had dissapeard. It also deleted off my iPad, as well as my laptop but somehow still s...
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Solved!! Iphone (and android phone) not showing up in devices/ Unable to sync local files

I connected my mac and my iphone to the same wifi and still not gettiing my iphone to show in the "devices" in spotify app. I even tried to connect it through the USB cable and still the same problem. Also, my iphone was turned on all the time on the...

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  • I connected my mac and my iphone to the same wifi and still not gettiing my iphone to show in the "devices" in spotify app. I even tried to connect it through the USB cable and still the same problem...
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Solved!! Latest Spotify for Mac desktop app update: cannot detect devices via Wifi for sync

Since the latest update for Spotify for Mac, it will no longer detect my iPhone via Wifi in order to sync playlists to it. They are both connected to the same Wifi network with Spotify openI have restarted both my Mac and iPhone and tried again, but ...

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  • Since the latest update for Spotify for Mac, it will no longer detect my iPhone via Wifi in order to sync playlists to it.   They are both connected to the same Wifi network with Spotify open...
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When in fullscreen, switching to another desktop causes spotify window to scroll to the top

This only happens when Spotify is in fullscreen mode. If I am at the bottom of, e.g. a really long playlist or an artist's really long discography, then switch over to another desktop, then switch back to Spotify, the window is then scrolled all the ...

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  • This only happens when Spotify is in fullscreen mode. If I am at the bottom of, e.g. a really long playlist or an artist's really long discography, then switch over to another desktop, then swit...
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Can not add local files to Spotify playlist directly from Finder (anymore)

Hi,since the latest Spotify update (1.0.1.1060.gc75ebdfd) I am not longer able to just drag and drop audiio files from Finder (10.10.2) or Path Finder into a Spotify Playlist. I have been doing this since im downloading Podcasts from Itunes and later...

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  • Hi, since the latest Spotify update (1.0.1.1060.gc75ebdfd) I am not longer able to just drag and drop audiio files from Finder (10.10.2) or Path Finder into a Spotify Playlist. I have been doing thi...
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Recent Spike in Spotify Lag

I've been an Spotify Premium user for over a year now and I am generally pretty happy about they do here. However until recently Spotify has been consistently 'laggy' or rather the stream keeps cutting out. I write this in hopes that others with the ...

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  • I've been an Spotify Premium user for over a year now and I am generally pretty happy about they do here. However until recently Spotify has been consistently 'laggy' or rather the stream keeps cutti...
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Adding Music To Playlists & Other General Update Hating

Hi everyone, after the latest update - which I HATE by the way - Spotify is extremely erratic with allowing me to add new songs to existing playlists. About 10% of the time it works, the other 90% nothing happens at all - i.e. the song doesnt show up...

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  • Hi everyone, after the latest update - which I HATE by the way - Spotify is extremely erratic with allowing me to add new songs to existing playlists. About 10% of the time it works, the other 90% no...
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Cannot move song from one folder's playlist to another folder's playlist

I have 2 different folders (not nested) or even a playlist not nested in the folder, if I try to move a track from that playlist to the folder's playlist the track does not move. No matter how you drag and drop, either from the playlist to the side c...

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  • I have 2 different folders (not nested) or even a playlist not nested in the folder, if I try to move a track from that playlist to the folder's playlist the track does not move. No matter how you dr...
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