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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!! Mac Desktop v.9.15.27 not responding

Spotify on my Mac does not respond to Search, Browse, Radio. Searching will prompt with a list of possible results, but when a result is clicked, nothing displays. I tried downloading/installing a fresh Spotify app, created and logged in with a new p...

  • Gig Goer
  • Spotify on my Mac does not respond to Search, Browse, Radio. Searching will prompt with a list of possible results, but when a result is clicked, nothing displays.   I tried downlo...
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Nameless Playlist Under Devices Menu OSX Client

There seems to be a nameless playlist that I can not alter or delete! Under my device tab, there seems to be a playlist that contains songs that neither show up under my playlists on my computer or my android device. I have restored my phone to facto...

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  • There seems to be a nameless playlist that I can not alter or delete! Under my device tab, there seems to be a playlist that contains songs that neither show up under my playlists on my computer...
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Spotify Stop working on MAC OS X yosemite

Since i have my mac os x updated to the latest version, spotify simply doesn't work anymore. It's always seems to open and then shut's down directelly I tryed more than once to re install.. but always get to the same behavior. Some one can help me? t...

  • Casual Listener
  • Since i have my mac os x updated to the latest version, spotify simply doesn't work anymore. It's always seems to open and then shut's down directelly I tryed more than once to re install.. but alw...
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Search functions in OS X app Options

I'm not sure whether it's just the app itself lacking functions that I would expect, my not-understanding of it or a deliberate choice, but I'm having a lot of trouble searching for things in the app, especially other users and their playlists. The o...

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  • I'm not sure whether it's just the app itself lacking functions that I would expect, my not-understanding of it or a deliberate choice, but I'm having a lot of trouble searching for things in the app...
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weird loop

my premium account is obsessed with bill evans. after only one song of any album or artist or playlist i’ve requested, the next song is by evans. i have to stop the song and return to my album. then the next song is evans. over and over. any ideas? b...

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  • my premium account is obsessed with bill evans.   after only one song of any album or artist or playlist i’ve  requested, the next song is by evans. i have to stop the song and return t...
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Unable to import playlists from iTunes on Mac OS Yosemite and iTunes 12

I am using latest Mac OS 10.10 Yousemite and latest iTunes 12. I have installed Spotify desktop client 0.9.11.26.g2b1a638c When I click File > Import Playlists > iTunes I can see that all playlists are imported. But if I click any I can see that they...

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  • I am using latest Mac OS 10.10 Yousemite and latest iTunes 12. I have installed Spotify desktop client 0.9.11.26.g2b1a638c   When I click File > Import Playlists > iTunes  I c...
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Solved!! Spotify installation failure Mac OS X Yosemite

I have a MBA with OS X Yosemite. Beginning yesterday, Spotify (which I have had for years with a premium account) stopped connecting to the internet, although I did have a wireless connection and my browser was working fine. Based on the Spotify help...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a MBA with OS X Yosemite. Beginning yesterday, Spotify (which I have had for years with a premium account) stopped connecting to the internet, although I did have a wireless connection and my ...
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MAC: No "Spotify" folder in Application Support

I am trying to stop Spotify from autoupdating since the only client working at the moment is an older one (see my other post). However, all the solutions people come up with to stop the auto-update involve some work in the "Spotify" foler in "Applica...

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  • I am trying to stop Spotify from autoupdating since the only client working at the moment is an older one (see my other post). However, all the solutions people come up with to stop the auto-update i...
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A thread for every single click in the menu

Can some developer from Spotify tell me why I have a lot of threads running? How to replicate it: 1. Open spotify 2. Open Activity Monitor 3. Click in one of those menu item 4. Watch how developer screw threading I am paying for this **bleep** at lea...

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  • Can some developer from Spotify tell me why I have a lot of threads running?   How to replicate it: 1. Open spotify 2. Open Activity Monitor 3. Click in one of those menu item 4. Wat...
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Spotify Mac & Android syncing problems - songs randomly stop

Hello, I use my Mac (13" MacBook Pro Retina '13) and my android device (Samsung S5 running Android version 5.0) regularly to interact with Spotify. Lately there've been persisting issues with music randomly being part-way through a song, or sometimes...

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  • Hello,      I use my Mac (13" MacBook Pro Retina '13) and my android device (Samsung S5 running Android version 5.0) regularly to interact with Spotify. Lately there've been persis...
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Still crashing after Beta update. Yosemite

I have downloaded the Beta version and Spotify still closes down every time I open it. This has been going on for months now ever since I upgraded to Yosemite. I tried the Beta version and it worked fine for like 20 minutes. Soon as I restarted my co...

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  • I have downloaded the Beta version and Spotify still closes down every time I open it. This has been going on for months now ever since I upgraded to Yosemite. I tried the Beta version and it worked ...
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Spotify Helper process not responding

I have five Spotify Helper processes running in Activity Monitor and one of them is not responding. I've tried force quitting it multiple times, but it just keeps coming back.

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  • I have five Spotify Helper processes running in Activity Monitor and one of them is not responding. I've tried force quitting it multiple times, but it just keeps coming back. 
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Sync local files is always pending

Hello, I try to sync local musics with my iDevice. I select "manually choose playlist to sync" and clicked "local files" but it says always "pending". If i create a playlist and add my local musics into it and select the playlist to sync, it works. I...

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  • Hello,   I try to sync local musics with my iDevice. I select "manually choose playlist to sync" and clicked "local files" but it says always "pending".   If i create a playlist and...
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how to browse public playlists?

Hi, I have two questions it would be brilliant to get someone's help with! Thanks guys. 1. I've finished all the playlists in the "Focus" section. Does Spotify keep adding new playlists to these sections, and if so how frequently? 2. Is it possible f...

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  • Hi,   I have two questions it would be brilliant to get someone's help with! Thanks guys.    1. I've finished all the playlists in the "Focus" section. Does Spotify keep adding...
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Song displayed is not the song playing.

Bug Report: In Radio mode, song displayed is not the song playing. Steps to recreate: Create a Radio entry from a song. Skip a track or two (doesn't happen all the time). A song will begin to play. That song is not the song displayed. (See attached):...

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  • Bug Report: In Radio mode, song displayed is not the song playing. Steps to recreate: Create a Radio entry from a song. Skip a track or two (doesn't happen all the time). A song will begin to...
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HELP NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW

everytime i click on spotify it opens the login and as soon as i login the mainscreen player opens and then immeditley closes nothing else happens ive re download it 100 f*cking times with no help and have looked around a bunch but it seems i cant fi...

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  • everytime i click on spotify it opens the login and as soon as i login the mainscreen player opens and then immeditley closes nothing else happens ive re download it 100 f*cking times with no help an...
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Solved!! Caching "Songs" List on Mac

I know its possible to cache the Songs list in the iOS version of Spotify with a premium subscription, but is the same possible for the desktop versions? I know you could just copy and paste everything into a playlist and make that available offline,...

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  • I know its possible to cache the Songs list in the iOS version of Spotify with a premium subscription, but is the same possible for the desktop versions? I know you could just copy and paste everythi...
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Can't play current track

Hi, I have been having this issue for a while. Some tracks when i play them on my mac display "can't play current track". I looked on the site here and found that other people where having the same issue. I tried doing what other people did which was...

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  • Hi,   I have been having this issue for a while. Some tracks when i play them on my mac display "can't play current track". I looked on the site here and found that other people where having...
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Can't connect with Facebook

I've tried to connect my Spotify account with my facebook one. I went to archive and then selected the optinon "connect to facebook". Then I logged in Facebook but instead asking me for permission to join the app, the screen turned white whith a blac...

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  • I've tried to connect my Spotify account with my facebook one. I went to archive and then selected the optinon "connect to facebook". Then I logged in Facebook but instead asking me for permissio...
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Saving an entire playlist

Hi everyone - I'm testing Spotify out from Rdio and imported my entire Rdio collection as a playlist in Spotify. Now what I'm trying to do is "Save" every song in the playlist so I can find it in "My Music". Anyone know if there's a way to do this? I...

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  • Hi everyone - I'm testing Spotify out from Rdio and imported my entire Rdio collection as a playlist in Spotify.   Now what I'm trying to do is "Save" every song in the playlist so I can fin...
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