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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...

MattSuda
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MattSuda
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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...

MattSuda
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2023-06-26 9:00:58 AM
2023-06-26 9:01:14 AM
MattSuda
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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...

MattSuda
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2023-04-28 8:09:54 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:09 PM
MattSuda
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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....

mariomrt
Casual Listener
2019-04-20 2:00:15 PM
2023-05-18 3:32:12 PM
bfteach
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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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2012-07-19 10:29:25 AM
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Solved!! Mac OSX 10.9.2 Desktop App Not Responding

Greetings: I have two computers running OSX 10.9.2 - a mid-2010 MacBook Pro and a late-2012 iMac. Both machines experience the same problem when trying to run the Spotify desktop app. Login screen comes up, I login (using either my Spotify or Faceboo...

Raindawg1060
Regular
Greetings: I have two computers running OSX 10.9.2 - a mid-2010 MacBook Pro and a late-2012 iMac. Both machines experience the same problem when trying to run the Spotify desktop app....
2014-03-25 5:33:58 PM
2014-08-27 5:29:53 PM
khain
Casual Listener
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Delete history on MAC

How do I delete my history in Spotify om a MAC?

faspoti
Casual Listener
How do I delete my history in Spotify om a MAC?
2013-10-10 7:14:47 PM
2014-08-27 4:13:48 AM
latteboy50
Newbie
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Can't sort my list desktop spotify firefox (mac) so can't rearrange songs in my list

I've looked at numerous solutions by other peeps regarding moving around songs in playlists. My problem is that I can't sort anything at all. I'm not using the Spotify app (it crashes on my mac), so I am using the web interface to listen to music, us...

airbetty
Newbie
I've looked at numerous solutions by other peeps regarding moving around songs in playlists. My problem is that I can't sort anything at all. I'm not using the Spotify app (it crashe...
2014-08-25 5:21:02 PM
2014-08-25 5:41:32 PM
Jason
Spotify Legend
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Wrong Tag

Listening to Black Metal radio and Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up came on, that song has no business being tagged as black metal.

DasutenLA
Newbie
Listening to Black Metal radio and Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up came on, that song has no business being tagged as black metal.
2014-08-22 9:04:38 PM
2014-08-25 1:43:21 PM
Peter__
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Solved!! Acount log in

Hi spotify,
I have my friends my spotify account trying to be a good person and now they are pissing me off and I was wondering if you could log my account off of all devices so I can just have it on my phone.

Thanks

Garrett Clark

garrettclark14
Casual Listener
Hi spotify, <br>I have my friends my spotify account trying to be a good person and now they are pissing me off and I was wondering if you could log my account off of all devices so I can just ...
2014-08-19 4:24:25 AM
2014-08-19 7:36:01 AM
xxpatrioticxx
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spotify helper process on Mac OSX 10.9.4

I have the latest version of Max OsX 10.9.4 and of Spotify. It happens sometimes that the NVIDIA graphic unit starts working heating up my MacBook Pro and when i monitor the active processes i see that there are many "Spotify helper" open and it says...

permarco2002
Casual Listener
I have the latest version of Max OsX 10.9.4 and of Spotify. It happens sometimes that the NVIDIA graphic unit starts working heating up my MacBook Pro and when i monitor the active processes i see th...
2014-07-11 2:22:32 PM
2014-08-18 8:51:45 PM
thepen
Newbie
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getting Error 117

Can someone please help. I'm getting random login errors on both my Mac Book Pro (running Lion) and my my iPad v3 running the latest version of IOS. On the MBP it reports as error 117. On the iPad it just says "connecting". I have rebooted my router ...

Gsybloke
Regular
Can someone please help. I'm getting random login errors on both my Mac Book Pro (running Lion) and my my iPad v3 running the latest version of IOS. On the MBP it reports as error 117. On the iPad it...
2014-08-13 10:43:05 AM
2014-08-13 7:08:30 PM
Peter__
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Syncing music from ipod onto computer

I downloaded a lot of music from Spotify on my ipod, and now I want to put that music onto my computer. I downloaded the Spotify program, and I'm logged in on my computer, and it says under devices to connect my ipod to the computer or connect it to ...

kpo987
Newbie
I downloaded a lot of music from Spotify on my ipod, and now I want to put that music onto my computer. I downloaded the Spotify program, and I'm logged in on my computer, and it says under devices t...
2014-08-07 2:00:01 AM
2014-08-07 6:42:45 AM
kbrooksc
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Playlists removed after login

Hello, I'm a long time Spotify user and love the service, however I seem to have done something that removed all of my playlists. I loaded the program and it asked me to login, when I did, it prompted me as though I were a new user. Is there any way ...

TPax7
Casual Listener
Hello, I'm a long time Spotify user and love the service, however I seem to have done something that removed all of my playlists. I loaded the program and it asked me to login, when I did, it p...
2014-08-06 5:56:12 PM
2014-08-06 7:38:14 PM
dinomight
Spotify Star
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Spotify refuses to play music

Hi folks, I've been a Spotify user (unlimited) for quite some time now, and in general happy with everything. BUT, every couple of days Spotify simply refuses to play any music - it finishes one song, and then simply stops. I can navigate in the app ...

Mikado0906
Casual Listener
Hi folks, I've been a Spotify user (unlimited) for quite some time now, and in general happy with everything. BUT, every couple of days Spotify simply refuses to play any music ...
2014-08-05 1:06:32 PM
2014-08-05 7:16:17 PM
Peter__
Community Legend
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Solved!! Family Band

Hello, I wasn't sure where to post this, but there is some weird spanish band under "Family Band" as an artist and if it could be switched to its own artist profile. It would be awesome since it has nothing to do with the artist "Family Band". Here i...

WackyWombat
Newbie
Hello, I wasn't sure where to post this, but there is some weird spanish band under "Family Band" as an artist and if it could be switched to its own artist profile. It would be awesome si...
2014-07-28 7:00:46 PM
2014-07-28 7:37:37 PM
Merik
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Discover tab

When I click on my discover tab it says it cannot be loaded at said time, I've tired re-opening spotify as well as disconnecting and reconnecting to my internet, but nothing seems to work. Suggestions?

-marion-berry-
Casual Listener
When I click on my discover tab it says it cannot be loaded at said time, I've tired re-opening spotify as well as disconnecting and reconnecting to my internet, but nothing seems to work. Suggestion...
2014-07-28 1:12:54 AM
2014-07-28 5:08:30 AM
-marion-berry-
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Solved!! Removing artist from "your music".

I want to remove a couple artist from the "your music" section but I haven't been able to figure out how. I'm using the mac OS and the adroid app. Thanks.

eklueck
Newbie
I want to remove a couple artist from the "your music" section but I haven't been able to figure out how. I'm using the mac OS and the adroid app. Thanks.
2014-07-28 3:35:18 AM
2014-07-28 3:56:48 AM
MattSuda
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Solved!! Browse Tab is empty

Hey there, the browser tab an my mac (spotify version 0.9.8.296.g91f68827 with proxy) is empty. Also album covers in discovery tab are missing. Any ideas how to solve this problem? Sam

smamula
Casual Listener
Hey there, the browser tab an my mac (spotify version 0.9.8.296.g91f68827 with proxy) is empty. Also album covers in discovery tab are missing. Any ideas how to solve this problem?...
2014-04-11 10:00:01 AM
2014-07-27 12:51:17 AM
Dust1000
Newbie
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Installer Fails to Install Library Components Mac 10.8.5

Description Spotify Won't Open A more detailed description, using numbered steps 1. Did a full clean install 2. Program failed to launch 3. Went to do another clean install and found library components missing 4. Tried to reinstall a couple more time...

tiltnyc
Casual Listener
Description Spotify Won't Open A more detailed description, using numbered steps 1. Did a full clean install 2. Program failed to launch 3. Went to do anoth...
2014-07-27 6:37:38 PM
2014-07-27 6:54:27 PM
blake
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Solved!! One album cover stuck in the playlist picture

So, I'm aware of the basics here: The four-pic playlist picture is made of the four first tracks on the playlist. So to change the header picture every time there's a new song on the list, I always add them to the beginning of the list. But sometimes...

dogma00
Regular
So, I'm aware of the basics here: The four-pic playlist picture is made of the four first tracks on the playlist. So to change the header picture every time there's a new song on the list, I always a...
2014-07-27 11:30:19 AM
2014-07-27 5:42:45 PM
dogma00
Regular
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Better to keep local file or substitute with spotify link?

Hi all, I work a lot, if not only, with playlists. I have started mixing local files with files found on the spotify's library. Considering that: 1) many songs did not get recognized based on the names e.g. "(original mix)" vs " - original mix" 2) th...

TheWanderluster
Newbie
Hi all, I work a lot, if not only, with playlists. I have started mixing local files with files found on the spotify's library. Considering that: 1) many songs did not get recog...
2014-07-26 11:44:23 PM
2014-07-27 4:18:43 AM
MattSuda
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Bug: Currently selected playlist not being highlighted

On the Mac Desktop app, with the latest Spotify version 0.9.11.27.g2b1a638c (these are by far the longest, most complex version #s I have ever seen) and also the previous version, sometimes a selected playlist stays permanently highlighted. When this...

shape5
Composer
On the Mac Desktop app, with the latest Spotify version 0.9.11.27.g2b1a638c (these are by far the longest, most complex version #s I have ever seen) and also the previous version, sometimes a selecte...
2014-07-25 7:19:00 AM
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Wrong Language on Mac (Dutch instead of English

I have the Mac application installed. Although the langiage in preferences is English and everything else on my Mac is in English, I'm getting contect and playlists from the netherlands and in Dutch. I can't figure out how to fix it. I have deleted t...

Dave33
Newbie
I have the Mac application installed. Although the langiage in preferences is English and everything else on my Mac is in English, I'm getting contect and playlists from the netherlands and in Dutch....
2014-07-25 3:45:18 AM
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Solved!! Mac desktop version won't play music

In the last several days, my Mac desktop version has stopped playing music. If I click to play a song, the song's album cover and the pause button will appear, but the indicator that shows the progress through the song does not move. Skipping to the ...

Mushkelji
Regular
In the last several days, my Mac desktop version has stopped playing music. If I click to play a song, the song's album cover and the pause button will appear, but the indicator that shows the ...
2014-07-24 8:26:52 PM
2014-07-24 8:46:23 PM
Mushkelji
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