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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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Can only play the artist Comtron via Spotfiy webplayer and not in the Spotify App it self

If I do a search for the artist "Comtron" in the Spotify app, it shows the albums in the top portion of the screen, but says below "your search did not match anything.. etc" If I do a search in google for "Comtron Spotify" then I can play the tracks ...

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  • If I do a search for the artist "Comtron" in the Spotify app, it shows the albums in the top portion of the screen, but says below "your search did not match anything.. etc"   If I do a sear...
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Solved!! Adding new icons after upgrading without removing the old ones

Hi!Everytime I upgrade my Spotify (in Spotify) I get a new Spotify icon if I right click a media file. How can i remove these icons or have I x numbers of different players still installed?

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  • Hi! Everytime I upgrade my Spotify (in Spotify) I get a new Spotify icon if I right click a media file. How can i remove these icons or have I x numbers of different players still installed?
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Accidentally deleted a playlist

Hi, I accidentally deleted my "Wedding" playlist. Is there some way to get it back?

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  • Hi, I accidentally deleted my "Wedding" playlist. Is there some way to get it back?
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Last.fm off – repeated Privacy Terms requests

Every couple of days, my Last.fm scrobbling turned off automatically. When I look into the App, it ask me to confirm I accept the Privacy Terms. This already happened over 10 times in the last couple of weeks, so I doubt this is related to changed pr...

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  • Every couple of days, my Last.fm scrobbling turned off automatically. When I look into the App, it ask me to confirm I accept the Privacy Terms. This already happened over 10 times in the last c...
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[Mac 0.9.0.128.g3134f863] Can't select search suggestions

Reporting a bug... since I upgraded to the latest Mac client version, I can't select search suggestions anymore. I start typing into search, then hit the up/down arrows to pick a suggestion. But when I hit enter, it just searches for whatever I have ...

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  • Reporting a bug... since I upgraded to the latest Mac client version, I can't select search suggestions anymore.   I start typing into search, then hit the up/down arrows to pick a suggestion....
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My "Favorited from Radio" Playlist isn't updating

I accidentally deleted it and then had it reset, but now it isn't updating. How do I fix this?

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  • I accidentally deleted it and then had it reset, but now it isn't updating. How do I fix this?
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Solved!! OSX Annoyances - Searches, Select All Artist Pages, CPU use,

These have been touched on in some other threads but no one seems to have them all in one place. Sorry if there's another post like this (search didn't reveal one D:). Since updating Spotify, I have been unable to search artist pages for specific son...

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  • These have been touched on in some other threads but no one seems to have them all in one place. Sorry if there's another post like this (search didn't reveal one D:).   Since updating Spotify...
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Spotify for Mac sucking up all resources!

This is really starting to bug me. With every new release of Spotify the app uses more and more resources just to play tracks (it's been running at 80+% all morning now, causing my MacBook Pro's fans to make more noise than the speakers). I've even r...

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  • This is really starting to bug me. With every new release of Spotify the app uses more and more resources just to play tracks (it's been running at 80+% all morning now, causing my MacBook Pro's fans...
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[Mac] Why is this recent update so very bad??

Just updated my Mac (10.7.5 ~ OS X Lion) desktop client to version 0.9.0.128.g3134f863 and I have to say this is TERRIBLE. Lets forgo the fact that the 'what's new' tab is just plain crap now, emphasis on the PLAIN. Oh, and search results... Also abh...

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  • Just updated my Mac (10.7.5 ~ OS X Lion) desktop client to version 0.9.0.128.g3134f863 and I have to say this is TERRIBLE.  Lets forgo the fact that the 'what's new' tab is just plain crap ...
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Receiving error message 802 frequently in the last 2 days

As per subject. I am based in Italy. Mac os x 10.8.3. Everything has worked flawless until yesterday.In the last two days I keep receiving this message after a few stuttering issues. Not sure if this is related to the latest sw update but pretty anno...

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  • As per subject. I am based in Italy. Mac os x 10.8.3.   Everything has worked flawless until yesterday. In the last two days I keep receiving this message after a few stuttering issues. &nbs...
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iTunes ticked in prefs but does not appear in "Local Files"

Mac OS X 10.8.3 - I have just installed the Spotify client and although I have checked iTunes to appear in preferences, my iTunes library doesn't appear in "Local files". Tried restarting to no avail.Any ideas?

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  • Mac OS X 10.8.3 -   I have just installed the Spotify client and although I have checked iTunes to appear in preferences, my iTunes library doesn't appear in "Local files".   Tried rest...
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Accidentally deleted playlist

I accidentally deleted my playlist, thinking I was going to delete a song. Is there any way of getting it back? The playlist was called 'NY Party'. PLEASE HELPPPP!

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  • I accidentally deleted my playlist, thinking I was going to delete a song. Is there any way of getting it back?  The playlist was called 'NY Party'. PLEASE HELPPPP! 
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search options

Hi all I used to be able to search keywords (a song name for example) within playlists by using command+F. Since the update I can't any ideas? Cheers

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  • Hi all   I used to be able to search keywords (a song name for example) within playlists by using command+F. Since the update I can't any ideas?   Cheers
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Songs that exist in iTunes cannot be played with Spotify

Hi everybody,I transfered my iTunes library to an external harddrive which is usually not connected to my MacBook. When I try to play a song from Spotify that also exists on my external iTunes library it seems that Spotify tries to connect to this li...

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  • Hi everybody, I transfered my iTunes library to an external harddrive which is usually not connected to my MacBook. When I try to play a song from Spotify that also exists on my external iTunes libr...
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Mac App Crashing

I have a macbook and run OS X 10.5.8 and recently tried to update my spotify app. I clicked the link on the blue bar that kept showing up and supposedly it updated. Now every time I try to open Spotify it crashes. I've tried redownloading, restarting...

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  • I have a macbook and run OS X 10.5.8 and recently tried to update my spotify app. I clicked the link on the blue bar that kept showing up and supposedly it updated. Now every time I try to open Spoti...
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serious streaming/performance issues?

For the last week or so I've been experiencing severe performance issues with spotify. Whole sections of content not loading (like bios or new stuff), songs not playing, songs stopping in the middle and freezing, spotify constantly crashing. I've rei...

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  • For the last week or so I've been experiencing severe performance issues with spotify. Whole sections of content not loading (like bios or new stuff), songs not playing, songs stopping in the middle ...
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Streaming songs from iTunes library when library is disconnected (external hard drive)

Hello, I use an external hard drive for my iTunes library. Now when I'm on the go, I sometimes want to listen on Spotify to some albums I have in my iTunes library, but Spotify seems to want to play them exclusively from the iTunes library, and thus ...

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  • Hello,   I use an external hard drive for my iTunes library. Now when I'm on the go, I sometimes want to listen on Spotify to some albums I have in my iTunes library, but Spotify seems to want...
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Mac OSX 10.5.8

I got Spotify in November of 2012, and it worked perfectly fine.Last week, I was forced to "quit" Spotify, and as I restarted it, it sent an error report and would not open. (This is because when you shut it down, it automatically updates itself, but...

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  • I got Spotify in November of 2012, and it worked perfectly fine. Last week, I was forced to "quit" Spotify, and as I restarted it, it sent an error report and would not open. (This is because when y...
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