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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 Encountering distortion and electrical noise when using the equalizer.

PlanPremiumCountry Device(Macbook Pro M2 Pro)Operating System(macOS Ventura 13.5.2) My Question or IssueWhen using AirPods to listen to music on Spotify's Mac app and adjusting the equalizer for sound effects, I consistently encounter electrical nois...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device (Macbook Pro M2 Pro) Operating System (macOS Ventura 13.5.2)   My Question or Issue When using AirPods to listen to music on Spotify's Mac app and ad...
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can't see my friends activity

I can only see the activity of only 3 friends (since years ago). I logged out many times, updated the app... Don't know what more can I do.

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  • I can only see the activity of only 3 friends (since years ago). I logged out many times, updated the app... Don't know what more can I do.
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Superuser Contribution Local Files not showing songs ( Mac desktop or iphone app)

Plan: PremiumDevice: Macbook Pro M1 2020Operating System: Big Sur 11.6 Issue: I looked up all the answers from previous people having the same issue as me but it's still unresolved. I went to enable my local files and add the source from the folder w...

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  •   Plan: Premium Device: Macbook Pro M1 2020 Operating System: Big Sur 11.6    Issue: I looked up all the answers from previous people having the same issue as me bu...
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Superuser Contribution Playlist Folders Lagging, folder expansion takes seconds to minutes

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacbook Pro late 2021 M1Operating SystemVentura My Question or IssueSpotify folders are lagging extremely. When I open a folder to view my contained playlists, the "opening" of the folder can take up to 3-30 seconds, somet...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA  Device Macbook Pro late 2021 M1 Operating System Ventura    My Question or Issue Spotify folders are lagging extremely. When I open a folder...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playing music videos in full screen results in green discoloration of the video

Whenever i Play music videos in full screen the entire video is discolored in favor of the color green.Playing in small or minimzed windows play the video correct.Playing on other devices (windows pc, android phone) works correct. PlanpemiumCountryIs...

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  • Whenever i Play music videos in full screen the entire video is discolored in favor of the color green. Playing in small or minimzed windows play the video correct. Playing on other devices (window...
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Superuser Contribution Password error 3 on MacOS app after resetting password

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro 13 inch M1 2020Operating SystemSonoma 14.6.1 My Question or IssueI am trying to login to the macOS app. It gave me a password invalid code 3 error. I reset the password, it's brand new and fresh and I copy paste...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 13 inch M1 2020 Operating System Sonoma 14.6.1   My Question or Issue I am trying to login to the macOS app. It gave me a password invalid c...
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Superuser Contribution Fix the Now Playing Panel setting that keeps reverting

Here's a post from 2023:https://community.spotify.com/t5/App-Features/Now-playing-panel-cannot-disable/m-p/5568695and the problem is still a problem. Using the Mac App, I disable the "Show the now-playing panel on click of play" and the "Display shor...

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  • Here's a post from 2023: https://community.spotify.com/t5/App-Features/Now-playing-panel-cannot-disable/m-p/5568695 and the problem is still a problem.   Using the Mac App, I disable the "Sh...
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Playlist sorted. Queue chooses its own order. Maddening.

I'll sort a Spotify playlist (Release Radar), queue it up, and the queue chooses it's own order. This drives me nuts. I do not want to add songs to the queue one by one. Premium planMassachusettsupdated Mac laptop

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  • I'll sort a Spotify playlist (Release Radar), queue it up, and the queue chooses it's own order.  This drives me nuts.  I do not want to add songs to the queue one by one.   &nbs...
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Superuser Contribution Adding to queue stops all music playing

Student PremiumUSA Macbook Pro late 2019Mac OS 11.2.1 After adding a song to the queue, the queue is sometimes completely cleared and refuses to play any music. Adding new songs to the queue does not do anything. Manually attempting to play songs or ...

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  • Student Premium USA   Macbook Pro late 2019 Mac OS 11.2.1   After adding a song to the queue, the queue is sometimes completely cleared and refuses to play any music. Adding new songs...
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Superuser Contribution Insanely long load time on iMac desktop

Not sure exactly when, but my iMac spotify install got pretty much unusable -- the load time is, and I'm not exaggerating, 9-10 minutes. If I were to wait that long, the performance once everything loads is OK. It's strictly the load. On my iphone X ...

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  • Not sure exactly when, but my iMac spotify install got pretty much unusable -- the load time is, and I'm not exaggerating, 9-10 minutes.  If I were to wait that long, the performance once everyt...
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Superuser Contribution How do i download my account onto a new hard drive?

My computer crashed.I had to get a new hard drive.Now i can't put my account onto the new hard drive.I have tried my e mail address,three different passwords. I still have my account on my phone, but can't get back on my computer.I think i subscribed...

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  • My computer crashed.I had to get a new hard drive.Now i can't put my account onto the new hard drive.I have tried my e mail address,three different passwords. I still have my account on my phone, but...
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Superuser Contribution Control volume with Keyboard Volume Buttons

Hi,when I play music on my internal notebook speakers, I can control the volume by using the keyboard volume keys (F10, F11, F12).But when I play on an external device using spotify connect, the keyboard volume buttons do not have any effect, I have ...

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  • Hi, when I play music on my internal notebook speakers, I can control the volume by using the keyboard volume keys (F10, F11, F12). But when I play on an external device using spotify connect, the ...
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Superuser Contribution Why does my Mac Desktop app start playing in the middle of the night

This has happened on 2 separate computers. They both were plugged into a doc with ethernet attached. Maybe once every couple of months, at around 3 or 4 a.m. my computer starts playing whatever playlist I was playing on my phone hours earlier. Lost a...

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  • This has happened on 2 separate computers. They both were plugged into a doc with ethernet attached. Maybe once every couple of months, at around 3 or 4 a.m. my computer starts playing whatever pla...
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Superuser Contribution Crackling/Clipping Noise on Macbook

Crackling/popping/clipping/stuttering issue that I've seen in different forums. Can't find a fix for the mac. Just started noticing it today. Please help! Macbook running macOS Catalina v10.15.6 Retina, 12 inch, 2017.

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  • Crackling/popping/clipping/stuttering issue that I've seen in different forums. Can't find a fix for the mac. Just started noticing it today.    Please help!   Macbook running macO...
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Superuser Contribution Liked Songs Still Being Re-added

Hello, I'm now using Spotify for macOS 1.2.11.916.geb595a67 and when dragging a song over the left playlist column that's highlighted green and accidentally dropping it before I get to a playlist, Spotify still re-adds it to my Liked Songs, even thou...

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  • Hello,   I'm now using Spotify for macOS 1.2.11.916.geb595a67 and when dragging a song over the left playlist column that's highlighted green and accidentally dropping it before...
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Superuser Contribution Artwork Not Showing For Local Files

I'm an artist and I'm trying to switch to Spotify from Apple Music for staging my music for my own personal listening before actually publishing it. However, it's very frustrating that the album artwork isn't showing up even though I've made sure it'...

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  • I'm an artist and I'm trying to switch to Spotify from Apple Music for staging my music for my own personal listening before actually publishing it. However, it's very frustrating that the album artw...
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Superuser Contribution playlist sorting does not remember - when you click away spotify forgets sorting

Plan - PremiumFree/PremiumCountry USA Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Mac OS Catalina10.15.6 My Question or Issue Spotify does not remember custom sorting on playlists. W...

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  • Plan - Premium Free/Premium Country USA   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Mac OS Catalina10.1...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution move a song from one playlist to another

I would like to move all the Christmas songs from my main playlist and store them in a Christmas-songs-only playlist. Not just copy them. I want to move them from one to the other such that they are no longer on my main playlist. I see how to copy th...

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  • I would like to move all the Christmas songs from my main playlist and store them in a Christmas-songs-only playlist. Not just copy them. I want to move them from one to the other such that they are ...
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