CD skipping effect

[dieppon]

Since Spotify updated itself today, when Spotifree is on the songs have this old CD skipping effect.

[federico-piazza]

Having the same problem too

[j-otokoyama]

Also noticing that if you expand the Spotifree menu or even any Spotify menu that this interrupts the skipping. Not a solution but may help lead to a programmatic solution.

[MidasN]

I have the same issue as well.. Seems like the spotify update broke how spotifree detects ads?

[send2dj]

same here - looked around, reinstalled both - no improvements :-(

[will-in-wi]

Looks like the same issue as https://github.com/ArtemGordinsky/Spotifree/issues/111

[alexcican]

For those who are still having a problem, I managed to get it working by installing an older version of Spotify.

Steps to solve it:

1. Download an older version of Spotify (1.1.29) from here and overwrite the Spotify app in Applications. (keep the file in case anything goes wrong)
2. Go to Spotify > About make sure you see version 1.1.29…
3. Spotify downloads the latest version in the background and upon restart, it installs the latest version, so you will be back to where you started. To fix that:
   • Go to Applications > Spotify > right-click > Get Info
   • In Sharing & Permissions (bottom section) > make all privileges: Read Only
   • Check option Locked
4. Enjoy your legacy ad-free experince :) Edit: fixed order of steps, pointed out by @federico-piazza below

[federico-piazza]

@alexcican nice workaround, you da man! I hope the developer adds a patch for new spotify versions, it's not very cool to use legacy apps.

Just a clarification... the order is:

1. Go to Applications > Spotify > right-click > Get Info
2. In Sharing & Permissions (bottom section) > make all privileges: Read Only
3. Check option Locked

(If the option is locked first.... we can't edit privileges :P)