Alfred Spotify Mini PlayerJekyll v3.9.5Alfred workflow to control spotify like the built-in iTunes Mini Player2024-03-10T09:29:27+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/Vincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.comFuzzy Search2020-08-19T00:00:00+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/fuzzy-searchVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can enable Fuzzy Search in <em>Settings</em>:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/fuzzy-search1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Fuzzy Search setting.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Now you can use Fuzzy Search, example type <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">gcm</code> will return <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Grand Corps Malade</code>results:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/fuzzy-search2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Fuzzy Search results.</figcaption>
</figure>
Podcasts (shows and episodes)2020-04-20T00:00:00+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/podcastsVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can browse your podcasts (displayed as <em>shows</em> in the workflow):-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/podcasts1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Access Show menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You can follow or unfollow show and see the lists of episodes for each show:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/podcasts2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Follow or unfollow show and see list of episodes.</figcaption>
</figure>
Spotify Connect2017-09-01T00:00:00+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/spotify-connectVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<p>If you’re a <strong>Spotify Premium</strong> user, you can use <a href="https://www.spotify.com/us/connect/">Spotify Connect</a> to control your Spotify Connect speakers (Spotify Desktop and iOS Spotify app are one of them).</p>
<ul>
<li>You can activate <em>Spotify Connect</em> in the <em>Settings</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/connect1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Activate Spotify Connect in Settings menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Note: The option will only appear if you’re a <strong>Spotify Premium</strong> user</p>
<ul>
<li>You can choose the Spotify Connect device output in the <em>Main</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/connect2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Choose Spotify Connect device in Main menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
Multiple Users2017-03-26T00:00:00+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/multiple-usersVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<p>You can use multiple user libraries from the workflow (note that it does not change the account used in Spotify desktop application, you must logout/login by yourself).</p>
<ul>
<li>You can switch user from the <em>Settings</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/multiple-users1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Switch Spotify user account in settings menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You can then choose another Spotify user account, or add a new user:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/multiple-users2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Choose another Spotify user account, or add a new user.</figcaption>
</figure>
Recent Tracks2017-03-22T00:00:00+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/recent-tracksVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can see your most recent tracks played in the <em>Recent Tracks</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/recent1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Recent Tracks in main menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>The list of recent track is then displayed:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/recent2.jpg" />
<figcaption>List of recent tracks.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>A track currently playing will not be visible in play history until it has completed.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>A track must be played for more than 30 seconds to be included in play history.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Any tracks listened to while the user had <em>Private Session</em> enabled in their client will not be returned in the list of recently played tracks.</p>
</li>
</ul>
Web Search2017-01-17T15:39:03+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/web-searchVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can start a web search on Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Soundcloud, Reddit or Wikipedia in the <em>Current Track</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/web-seach1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Start a web search in the Current Track menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You’ll be prompted to choose a Web Service for the search:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/web-seach2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Choose the web search you want.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>It will then open default browser with artist name for Wikipedia, Soundcloud, Reddit, Twitter and Facebook, and with artist name plus track name for Youtube.</p>
Change Theme2016-09-27T15:39:03+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/change-themeVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can switch to a different theme in settings menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/change-theme1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Change theme in <b>Settings</b>.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Select the theme you want:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/change-theme2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Select theme.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>After some time (icons are downloaded from the cloud), you should have the workflow in selected color:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/change-theme3.jpg" />
<figcaption>Selected theme icons.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Notice the progress bar while downloading the icons from the cloud.</p>
Your Tops2016-04-15T15:39:03+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/your-topsVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can browse your top artists and top tracks by selecting <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Your Tops</code> in main menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/yourtops1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Access Your Tops by selecting <b>Your Tops</b>.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Then you can choose your top artists or top tracks based on a period of time:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/yourtops2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Choose your top tracks or artists.</figcaption>
</figure>
Complete Collection2015-09-11T00:00:00+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/complete-collectionVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can create a playlist containing all albums and singles for the artist right from <em>Artist</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/complete-collection1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Create a playlist Complete Collection from Artist menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
Quick Mode2015-02-27T00:00:00+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/quick-modeVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<p>By default when you do a search in main menu, you’ll be presented with <em>Browse</em> options for artists, albums and playlists. You’ll have to go in sub-menu and then launch it. If you want to avoid this extra-step, you can enable <em>Quick Mode</em> in <em>Settings</em> menu:-</p>
<ul>
<li>You can activate <em>Quick Mode</em> in the <em>Settings</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/quick-mode3.jpg" />
<figcaption>Activate Quick Mode in Settings menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Then a search in Main Menu will show:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/quick-mode1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Choose any result to launch it immediately.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>With Quick Mode disabled (by default), a search in Main Menu will show:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/quick-mode2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Brose options if Quick Mode is disabled.</figcaption>
</figure>
Back Button2015-02-27T00:00:00+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/back-buttonVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can invoke at any time the <em>Go Back</em> button by typing <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">bb</code>:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/back-button.gif" />
<figcaption>Activate Go Back button when typing 'bb'.</figcaption>
</figure>
Browse Spotify categories2015-02-23T00:00:00+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/browse-categoriesVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can browse the categories from Spotify in the <em>main</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/browse-categories1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Browse in Main menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Then you can choose the country you want (any country where Spotify is available can be selected):-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/browse-categories2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Choose the country you want.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Then you get the list of categories and select one to browse it:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/browse-categories3.jpg" />
<figcaption>List of categories in chosen country.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>And browse the category’s playlists:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/browse-categories4.jpg" />
<figcaption>Browsed category's playlists.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>And browse the selected category’s playlist with all <em>usual</em> options:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/browse-categories5.jpg" />
<figcaption>Browsed selected playlist.</figcaption>
</figure>
Follow or remove playlist2015-01-16T00:00:00+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/follow-or-remove-playlistVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can follow a playlist in the <em>Search Online</em> menu results:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/follow-or-remove-playlist1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Follow a playlist from the search playlist results.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You can configure if the new followed playlist is <em>public</em> or <em>private</em> in the <em>Settings</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/follow-or-remove-playlist2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Change default privacy in Settings menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You can remove a playlist from you library from the <em>Playlist</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/follow-or-remove-playlist3.jpg" />
<figcaption>Remove a plyalist directly from the workflow.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>A confirmation will be asked before removing the playlist:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/follow-or-remove-playlist4.jpg" />
<figcaption>Confirmation is needed before deleting the playlist.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p class="notice-info"><strong>Note:</strong> There is always a way to recover a playlist by going to this Spotify <a href="https://www.spotify.com/us/account/recover-playlists">page</a>. You can use the workflow to go to this page directly, see screenshot above.</p>
Current Track2015-01-11T15:39:03+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/current-trackVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can get the <em>current track</em> from <em>Main</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/current-track1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Get Current Track from Main menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>The following options are available:-</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Pause/unpause the track, or apply any of the <a href="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/modifier-keys">modifiers keys</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Browse the current artist of the track</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Play the album</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Display <a href="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/lyrics">lyrics</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/add">Add</a> the track to <em>Your Music</em> or any of your playlists</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/remove">Remove</a> the track from <em>Your Music</em> or one of your playlists</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/share">Share</a> the track using Mac OS X Sharing (twitter or facebook)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/web-search">Search</a> the current artist or track on twitter, facebook, wikipedia or youtube</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Create a <a href="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/radio-playlists">radio playlist</a> from the track</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Then you have the list of the playlists where the track appears</p>
</li>
</ul>
Play Queue2015-01-10T00:00:00+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/play-queueVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can get the <em>Play Queue</em> as in the Spotify desktop application from the <em>Main</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/play-queue1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Get Play Queue from Main menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Then you get the <em>Play Queue</em>, you can select a track go directly to this track in the <em>Play Queue</em>:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/play-queue2.jpg" />
<figcaption>List of tracks in the Play Queue.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>The <em>Play Queue</em> is truncated after displaying 150 results.</p>
<p>This is using same principles as the <em>Play Queue</em> in the Spotify application:-</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>If you launch a playlist, the <em>Play Queue</em> will contain the entire playlist</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If you play an album, the <em>Play Queue</em> will contain the entire album</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If you play an artist, the <em>Play Queue</em> will contain the 10 top tracks of the artist</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If you play a track from a playlist, the <em>Play Queue</em> will contain the entire playlist, starting at the position of the selected track</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If you play a track from an album, the <em>Play Queue</em> will contain the entire album, starting at the position of the selected track</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If you play a track without context (i.e, not from an album or playlist) then the track will be added at the beginning of existing <em>Play Queue</em></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p class="notice-danger"><strong>Important:</strong> You should use exclusively the workflow if you want to use <em>Play Queue</em>. If you use the Spotify application to launch a track or an album for example, the <em>Play Queue</em> in the workflow will be empty.
If you use shuffling, the order presented in the <em>Play Queue</em> will not be relevant.</p>
Alfred Remote2015-01-06T00:00:00+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/alfred-remoteVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<p>The Spotify Mini Player has full support of <em>Alfred Remote</em>.
There are 3 pages shipped with the workflow:-</p>
<ul>
<li>Playing commands:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/alfred-remote1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Remote triggers to control Spotify.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Show commands:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/alfred-remote2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Remote triggers to display workflow and navigate it.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Other commands:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/alfred-remote3.jpg" />
<figcaption>All other remote triggers available with the workflow.</figcaption>
</figure>
Follow or Unfollow artists2015-01-05T15:39:03+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/follow-artistVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can follow (or unfollow) an artist in the <em>Artist</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/follow1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Follow/Unfollow option in the Artist menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Depending if you already follow the artist or not, you can follow or unfollow him:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/follow2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Follow or Unfollow depending on current status.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You get a notification once it is done:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/follow3.jpg" />
<figcaption>Example of notification.</figcaption>
</figure>
Remove current track from...2015-01-03T15:39:03+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/removeVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can remove current track from <em>Your Music</em> (if it belongs to it) or any playlist where the tracks belongs in the <em>Current Track</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/remove1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Remove current track from ... in the Current Track menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Then you can choose to remove it from any playlist or from Your Music where it belongs:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/remove2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Select an option to remove the track.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Note that the library is automatically refreshed.</p>
Add to...2015-01-03T15:39:03+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/addVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<p>You can add (with duplicate detection!) any track, album or even entire playlist to either <em>Your Music</em> or any of your playlists (the ones you own):-</p>
<ul>
<li>You can do it for current track in the <em>Current Track</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/add1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Add current track to ... in the Current Track menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Then you can choose to add it in <em>Your Music</em> or any of your playlists (yours):-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/add2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Select an option to add the track.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Note that the library is automatically refreshed.</p>
<ul>
<li>You can also add a complete album in the <em>Album</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/add3.jpg" />
<figcaption>Select to add complete album to ....</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You can also add a complete playlist in the <em>Playlist</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/add4.jpg" />
<figcaption>Select to add complete playlist to ....</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You can also invoke the Add feature from commands:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/add5.jpg" />
<figcaption>Commands to add current track to...</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Note: you can also <a href="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/remove">remove</a> current track from <em>Your Music</em> or any of your playlist.</p>
Search Online2015-01-02T15:39:03+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/search-onlineVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can search online, i.e not necessarily in your Library from the <em>main</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/search-online2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Search Online in Main menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Then you can search for any track, album, artist or playlist by typing in the main window:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/search-online3.jpg" />
<figcaption>Search for any track, album, artist or playlist.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You’ll get all results, note that the number of results is controlled by the setting <em>Max Results</em>:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/search-online4.jpg" />
<figcaption>All results displayed.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You can also reduce the search by category, in this example only playlists:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/search-online5.jpg" />
<figcaption>Search by category, here playlists.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Then you can browse directly the playlist, add the playlist to another playlist or you can even follow the playlist to add it in your library:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/search-online6.jpg" />
<figcaption>Browse directly in the results.</figcaption>
</figure>
Library update2014-12-23T15:39:03+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/update-libraryVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
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<li><a href="#refresh-library" id="markdown-toc-refresh-library">Refresh Library</a></li>
<li><a href="#background-download-of-artworks" id="markdown-toc-background-download-of-artworks">Background download of artworks</a></li>
<li><a href="#re-create-library-from-scratch" id="markdown-toc-re-create-library-from-scratch">Re-Create Library from scratch</a></li>
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<h2 id="refresh-library">Refresh Library</h2>
<ul>
<li>Every time you update Your Music or add a track/album/playlist to a playlist, the workflow automatically updates the library and you’ll get notifications:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/refresh-library.jpg" />
<figcaption>Notifications during a Refresh Library.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Note: This can be disabled by setting <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">automatically_refresh_library</code> environment variable to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">0</code></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>In case you have modified a playlist or added tracks to Your Music using the Spotify application directly, then you can force a Refresh Library:-</p>
<ul>
<li>Use the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">refresh_library</code> command:-</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/refresh-library1.jpg" />
<figcaption>refresh_library command.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Use the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Refresh your library</code> in Settings menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/refresh-library2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Refresh your Library in Settings menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You can activate automatic refresh of your library every x minutes (enter 0 to de-activate) in Settings menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/refresh-library5.jpg" />
<figcaption>Automatic refresh of library.</figcaption>
</figure>
<h2 id="background-download-of-artworks">Background download of artworks</h2>
<p>The workflow downloads artworks in background, which means that the Create/Refresh Library is very fast.</p>
<p>You get a notification when background download of artworks starts:-</p>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/setup4.jpg" />
<figcaption>Notification for the start of background download of artworks.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>During that time, you can use the workflow and you’ll see the progress at the top of main menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/refresh-library4.jpg" />
<figcaption>Progress bar for background download of artworks.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Until the download is complete, you can see some blank artworks, that’s expected:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/setup5.jpg" />
<figcaption>Example of blank artworks until the end of background download is over.</figcaption>
</figure>
<h2 id="re-create-library-from-scratch">Re-Create Library from scratch</h2>
<p>If for some reason you want to delete and re-create your entire library, you can select <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Re-Create your library from scratch</code> in Settings menu:-</p>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/refresh-library3.jpg" />
<figcaption>Re-Create your library from scratch.</figcaption>
</figure>
Related Artists2014-12-23T15:39:03+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/related-artistsVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can browse the related artists in the <em>artist</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/related-artists1.jpg" />
<figcaption>Related artists in Artist menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Then you get the list of related artists:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/related-artists2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Related artists list.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You can select any related artist and get all online information (biography, related artists, albums, etc…):-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/related-artists3.jpg" />
<figcaption>Lookup the selected artist online.</figcaption>
</figure>
Radio Playlists2014-12-23T15:39:03+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/radio-playlistsVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can create an “artist radio” playlist for an artist in the <em>artist</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/radio-playlists.jpg" />
<figcaption>Create an artist radio playlist.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>It will create the playlist and automatically refresh your library.</p>
<ul>
<li>You can create a “song radio” playlist for an artist in the <em>Current Track</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/radio-playlists3.jpg" />
<figcaption>Create a song radio playlist.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>It will create the playlist and automatically refresh your library.</p>
<ul>
<li>You can browse the artist or song radio playlists in the <em>Playlist</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/radio-playlists4.jpg" />
<figcaption>Browse your radio playlists.</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/radio-playlists5.jpg" />
<figcaption>Browse your artist radio playlists.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You can change the number of tracks (must be between 1 and 100) you want in a radio in the Settings menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/radio-playlists2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Change number of tracks in a radio playlist in Settings menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Also, you can configure to not add the radio playlist to your library, by modifying variable <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">add_created_radio_playlist_to_library</code>:-</li>
</ul>
Notifications2014-12-23T15:39:03+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/now-playingVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<p>MacOS and <a href="http://growl.info">growl</a> notifications are supported.</p>
<ul>
<li>You can enable “Now Playing” notifications (enabled by default), to get a notification every time a song changes:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/now-playing.jpg" />
<figcaption>Examples of notifications.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>You get in the notification:-</p>
<ul>
<li>the name of the song</li>
<li>the artist and album name</li>
<li>track length</li>
<li>track popularity</li>
<li>
<p>♥ if track is liked, ♡ otherwise</p>
</li>
<li>You can disable this option at any time in Settings menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/now-playing2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Disable Now Playing option in Settings menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>To disable completely all notifications, disable notifications using the standard OS X way for “Notificator for Spotify Mini Player” application:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/now-playing4.jpg" />
<figcaption>Disable all notifications in OS X preferences.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Also, you can reduce the number of notifications, by modifying config <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Reduce notifications</code>:</li>
</ul>
New Album Releases2014-12-23T15:39:03+00:00https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/articles/new-releasesVincenthttps://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/alfred.spotify.mini.player@gmail.com
<ul>
<li>You can browse the new albums releases from Spotify in the <em>album</em> menu:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/new-releases1.jpg" />
<figcaption>New releases in Album menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Then you can choose the country you want (any country where Spotify is available can be selected):-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/new-releases2.jpg" />
<figcaption>Choose the country you want.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>Then you get the list of new Album releases:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/new-releases3.jpg" />
<figcaption>List of new releases in chosen country.</figcaption>
</figure>
<ul>
<li>You can select the album to play it, add it to a playlist or simply get the list of tracks:-</li>
</ul>
<figure>
<img src="https://alfred-spotify-mini-player.com/images/new-releases4.jpg" />
<figcaption>All options available for a chosen album.</figcaption>
</figure>