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I'm a **BIG** fan of **[Spotify](https://www.spotify.com/)**. I use it every day, hours on end.
I like the fat client though, I find the web version way too buggy and unstable.
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At ING, we use a HTTP proxy and I have configured Spotify to go through the proxy. At home, I don't use anything.
This means that every day, I have to go back to my settings, disable / enable the proxy and restart Spotify. This is very annoying.
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So annoying in fact that I started using the web player at home, to my disappointment.
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Finally, it go me tired enough so I decided to dig deeper into the issue and find a solution. **It had to be possible to automate this.**
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The first step was to find the location of the config file. On my Macbook, it is located in __$HOME/Library/Application Support/Spotify/prefs__.
In this file, I saw the line : __network.proxy.mode=1__.
The rest is child's play
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Here is the final script I came out with to enable/disable spotify's proxy settings. I called it **spotiProxy**
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* It will set you settings accordingly, and restart Spotify if it was already running.
* Enjoy!
This script is run automatically every time I arrive at home or at the office. Nothing to do any more. Joy!
This script is run automatically every time I arrive at home or at the office. Nothing to do any more. Joy!
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If you want more info, you can check out the related [Spotify forum post](https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac/Script-to-change-settings/m-p/4446246#M531825) or [the gist on github](https://gist.github.com/jlengrand/ec2fff0f741ae0a59a7f203d9ffee348).
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See you next time!