To get Local Files configured, download and install the Spotify desktop app for Windows or MacOS (Linux and other platforms are also supported) if you haven’t already done so. Find your music Go. This is what you should try if Spotify not syncing Local Files to iPhone: (make sure you use the same account on Spotify for your Mac/PC as well as for your iPhone) Step 1. First, connect both your PC/Mac and your iPhone to the same Wi-Fi network. Then you will see the music added under the Local Files tab in the main menu tree. Step 2 Create a new playlist After adding the music to your desktop’s library, you’ll need to create a new playlist to put it into by clicking the New Playlist button down in the bottom left-hand corner of the Windows desktop client.
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- First of all, uninstall Spotify and then delete its storage folder from: C: Users%username% AppData Roaming Spotify Restart your computer and then simply reinstall Spotify. Delete local-files.bnk. Another way to go about this issue is to locate the file named as local-files.bnk. This file is located at: C: Users%username% AppData Roaming Spotify Users.
- Remove downloaded files from Spotify on the desktop by going to Settings Local Files and toggling off Show Local Files. On a mobile device, try clearing space in your internal storage, or go to Settings Storage and select Delete Cache.
Spotify lets you stream helluva soundtracks and hands down has one of the biggest music streaming playlists. But, it still misses out on a few Indie singles and artists. I also don’t find many regional songs of course due to legal issues. For these exceptions, Spotify provides you an option to stream local songs on the Spotify Desktop app. And in fact, you can even sync the playlist on to other devices in Spotify and enjoy the same songs on every device. So, here’s how to Sync Local Files From Spotify desktop to any device. However, this is a paid feature and you need to be a premium Spotify user.
Sync Local Files From Spotify Desktop To Any Device
1. Firstly, you will need to attach the Music Playlist local folder on Spotify. Here, I am going to attach my local folder on Spotify Windows. To do that, go to your Spotify Account Settings.
2. In the Account Settings, scroll down to Local Files Section. To stream local files, you need to turn the slider on. Once that is done, you will see two default folder options – Downloads and Music Library. If you have your song and playlists in those folders, you can move to Step 5. Else, we will need to attach our folder. To attach a different local folder, click on “Add a Source”.
3. After you have clicked on “Add a source” button, you will see a small File Explorer window pop up. Browse to the song folder on your local machine. Select it and click OK to add the folder.
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4. Now once you have selected the folder, it should appear below the Local Files section. Make sure the slider is turned on else songs from that folder won’t be listed.
5. After you have attached the local folder, the songs will be available to stream on Spotify. To stream local songs, click on Local Files Library on the right-hand side. It should be present in the “Your Library” section.
6. Once you see your Local Files, we need to add them to a separate playlist. To do that, click on the 3 dots beside the songs. From the extended menu, move to “Add to Playlist”. An extended tray will display the existing playlist names, you can add to any of these. In case you have lots of local songs and want to stream them all, I would suggest creating a new Playlist. Here, I already have a playlist called Local Songs where I will be adding 3-4 local songs.
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7. Once you have added all the desired songs to a playlist, now we can move to the other device. Like, suppose I want to stream the same songs on my Spotify mobile, I just have to download the playlist there. The only thing I have to take care of is that I am on the same Wi-Fi network as my laptop. Once you are connected on the same Wi-Fi network, go to the local songs playlist on the Spotify mobile app.
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8. After you have found the playlist, tap on it to open the playlist. You will see all the local songs within it but they will all be greyed. You cannot listen to them as of now. So, we have to download the playlist in order to stream those local songs. To do that, tap the three buttons on the top right corner and tap on Download.
This is just a one time process and needs to be done every time you add a new local song. Now that you have downloaded the songs, you can move on to a different network and still, you will have the playlist available. The best thing about this process is that the songs don’t take up much space. To be precise, if your download preference is set to normal, each song would take approx 2.8 MB where High will take 4.7MB per track and very high might take 9.4MB per track.
Closing Words
The thing which makes Spotify the best choice for music streaming is the enormous third-party app integration support. Also, the song recommendation on Spotify is the best I have experienced so far. If you are fairly new to Spotify, here’s our article on 10+ Spotify Tips and Tricks Every New User Should Know About.
For any queries regarding Spotify or Spotify tricks, let me know in the comments below.
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Spotify ends support for Windows Phone app?
'We can confirm Windows Phone 8.x is no longer supported. You can still use our Spotify application on the associated devices, but it will no longer receive any further updates and download the application. We apologize for the inconvenience.' posted by Twitter user Alessandro S in 2016.
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However, Spotify has since clarified matters: they are still supporting the app on Windows Phone, adding that it has no plans to give up on Windows Phone yet. In fact Windows Phone 8.1 or Windows 10 Mobile owners still expect that the Spotify will keep running smoothly until then.
The Best Alternative Way to Play Spotify Music on Windows Phone
For many users, one of the biggest letdowns of Spotify streaming audio is the end support for the mobile OS. To remove all limits resulted from Spotify suddenly drops support for it's Windows Phone App one day, an easy and stable alternative solution is needed. Sidify Music Converter is far much more than a simple tool to convert Spotify music to MP3/ AAC/WAV/FLAC for transferring them to Windows Phone, Android Phone or iOS phone for enjoying freely. But what makes this program stand out from the crowd is the excellent output audio quality.
Things You'll Need:
- A Computer running Mac OS or Windows OS
- The latest version of Spotify
- A Windows Phone
- Sidify Music Converter
(Note: please make sure you have installed Spotify on your computer.)
Step 1. Drag and drop Music from Spotify to Sidify.
Launch the program and Spotify will be opened automatically. Just click ' ' icon and then drag & drop any music or playlist from Spotify to Sidify Music converter.
Step 2. Choose Output Format
Then click setting button to change the basic parameters (Including Output format, Output quality and Conversion speed, etc). Here you can choose format as MP3/ AAC/ FLAC/ WAV.
Step 3. Start Converting Spotify Music to Plain Format.
Click 'CONVERT' button to convert these files to plain format without losing original quality.
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Step 4. Find Out the Well-converted Music Files.
After conversion, you will easily find the downloaded version of Spotify music files in the top right corner.
Step 3. Sync the Converted Music to your Windows Phone.
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With Sidify's intuitive user interface, you can easily convert Spotify music or playlist to plain formats for syncing to Windows phone or other MP3 players. What's more, all your ID3 tags would be kept successfully.
Note: The trial version of Sidify Music Converter enables us to convert 3-minute audio files for sample testing, you can unlock the time limitation by purchasing the full version.