topic Re: Can't see the Devices menu anywhere in Desktop (Mac)

Can't see the Devices menu anywhere

garlandsmith — Sun, 10 May 2015 14:56:25 GMT

I'm on Premium, I'm trying to sync my local files on desktop Spotify to my iPhone; I'm reading the instructions, and I can't see where I "pair" my iPhone to Spotify. It seems I should be seeing a "Devices" menu which doesn't appear on my Spotify ??

Re: Can't see the Devices menu anywhere

Soundofus — Sun, 10 May 2015 15:45:57 GMT

Hello there and welcome to the community

In the latest version there is no specific settings for devices.

But if your different devices are all connected on the same network, if you click on the icon speaker in the desktop (in front of the volume bar) your devices available should appear in a pop-up.

Re: Can't see the Devices menu anywhere

Streck0 — Sun, 10 May 2015 16:34:44 GMT

@Soundofus wrote:
But if your different devices are all connected on the same network, if you click on the icon speaker in the desktop (in front of the volume bar) your devices available should appear in a pop-up.

I don't see any way to sync offline playlists on the device, though. Am I missing anything?

Re: Can't see the Devices menu anywhere

garlandsmith — Sun, 10 May 2015 17:02:10 GMT

ok I've sort of worked it out, it's all a little more automated than it used to be, too easy to be true really but I wish they'd update their instructions.

As soon as you mark the playlist that has the locally saved songs to be available offline, the songs play on the device that Spotify automatically detects. You no longer have to nominate or authorise the device.

Re: Can't see the Devices menu anywhere

MattSuda — Tue, 12 May 2015 09:54:37 GMT

The devices section will be coming back in a future update.

In the meantime:
You won't be able to see an indication in the desktop client that the device is paired with the desktop client. But as long as they both are on the same WiFi network you should be able to trigger the local files sync by toggling the offline toggle on the playlist on your device. Just make sure that the local files are in a playlist of their own (not just the built in local files playlist) so that this will work.

Re: Can't see the Devices menu anywhere

Honk — Tue, 12 May 2015 10:06:36 GMT

@MattSuda wrote:
The devices section will be coming back in a future update.

Is there any timeframe for that? Weeks? Months? Years? I REALLY miss it!

Henning

Re: Can't see the Devices menu anywhere

nickdgoldberg47 — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 20:32:42 GMT

Hi There,

I cannot see any icon to find the devices. You say it is in front of the volume section but I cant see it. Can you advise me further? Maybe a screen shot?

Re: Can't see the Devices menu anywhere

gustavosilva — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 00:35:42 GMT

I've followed all the steps to sync my local music into my iPhone 6, they're all connected on the same wifi, playlists available offline in both devices, nevertheless when I try to play the song on my iPhone, It tells me that the song is not synced... Any fix for that?

Re: Can't see the Devices menu anywhere

jill1911 — Tue, 10 May 2016 00:14:58 GMT

Did you ever figure this out?? I also have no connect icon. No devices come up and it is driving me batty. Any ideas?

Re: Can't see the Devices menu anywhere

sarasite — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 19:05:04 GMT

The desktop app still doesn't have it, but a nice work around that I have is that I open it up on my Android device and can connect it to devices via that instead. Admittedly, I only really use chromecast lol but it's the best that I've come up with to make that work.