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iOS Local Files: Easier import with the Files app

It is now easier to import Local Files into the Spotify iOS app through the Files app on your iOS device. A computer and WiFi network are not required to use this new import method. This means that you can now import Local Files into the Spotify iOS ...

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Superuser Contribution Cover art on Spotify app

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceiPhone 6Operating System My Question or IssueI’ve inported a CD with mp3-files on my iTunes, complete with info and cover art. They show up on Spotify under local files on MacBook, with album cover and all. HOWEVER, for ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Norway Device iPhone 6 Operating System     My Question or Issue I’ve inported a CD with mp3-files on my iTunes, complete with info and cover art. The...
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Superuser Contribution Local Files to Iphone wont sync.

So heres my issue. I have 2 songs on my local files. I have my phone connected to the same wifi and spotify is able to get through my firewall. I have premium aswell. I am able to toggle the download switch on my computer and then on my phone after i...

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  • So heres my issue. I have 2 songs on my local files. I have my phone connected to the same wifi and spotify is able to get through my firewall. I have premium aswell. I am able to toggle the download...
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Local Files will not download onto iPhone

I have 52 local files I want to be available offline on my iPhone. It used to work but now it won't I cant get any of them to download to my iphone. This is what I have done: I made a playlist on my computer called "local" and added all 52 songs from...

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  • I have 52 local files I want to be available offline on my iPhone. It used to work but now it won't I cant get any of them to download to my iphone. This is what I have done:   I made a playli...
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Local files organization

On Apple Music and Google Play Music if you store a local file in your playlist it still organizes it along with the rest of the artists and songs you have saved in your collection, artwork and all. its about time Spotify had this same feature, so yo...

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  • On Apple Music and Google Play Music if you store a local file in your playlist it still organizes it along with the rest of the artists and songs you have saved in your collection, artwork and all. ...
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Local files playlist not appearing on iPhone

Hi all, Ever since I updated my phone to iOS 11, my mobile spotify hasnt been showing Local Files playlist, which means all my imported songs aren't playing/skipping. Which is frustrating, because the playlist appears on my desktop. Edit: I've tried ...

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  • Hi all,   Ever since I updated my phone to iOS 11, my mobile spotify hasnt been showing Local Files playlist, which means all my imported songs aren't playing/skipping. Which is frustrating, b...
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Solved!! Local file appears but won't download

There are probably a lot of similar questions, but none of the solutions work for me problems nor are the problems exactly mine.So forgive me if this is "yet another one of them sync problems". I'm trying to sync local files to my iPhone but for some...

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  • There are probably a lot of similar questions, but none of the solutions work for me problems nor are the problems exactly mine. So forgive me if this is "yet another one of them sync problems"...
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Local files from PC don't show up on iPhone

Okay so I have a premium account and I've had my local files synced on my iPhone for the longest time. Now when I got to add ONE single song from offline to my playlist, ALL of my local music just disappears from my playlist. Not just greyed out, com...

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  • Okay so I have a premium account and I've had my local files synced on my iPhone for the longest time. Now when I got to add ONE single song from offline to my playlist, ALL of my local music just di...
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Local Sync doesn't work for songs as in Spotifies Libary ignoring region availability.

Spotify was syncing about 90% of my songs from my Local Files to my phone. When I looked at the problem the songs that weren't syncing behaved like a normal file rather than a Local File. They had no local file symbol in playlists, the context menu d...

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  • Spotify was syncing about 90% of my songs from my Local Files to my phone. When I looked at the problem the songs that weren't syncing behaved like a normal file rather than a Local File. They had no...
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Superuser Contribution Local Files wont sync to iPhone

I have recently come across the issue where the songs I have as local files will no longer sync to my iPhone 6. I have synced local files multiple times in the past. I have tried the method of playing them on my computer and saving to my music on my ...

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  • I have recently come across the issue where the songs I have as local files will no longer sync to my iPhone 6.  I have synced local files multiple times in the past.  I have tried the meth...
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Why will some MP3 files refuse to sync offline?

I recently upgraded to the new iPhone 7 Plus, and restored my apps from the previous iPhone 6, including Spotify. Most everything is working, however, a few of my local files refuse to sync. They are all in MP3 format. My iPhone is on the same Wifi n...

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  • I recently upgraded to the new iPhone 7 Plus, and restored my apps from the previous iPhone 6, including Spotify.    Most everything is working, however, a few of my local files refuse to...
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Local Files Issue (ios)

I somewhat recently got spotify premium with my family and had no trouble with downloading local files onto my phone from my computer (I have both mac and windows). However, just a few days ago I decided to add a few more local files into a playlist....

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  • I somewhat recently got spotify premium with my family and had no trouble with downloading local files onto my phone from my computer (I have both mac and windows).  However, just a few days ago...
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Wrong song!

So I have some song on my MacBook, in my iTunes database, which was transfered to my Spotify Local Files. However, the same song by the same singer, it was sorted and connected automatically to a song in a CD which actually isn't what I have. And I h...

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  • So I have some song on my MacBook, in my iTunes database, which was transfered to my Spotify Local Files. However, the same song by the same singer, it was sorted and connected automatically to ...
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Local Files Not Syncing

Just as the title says, my offline files are not syncing between my devices. The files are on my desktop (running Win10), but will not sync on my Macbook and iPhone. Running newest spotify version on all devices. Please help, thanks.

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  • Just as the title says, my offline files are not syncing between my devices. The files are on my desktop (running Win10), but will not sync on my Macbook and iPhone. Running newest spotify version on...
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Some of my local files wont stream (iPhone)

So I just got the Spotify Premium Subscription and I have music on my laptop. All of my local files are playable on my laptop. What I want to do is to stream my local files from my iPhone. So I made a playlist and name it to "iPod" and put all of my ...

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  • So I just got the Spotify Premium Subscription and I have music on my laptop. All of my local files are playable on my laptop. What I want to do is to stream my local files from my iPhone. So I made ...
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Syncing Local Files Offline not working

Hey, so I just got a replacement for my iPhone 6s+ today (vibration function died on me) and I'm trying to set up all my playlist and things again, but none of my Local Files are transferring back onto my phone. I have had numerous issues with this i...

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  • Hey, so I just got a replacement for my iPhone 6s+ today (vibration function died on me) and I'm trying to set up all my playlist and things again, but none of my Local Files are transferring back on...
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Mobile Local Files to Desktop

Due to some unfortunate circumstances I was forced to ditch my old comp without being able to back up any files (and sadly had made no previous back ups because im dumb), I had downloaded and moved a large number of songs from my old desktop to spoti...

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  • Due to some unfortunate circumstances I was forced to ditch my old comp without being able to back up any files (and sadly had made no previous back ups because im dumb), I had downloaded and moved a...
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Solved!! Download Local Files to iPhone

I have a couple of albums worth of songs on both my Mac iTunes and my phone iTunes. I have successfully added them to a few Spotify playlists on my Mac, but it won't download to my iPhone's Spotify. It shows up in the playlists, but the songs are dar...

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  • I have a couple of albums worth of songs on both my Mac iTunes and my phone iTunes. I have successfully added them to a few Spotify playlists on my Mac, but it won't download to my iPhone's Spot...
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Having Trouble Syncing Local Files With iPhone

I'm having trouble syncing over local files from my MacBook to my iPhone. I am on the same wifi network. Whenever I hit available offline on the playlist I want to move to my iPhone, it gets stuck on waiting to download. Anyone have any ideas on how ...

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  • I'm having trouble syncing over local files from my MacBook to my iPhone. I am on the same wifi network. Whenever I hit available offline on the playlist I want to move to my iPhone, it gets stuck on...
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Solved!! Is it possible to sync playlists between iphones?

I had a bunch of local files that I synced to my iPhone a good while back. Everything was good.Since then though, that computer crashed and the local files were not backed up. No biggie, I still had my music on my phone.But then I got a new iPhone, a...

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  • I had a bunch of local files that I synced to my iPhone a good while back. Everything was good. Since then though, that computer crashed and the local files were not backed up. No biggie, I still ha...
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Premium subscription , local file transfer from Iphone to MAC

Hi, I have a premium subscription to Spotify . I have local Files download with Spotify on my Iphone 5; I want to trasfer those local files to my MAC and listen them with Spotofy without using another internet traffic . Is it possible transfer files ...

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  • Hi,  I have a premium subscription to Spotify . I have local Files download with Spotify on my Iphone 5; I want to trasfer those local files to my MAC and listen them with Spotofy without using...
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