Step 3 Convert and download Spotify songs to MP3 player After finishing all the settings above, you can click the 'Convert' button at the bottom-right corner of the main interface. DRmare will start to remove the protection and download and convert Spotify music to MP3 files. First of all, we will have to import local music to Spotify desktop application. To do this, open the. Make Spotify your all-in-one music player. In addition to over 50 million tracks we offer, you can also use your Spotify app to play music files stored on your device (which we call 'local files'). Note: Files or downloads from illegal sources are not permitted. Due to the DRM limitation, it is not possible to download songs from Spotify directly like MP3 files. When you download Spotify songs, they are encrypted from the Spotify server before caching on your local device. If you have tried all the top 6 solutions above, but still can't fix Spotify stuck on waiting to download issue.
Add Local Files Spotify
This guide will show you how to change the location where Spotify stores any files that you flag to download in order to be able to play them when you’re offline. This can be particularly helpful if you have a large library and want to store it on an external drive.
Spotify Sync Local Files
ps. If you’re an Android user, you may want to check out this guide for instructions on how save Spotify files on an SD card instead of the internal storage.
Note: this screenshots/images used in this guide are from macOS. If you use the Windows version of Spotify, the steps are nearly identical.
Spotify Local Songs Not Downloading
- Open the Spotify Preferences by selecting Spotify from your Menu Bar, and then Preferences from the pull-down list. Windows users: select Edit and then Preferences…
- Scroll to the bottom of the Spotify Preferences and click the SHOW ADVANCED SETTINGS
button. - Scroll down until you find the section titled Offline Songs Storage. Click the CHANGE LOCATION button.
- Now select the folder where you want Spotify to save files for offline listening etc. It’s worth mentioning that Spotify creates a bit of a ‘mess’ when it stores files – it utilizes a lot of coded folder and file names. You will almost certainly want to create a specific folder to store all of the other folders that Spotify will create.When you’ve selected the new location, restart Spotify.
- When you re-start Spotify it’ll move all of the files to the new location. As illustrated in the screenshot below, it does create a rather confusing series of folders with just as “strangely” named files inside them. It’s OK – you’re not meant to really be sorting through them, it’s just the way Spotify stores things.