Spotify is great as long as you don’t hit a bump with some sync problem. Oh, there’s the issue of your premium account not getting activated (or recognized in mobile), but that’s often just a server glitch.
If local files from your Mac or PC don’t get synced with Spotify and instead, Spotify shows you ‘similar’ tracks that you can download instead, that’s going to be one big headache. This usually happens when you have music tracks with metadata that’s way too similar to the ones Spotify has on its server.
Why does this happen? The issue crops up mostly when you’ve got fan-versions of a popular song, or remixes and other modifications that leave pretty much of the metadata intact. This makes Spotify think that you’re trying to upload a song that’s already up there and so, it prevents sync and offers to let you grab the cloud versions.
Too bad, eh. But there’s a quick fix.
When you play a song on Spotify, it uses some of your hard drive space to cache that file for faster playing later. Here's how to clear that cache if you need some extra disk space. To immediately reverse your decision, you can type Ctrl+Z (Command+Z on a Mac) or choose Edit→Undo. Deleting an entire folder is an even bigger step if you’re also planning to ditch any playlists stored within it. Like it does with playlists, Spotify prompts you, just to make sure you really want to delete that folder.
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.
Step 2. Now, open iTunes on your PC/Mac and you should find your iDevice listed under the Devices tab on the sidebar.
Step 3. Create a new playlist from your system (on the device) and place one of the local files into this.
Step 6. You’ll now see a progress icon right beneath the song you’ve got on the playlist. This will get the song from the cloud to your Spotify app.
Step 7. That’s about it.
When you add more songs to this playlist, they get synced. Make sure you don’t turn off the offline sync feature.
Note that there’s a limit to the number of offline songs you can have on your device (each).
That’s all folks!
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Sort and filter Spotify to control how the music is listed and played. Pick an option and your device below for more information.
Sort
Reorganize how music is listed in the app.
Sort Playlists, Artists, and Albums in Your Library
Go to the list you’d like to sort.
Pull down and release to display Filters in the top-right corner. Tap it.
Tap your preferred sorting option.
Repeat these steps to reverse the order, or pick another sort option.
You can also choose to list only Downloads in Your Library.
Pull down and release to display in the top-right corner. Tap it. Note: To sort Liked Songs, pull down and tap Filters in the top-right corner.
Tap how you’d like to sort e.g. by Recently added.
For Android:
Go to the playlist you’d like to sort.
Tap in the top-right corner.
Tap Sort playlist. Note: In Liked Songs, tap Sort Liked Songs.
Tap how you’d like to sort e.g. by Recently added.
Note: Sort options may vary depending on the list you’re sorting.
Sort songs in playlists
Tip: This works for Liked Songs in Your Library too.
Click the column you want to sort by, for example:
Alphabetically, by TITLE, ARTIST, or ALBUM.
By most recently added, with .
By song duration, with . Tip: Adjust the app's screen size to reveal more columns.
Click the column again to reverse the order, click it again to return to the original order.
If you created the playlist, you can also drag and drop songs into your preferred position. Just click and hold a song to move it up or down.
Sort playlists in Your Library
To reorder your list of playlists in the menu on the left, click and hold a playlist title to move it up or down.
Play My Spotify Playlist
You can also organize your playlists into playlist folders.
Sort Albums and Artists in Your Library
Select Albums or Artists in the menu on the left, and choose a Sorted by option from the dropdown menu.
Filter
Choose to show only specific content within lists, or find a specific song in a playlist.
Find Playlists, Albums, and Artists in Your Library
Go to the list you’d like to filter.
Pull the screen down to display Find in playlists/albums/artists at the top. Tap it.
Enter a search term. Only titles containing that term are now listed.
To return to the original listing, either clear your search or tap X or Cancel to remove the filter.
Find songs in playlists
For iPhone/iPad:
Go to the playlist.
Pull down and release to display Filter at the top. Tap it. Note: In Liked Songs, tap Find in Liked Songs.
Enter a search term. Only titles containing that term are now listed.
To return to the original listing, either clear your search or tap X or Cancel to remove the filter.
For Android:
Go to the playlist. Note: In Liked Songs, pull down and release to display Find in Liked Songs.
Tap in the top-right corner.
Tap Find in playlist.
Enter a search term. Only titles containing that term are now listed.
To return to the original listing, either clear your search or tap X or Cancel to remove the filter.
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Note: Filter options may vary depending on the list you’re filtering. To return to the original listing, repeat these steps and tap the selected filter again.
With Filter on the desktop app, you can list specific content based on a search term in any playlist or Liked Songs in Your Library.
Select Filter at the top of track listings.
Enter a search term. Only titles containing that term are now listed.
To return to the original listing, either clear your search or click X to remove the filter.