I can't get local files to add songs anymore?

[Surfer82]

Plan

Premium

Country

Usa

Device

Samsung S21+ and Macs

Operating System

One Ui 4.1, OSX

My Question or Issue

I've had a local folder for years on Mac with mp3s. Now I went to add some more and it won't pick them up, only the original files in that folder. I can remove any of those files and and add new source folder and still will only show those mp3s for years minus the one I took out to experiment. Every single mp3 added now does not register, even deleting spotify and creating new folders, only the original songs show.

This is irritating, I just spent 3 hours trying to figure this out. Why is this not working anymore, or only with the songs I had in the folder already? I can add 5, 10, 15+ mp3s and nothing shows. But I only keep like 6 or 7 songs in that folder, just rare old mp3s I had, and just found another and all I want to add is that 1 mp3, ughhh

[Jeremy]

Hi there @Surfer82,

Thank you for taking the time to post here in the Community. Let's investigate this further and try to figure out why this is happening.

To start with, can you let us know where you got the mp3 from?

On another note, if you move some of the old files that work to a different folder, does it changes anything?

Can you also make sure that you have the right path selected in the Spotify settings to access your local files?

We'll be on the lookout for your reply.

Take care!

[Surfer82]

Oh sorry, totally missed this reply. And still having the issue. These are MP3s I've had for years and years, some 20+ and those work. Nothing now will even moving MP3s from those old folders, only the handful I did prior to whatever went screwey with Spotify. Pathways is correct, and I've reinstalled spotify and new paths over and over, only things that will show are the original files I have in that folder. If I remove them they remove from the list in spotify, but if I add any other files new or old to that folder nothing shows in Spotify.

Two friends have the same issue for months now. Nothing added to local folder will show anymore, only old files. Seen others same the same elsewhere so I don't know what Spotify broken in an update maybe? 

[Dian]

Hey @Surfer82,

Thanks for the reply with the clarifications.

Are you trying to transfer the song from the mac to the phone via syncing of the local files? If so, this won't work. Recently there was a change in how the local files are being handled by the app. You can find out more on that here. 

If this is not the case, you have to make sure, that the files are not DRM-protected.

Keep us posted,

Cheers!