How Come Tool Local Files Wont Download On Spotify

People love music and Spotify provides such service to meet people's need. Spotify is a digital cross-platform music streaming service offering users a variety of record label content from Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group and Universal. Launched in 2008, Spotify has had 75 million active users and over 20 million paid subscribers worldwide. Although Spotify is perfect for music fans, it does not provide an option to extract the MP3 files from Spotify, thus, the subscribers can't download Spotify songs or play on MP3 player.

Download the latest version of Spotify Premium apk from the download link given in the beginning. For safety purposes, the file you downloaded will be in a zip format. You need to use the built-in file manager or any file explorer of your choice to extract/unzip the file.

'I pay for Spotify premium and can download all my tracks for offline use. I know the files are located on my HD so I click 'show package contents' on the Spotify app and navigate to the contents but I can't find the encoded files containing the audio files. I am reading about how Spotify encodes and protects the music preventing users from downloading the audio files. Has anyone tried to download their Spotify playlist to obtain the mp3's?'

Even you are the Spotify premium subscriber, it is out of luck to obtain the MP3 audio from Spotify song. What if you need to rip MP3 from Spotify, any ways to enjoy Spotify songs in MP3 format? The article introduces you Sidify Music Converter, which is a Spotify to MP3 ripper that helps extract the MP3 files from Spotify songs from any tracks or playlist. Here is the step-by-step tutorial on how to obtain MP3 audio from Spotify with Sidify music converter.

Step-to-step Guide on Ripping Spotify Music to MP3 Audio Files with Sidify

Tools needed: Sidify Music Converter, Spotify Application, a computer running Mac OS or Windows OS.

Step 1Import Songs or Playlist from Spotify to Sidify Music Converter

Launch Sidify Music converter for Mac and Spotify application would be opened automatically with it. Click center of Sidify program interface, it will indicate you to drag and drop the single song or whole playlist from Spotify to Sidify program. Check the songs you would like to convert, then click OK.

Step 2Choose MP3 as Output Format

The added Spotify songs would appear on the main panel of Sidify Music Converter, displaying information of music name, artist, duration... Click the option icon on the top right and choose output format as MP3. By default, Sidify program would convert the songs at 5X faster speed.

Step 3Start Conversion

After you have adjusted the settings, it is time to convert the Spotify songs to MP3 by clicking CONVERT button. Sidify music converter will convert the Spotify songs one by one with lossless quality.

Step 4Open Destination Folder to Get the MP3 Files

When the conversion process is completed, you can find the MP3 files which are extracted from Spotify by going to the destination folder. If you don't change the path, the output files would be located under '/Users/YOURNAME/Documents/Sidify Music Converter' by default.

You can also find the output files by clicking History button on the top right and view the conversion history.


With the above simple 4 steps, you are able to extract MP3 audio files from Spotify songs easily. Sidify music converter can keep 100% lossless quality as well as ID3 tags after conversion, giving you a perfect experience on enjoying Spotify music in MP3.

Video Tutorial: Get Spotify Songs as MP3 Files:

Note : The trial version of Sidify Music Converter has 3 minutes conversion limit. You can unlock the time limitation by purchasing the full version.

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Step by step tutorial

The following is a step-by-step guide on how to download music from Spotify to Windows PC with NoteBurner Spotify Music Converter. Please make sure you’ve downloaded the Spotify music downloader to your computer before we get started.

Note: If you are a Mac user, please refer to How to Download Music from Spotify on Mac for detailed steps.

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1 Import Spotify Songs from Spotify to NoteBurner

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Launch NoteBurner Spotify Music converter. Copy and paste or drag and drop the song/playlist link from Spotify (Free) to NoteBurner, the program will read and list all songs very soon.

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2 Choose Output Format and Output Path

Click “Settings” button on the upper right. Here you can choose output format (MP3/ AAC/ FLAC/ WAV), output quality, as well as output path.

3 Download Music from Spotify to Windows PC

Click the 'Convert' button and the Spotify song or playlist you selected in Step 1 will soon be converted and downloaded to your local computer. When the conversion is done, click “Converted” button on the left side and you can check all the songs that have been converted successfully.

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Now you can enjoy your Spotify songs offline, play them on Windows Media Player or transfer them from your PC to any other devices as you wish.

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Note: The free trial version of NoteBurner Spotify Music Converter enables users to convert the first 3 minutes of each song. To ulock the time limitation, please purchase a license.