Gadgetory

Spotify is music subscription service is a great way to discover and share music and with their mobile app and a premium account you can take their huge library of songs with you anywhere you want to go but every once in a while you'll think of a song you want to hear that isn't available on Spotify but you know it's on your phone somewhere on an Android phone you can use the Spotify app to play any of your locally stored music but on the iPhone or iPod touch Spotify can't peek into any locally stored files you transfer through iTunes but with a little extra work you can meld your music collection into the Spotify app and leave the iPhone stock music app behind for the first step open up Spotify on your computer and check to see that you have a premium account by going to your name and clicking account you'll see the account status here if you don't have a premium account and you really want this feature now is the time to upgrade next head over to your local files this is going to show you all the files on your computer that you can sync over to the Spotify app there's a total at the top and if it seems a little off go into the Preferences menu and make sure that the folder where you keep your music is included on the local files checklist I had my iTunes Music folder in a location other than the default one so I had to add it manually now here's where the magic happens make sure that both your iPhone and your computer are connected to the same Wi-Fi network open up the Spotify app on your phone and you should see it pop up under the devices here on your computer Spotify app from this view you can tell Spotify to transfer your entire music collection or individually select which playlist to sync over Spotify will now sync your files over Wi-Fi and you'll see a running tally of how much space is available on your phone at the top once transferred you'll see your tracks pop up under the local files listing on your phone and now all of your favorite songs are all available in one place and you can listen to them here without having to leave the app so there you go that's how to transfer your music files into Spotify for the iPhone for more tips like these head over to how to see Netcom and for any how to requests you can find me on Facebook and Twitter for cnet.com i'm you