If you have a good habit of saving your media content to the cloud, Google Drive could be one of the best options because it gives you 15G of free storage and allows you to download, edit, sync and share saved files, including including documents, images, audios and videos across multiple devices. But if you try to transfer Spotify music files to Google Drive, you may find that it is not as easy as you expected.
First of all, you need to subscribe to Spotify Premium with which you can get the right to download Spotify songs and playlists for offline use. Besides, since offline Spotify music downloaded with Premium account can only be played on devices that support Spotify app, it seems impossible to sync these offline Spotify songs to Google Drive for playback.
But please don't worry. Here we will introduce you a simple way to easily download and connect Spotify music to Google Drive even if you use Spotify free accounts.
How to Download Spotify Playlist to MP3
In order to make Google Drive recognize these downloaded Spotify songs or playlists, we need to make sure that these Spotify tracks are saved in common audio formats like MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, etc. However, since Spotify does not allow us to store Spotify music in MP3 or other formats, we need to look for a special tool that can help us rip Spotify to MP3.
Here you meet the mighty Spotify Music Converter , a smart and powerful Spotify song downloader. It specializes in downloading and extracting Spotify songs into simple audio formats with original quality and preserved ID3 tags. No matter you are using a free or premium account on Spotify, this app will help you easily download and convert any Spotify track to a popular format in the way you prefer.
Main Features of Spotify Music Converter
- Save Spotify music to Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud and OneDrive
- Convert Spotify music to MP3, FLAC, AAC, M4A, WAV and M4B
- Easily download Spotify content with Free or Premium accounts
- Work at 5x faster speed and retain lossless quality and ID3 tags
Download and install the free trial version of this Spotify to Google Drive converter from the button Download above. And then you can follow these steps to learn how to easily download and convert Spotify songs before transferring them to Google Drive or other cloud storage services.
Step 1. Drag Spotify songs to Spotify Music Converter
Launch Spotify Music Converter on your computer. Then it will automatically load the Spotify app. Once launched, enter your Spotify account and find the songs or playlists you want to download in MP3 format. Then drag the tracks to the Spotify Music Converter window.
Step 2. Customize Output Preferences
When the songs are completely imported into Spotify Music Converter, you need to go to the top menu and click Preferences . Go to the section convert , where you can select the output audio format, audio bitrate, codec, channel, etc. as you wish.
Step 3. Start Converting Spotify to Google Drive
When everything is configured, move the mouse to the lower right corner and click the button convert to start converting Spotify songs. After conversion, click the button Converted to load downloaded Spotify songs.
How to connect Spotify to Google Drive
Once the Spotify songs and playlists are converted successfully, you can log in to your Google Drive account and sync Spotify to Google Drive by following the 3 different methods here.
Download Spotify songs folder
1. From your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. Enter your username and password to log in to your Google Drive account.
3. Click the button New and download of file or file download .
4. Choose the Spotify songs folder to upload to Google Drive.
5. To play a song you saved to Google Drive, simply click on the file to play it in your browser.
Drag Spotify music to Google Drive
1. From your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. Create or open a folder in Google Drive.
3. You can also directly drag Spotify files into the folder to add music from Spotify to Google Drive.
Use Backup & Sync to Transfer Spotify Music to Google Drive
1. Install the Google Drive app on your computer.
2. Find the folder called Google Drive on your computer.
3. Drag Spotify songs into this folder to download Spotify music to Google Drive.
Google Drive allows you to directly play Spotify songs on this cloud. You can click on the song to play or right-click on it and choose the Play button. You can also share the converted Spotify songs with friends from Google Drive. They will find these songs in the Shared with me tab.
How to Upload Google Drive Files to Spotify
In the previous parts, you know the method to save Spotify music to Google Drive. If you have songs stored in Google Drive and want to use a music player to stream them, it's a good idea to upload them to Spotify for playback. To download Google Drive songs to Spotify, simply follow this guide:
1. At the very beginning, you need to download the songs from Google Drive. Go to drive.google.com and right-click on a file and choose the button Download .
Tip: To download multiple files, click on a file, press Command on Mac or Ctrl in Windows, then choose other files.
2. Open the Spotify app on the computer. Choose the arrow button next to your name and choose Settings .
3. Go to the button Local files and activate Show local files .
4. Click the Add Source button and choose the folder where you store songs downloaded from Google Drive.
5. Then the Local Files section will appear in the navigation pane. Just click on it to play songs on Spotify.
Conclusion
With the help of Spotify Music Converter , you can not only listen to Spotify on Google Drive, but also get offline playback of Spotify music on any player. On top of that, you can keep these Spotify music files forever even without a Premium subscription.