Spotify is a popular music streaming service and can be accessed from Mac, PC, phone tablet and more with free or premium account. However, many people prefer to their ipod when they are doing sports, but feel disappointed to find that they can't sync Spotify songs to iPod nano even though they have downloaded the songs for offline listening. If you have the same problem, you are in the right place. This article will show you how to sync Spotify to iPod nano with either free or premium account.
Unfortunately this is not possible. The only iPod Spotify will work on is the iPod touch. (with Spotify app download) Spotify licenses the music so all playback has to be done inside of the Spotify app.
Part 1 Spotify compatible divices
Download Playlist From Spotify To Ipod Computer
- How to Download Music From Spotify on Mobile. On mobile, you can download playlists, albums, or podcasts. Downloading Albums and Playlists on Spotify. The interface is slightly different on.
- Select the playlist in iTunes that you want to export. When you export a playlist, you are exporting the list of songs and their order. You can export playlists to transfer them from your iPhone to your computer, or from iTunes to another media player. You can export any playlist in iTunes, including playlists on your iPhone, iPod, or iPad.
The following are the system requirements for using Spotify and accessing Spotify content through the Spotify app:
Model | OS | |
iPhone | iPhone 5 or above | iOS 10 or above. 250 MB free space |
iPad | iPad 2 or above | iOS 10 or above. 250 MB free space |
iPod | 5th generation iPod Touch or above | iOS 9.3.5 or above. 250 MB free space |
Android | Any device | Android OS 4.1 or above. 500 MB free space |
Mac | Any device | OS X 10.10 or above |
Windows | Any device | Windows 7 or above |
As you can see from the above table, Spotify requires iPod Touch 5 and later, which means you can't install Spotify on iPod nano.
Then you may ask is it possible to sync the download Spotify songs to iPod nano, as Spotify premium users can download songs for offline listening. Well, when you open the Offline songs Storage folder, you will find there are no actual music files that you can copy to other devices. This is bacause Spotify songs are DRM protected and can only be played within Spotify app.
So is there any way that we can sync Spotify songs to iPod nano? The answer is yes. All you need is Boilsoft Spotify Converter, which allows you to easily download Spotify music to mp3 format with either free or premium account. Follow below steps to learn how to download Spotify music to mp3 and then sync the Spotify songs to iPod nano.
Part 2 Sync Spotify mp3 songs to iPod nano
Step 1 Download and install Boilsoft Spotify Music Converter on your Mac or Windows.
Step 2 Drag and drop Spotify songs, albums and playlists from Spotify app to the interface directly. Or copy&paste the link of the song, album or playlist. And then click the Add button.
To copy a playlist link, right click the playlist corver or title and choose 'Share' - 'Copy Playlist Link'.
All songs in the playlist will be checked by default, you can uncheck the ones you don't want to download. Or add more playlists as you like.
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Step 3 Boilsoft Spotify Music Converter supports MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC format. Click the Options button to change output format or output folder if you need. You can also change bitrate, samplerate according to your needs.
Step 4 Click the Convert button to start recording Spotify music to the format you choose.
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After conversion, you can find all converted songs by clicking the History button.
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Step 5 Sync converted Spotify music to iPod nano
Download Spotify Playlist To Ipod Nano
Once you have converted Spotify music to mp3, you can now sync the DRM-free mp3 Spotify songs to your iPod nano via iTunes.