Local files won't sync/download

I'm making this question because all the guides I've found are horribly outdated. I have some songs I want to be able to listen on my phone, so I moved them to my local files, created a playlist to test it (because I've seen it's the only way to do this, but that's okay) and the playlist does appear on my phone:
http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o638/lawraWeltreich/uqxLbE9NxZbRzLqqIq9Tgby7QOK77aJT-32hHMUUqtE_zpsgpoth1rk.png bue when I open the playlist and attempt to sync/download it, it's greyed out and nothing happens: http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o638/lawraWeltreich/lPIJUpEORUYcnRaulgyEwtSfJdjrNa3vSN1dmgbzZ-A_zpsp77dk7lf.png I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or the feature to sync local files to my phone is no longer implemented. either way an aswer would be greatly appreciated.
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on my computer this is all I see. not sure if I'm doing something wrong or I'm not seeing something http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o638/lawraWeltreich/Sin%20tiacutetulo_zpsph8untuo.png AGAIN, an answer, ANY answer, is all I want. If the feature is been removed, or if this is a known issue, or if there's a workaround, it's OKAY. I just want an answer so I can stop investing my time in this. I can always just move the mp3 files to my SD card but I would prefer to be able to use Spotify for this.

Okay, so this is how I do it:I have one or more songs in my local files tab in the Spotify Desktop AppI select these songs, then I right click them, and I select "Make a new playlist"I save the playlist, and then I go over to my phone and open the app, to see that playlist I've just created (Your problem here could be that you disabled the Automatic Sync in the Android Settings, therefore your device won't ask the Spotify servers if you had made a new playlist on your desktopI click on the playlist, then I turn the "Available offline" switchNot so short after, the song(s) are on my phone. As far as I know, this is the only way to have your own music from your computer on your phone, you have to download it.EDIT: You might want to wait some time after you turned the switch to on. My phone keeps saying "Awaiting for download" when I turn it on, because some of my songs are not on Spotify and my computer somehow uploads them, and it's weird and I don't know how or why, but it works.

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