Google Music is another step towards living in the clouds
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Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
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Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
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I haven't seen anything like that in the browser version though, so I don't guess that would help with bandwidth issues there...
Yes, you can cache the songs you want on your device for either offline play or to save bandwidth (I'm so glad I jumped on Verizon unlimited while it still existed).
As for the desktop version, it's all browser-based, so I don't think there's that capability. But in the vast majority of cases, at least in the US, nobody's going to be hitting home broadband caps via Google Music.
Comparison to spotify: this is your own music, uploaded from your PC to their cloud then accessible from anywhere you have data connection (whether that is another PC or a phone, etc). You can have some locally cached for phone through app for service outages or travel through tunnels, etc. They also will not use data if cached locally (and there are several settings available to determine how they get onto your phone).
"**SUPER TIP** Creating a playlist just for offline music is one of the easiest ways to make sure your favorite songs are available when you jump on the subway. In fact, any new music you add to a pinned playlist will automatically be downloaded for offline playback."
Once I figure out an effective way to get music from my phone to my car stereo, my ipod will be obsolete (this is mixing that assumption in with the thinking that data caps will go away eventually, or that i'll be really good about updating my offline playlist).
I haven't. Possibly stupid questions: are you actually using three different accounts to sign into music manager? Have you tried uninstall/reinstall?
[edited quote to better reflect what I was referring to]
I think this would only matter to a professional DJ. For everyone else, that's somewhere between 1500 and 2000 full length CD's. I've been collecting CD's for over twenty years now, and I have maybe 500, and of those, maybe only half I would bother to send to the cloud.
It's staggering how much data they are going to let us upload for free.
Edit: just listen to TWiT sometime... even when they admit that Apple just ripped something off from someone else, they go out of their way to justify why the Apple version is better and more revolutionary than what they copied anyway.
I agree. Hell, my whole collection is only about 7600 songs at this point. I was just curious.
The upload is slooww. I've been running 17 hours now and only have 2400 of my 2666 songs uploaded.
Ardichoke - No, anything you buy from google does NOT count against your 20k limit.
The UI leaves much to be desired, I'm just in the browser though on PC and iOS.
If it's not on Icrontic it's because none of our writers decided to write about it. I've honestly never heard of iCloud, and I'm not an iOS 5 user. It only works on iOS 5 devices.
Google Music works on any device. It's a bit more universal, and it has a wider appeal.
Hey, if you want more Apple content on the site, bring on some Apple writers! You know I'll publish it!
I've got some 4000+ songs uploading since this morning at 7:30, 1500 are done as of 1:30pm. Not bad if you ask me.
No, I've never used gMusic before today, and I only just ran the install for the first time. I guess it'll get fixed soon? The service sounds like a cool idea. I can finally stop storing music on my home PC.
*longs for the day he doesn't even need a hard drive anymore.
Not that I ever listen to any of that music. I haven't added to or listened to that collection since I discovered Pandora. :/
Can you put 20k uncompressed songs on google music?
that, is quite generous.