Have switched to Google Music for free cloud music storage (up to 20000 songs), free released music and plenty of bargains? Congrats. But how about the music you previous purchased from iTunes? Never mind. Here is the solution to upload iPhone/iPad/iPod songs to Google Music.
Since Google Music Manager features iTunes music uploading, you could firstly transfer your music from iPhone, iPad, or iPod to iTunes, and then upload iTunes music to Google Music with Music Manager.
Transfer iPhone, iPad and iPod Songs to iTunes
If all your songs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod are from iTunes, skip this step, and directly upload iTunes songs to Google Music with Music Manager. But for the songs not purchased on iTunes or not existed in iTunes library, you need to firstly transfer to iTunes library. Here is the place where Wondershare iMate transfer comes in. It's the best iPhone/iPod/iPad transfer to copy songs from iOS devices to iTunes or PC.
As long as your iOS device is connected to computer, iMate transfers any audios from device to iTunes in clicks. See tutorial for detailed steps and more features.
Upload Songs to Google Music from Computer
Now that all your songs on iPhone/iPod/iPad have been backed up to iTunes library, just follow these steps to upload iTunes music to Google Music.
1. Visit music.google.com and login with your Google Account and password.
2. Download and install Google Music Manager. Both Windows and Mac versions are provided.
3. On the first run, you will be prompted to select where your music files are stored. Here choose iTunes. Next time, If you want to change the location to upload music from, go to Advanced > Location of my music collection, and click Change.
4. Set up whether to upload songs that you add to iTunes in the future.
5. Now your iTunes music will be uploaded to Google Music.
Google Music Uploading Tips
1. By changing the location to 'other folders', you can upload songs to Google Music from selected folder.
2. To upload DRM protected to Google Music, you need to remove DRM first.
iTunes to Google Music Notes
1. MP3, FLAC and OGG are fully supported.
2. Protected AAC (DRM, .m4p), ALAC (Apple Lossless), wav and aiff formats are not supported, while wma files are only supported by the Windows version of the Music Manager.
3. FLAC, ogg and aac files are transcoded to 320kbps mp3.
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