Ever since I have switched to droid I have had problems keeping my files synchronized between my Droid and Apple devices that I also own. I used to plug my iPhone into my iMac and all of the music I wanted would transfer and synchronize automatically. There are different 3rd party applications that can synchronize your droid with iTunes but the process of setting those up can and maintaining them can be cumbersome and tedious. The best and easiest solution I have found to keep my music synchronized between google and iTunes uses no 3rd party software. In fact everything I have used to set this up is entirely 1st party. That's right, google provides everything we need to get this working! If you would like to set this up on your computer follow the steps. (I am assuming you already have an account with google)
1. Go to http://music.google.com and log in with your google account.
2. On the top right side of the page you will see a link that says "UPLOAD MUSIC" click on that link and it will take you to the page where you can download google's Music Manager.
3. After you have downloaded the Music Manager you will have to go through the installation. Installation can vary depending on your OS but for the most part it is the typical installation you should already be familiar with.
4. After you have signed in you can select the location to upload your music and set up other various options.
5. Upload times will vary depending on your Internet speed and the size/amount of music files you have in your music library.
6. You will see more and more of your music uploaded to google music and you can start using it while it is still uploading.
7. From your Droid device, open up the Market application.
8. Do a search for google music. It should be the first result in APPS
9. Install the Google Music App and Open it. The app will take you through some basic set up instructions to connect to your google account.
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