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Has anyone come up with a solution to sync the music files on Google Music with a desktop folder(s)? For example, after you uploaded a music file on Google Music, is erasing the file and uploading a new file the only way to edit the MP3 tags or change the album cover? For Picasa Web, Google's photo cloud, there is a clever solution by Gladinet (and maybe a few others) that creates copies of the files on Google Picasa Web and syncs any changes made to them.

What I'd like to have happen is keep a centralized music depository and make one change reflected in Google Music and all the other cloud storages (Dropbox, SkyDrive, etc.) that I may have. With other cloud storage, I can easily make this happen using Window's own symbolic link or a web-based service like IFTTT. The only bottleneck is the inability to sync Google Music with a desktop folder.

Any viable suggestion?

Anon
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The following article explains about using Google Music, while also pointing out its shortcomings:
How to Make Google Music Your Secondary Media Player.

These shortcomings are principally :

  • Deleting files on your computer won't delete them in Google Music
  • You can't re-upload files you've deleted from Google Music
  • Sometimes it just gets wonky

A third-party solution in general involves abandoning Google Music as a storage media.

You can find heaps of alternative solutions in the article Google Drive is not for everyone, so try these alternatives.

SugarSync sounds good, but the article also describes : Google Drive, Amazon Cloud Drive, Dropbox, LogMeIn Cubby, CX.

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I don't know of any third-party solutions. But what's wrong with the first-party solution?

From the Google Play Music Manager, you can:

  • Upload music from your iTunes library, Windows Media Player library, My Music folder, or folders of your choosing to Google Play
  • Choose to upload songs automatically or completely manually
  • Adjust the bandwidth available for uploading songs
  • View the progress of songs you’re uploading
  • Download any of the songs that you previously uploaded to your music library, as well as any song you purchased from the Google Play store

Whenever you change a tag, Music Manager should automatically reupload to Google Music.

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