It’sNotAllGood:CloudandDataUsage
Althoughcloudstorage(whereyourmusicisstoredonGooglecomputersasopposedtoon
yourGalaxyNote4)canbeverybeneficial,itdoesmeanthatanytimeyoulistentoyour
musiccollectionitisstreamedoverthenetwork.
IfyouareconnectedtoWi-Fi,thisdatastreamingisfree;however,ifyouarenotconnected
toWi-Fi,thedataisstreamedoverthecellularnetworkandcountsagainstyourdata
package.Ifyoudon’thavealargeorunlimiteddatapackage,youcouldincurlargeoverage
fees,sopleasebecareful.Beextracarefulaboutthiswhentravelingabroadbecause
internationaldata-roamingchargesareveryexpensive.
AnotherdisadvantageofstreamingfromthecloudisthatwhenyouhavenocellularorWi-
Ficoverage,oryouhaveverysloworspottycoverage,youareunabletoaccessandlisten
toyourmusiccollection,orthesongsstutterbecauseofthepoorconnection.
AddYourExistingMusictoGoogleMusic
Youcanuploadupto20,000songsfromAppleiTunes,MicrosoftWindowsMediaPlayer,ormusic
storedinfoldersonyourcomputertoyourGoogleMusiccloudaccountbyusingtheGoogleMusic
Managerapponyourdesktopcomputer.Ifyouhaven’talreadyinstalledGoogleMusicManager,follow
thestepsinthe“InstallGoogleMusicManager”sectioninthePrologue.
1.Click(right-clickforWindows)theGoogleMusicManagericon.OntheMac,thisiconappears
inthemenubaratthetopofthescreen.OnWindows,theiconappearsinthetaskbaratthe
bottomofthescreen.
2.ChoosePreferencesontheMac;chooseOptionsonWindows.