If you switch between platforms a lot, you know it’s a hassle to move your stuff around. Fortunately, music files don’t have any sort of DRM tying them to a specific platform the way that movies do, so you can copy and paste your library around with ease. Or if your music is already in a cloud library, getting your music on a new device may be as easy as downloading a single app.
Sorry to tell you there is not a version of iTunes compatible with Chrome OS. So you can’t download iTunes on your Chromebook. No worries, although iTunes doesn't work on Chromebooks, but you can add music from iTunes to your Google Play Music library. I am interested in buying a Samsung Chromebook as a second computer to surf the Internet. One thing that I am not sure about is can I use iTunes to download and store music files in the same way. Howdy lyyddiiaa159, The system requirements for iTunes can be found here - Apple - iTunes - Download iTunes Now. Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. But you can upload your iTunes songs and playlists to Google Music and then play it from Chromebook. It’s pretty easy. I’ve got a video to show you how to do that.
Here’s how to move your iTunes songs onto a Chromebook!
Option One: Install the Apple Music App on Your Chromebook
If you’ve bought a bunch of music on iTunes—or if you’ve uploaded your CD rips with iTunes Match—you can get to these just by downloading Apple Music. Apple Music works on any Chromebook that supports downloading Android apps from the Google Play Store, which is most models released in the last few years. Just download the app, sign in with your Apple ID, and listen away!
Scaling in that app isn’t exactly pretty. It comes off looking much like a small tablet screen in the middle of your display (check out the image at the top of the article). We hope Apple fixes this in the future, but it does work. You can install the Apple Music app and listen to your music without much hassle.
Option Two: Upload Your iTunes Songs to Google Play Music
If you’re making a clean break with Apple’s ecosystem, you can easily move your songs over to Google’s world. Google Play Music is still rocking along as Google’s music service, complete with a completely free cloud locker for all your songs.
Start by downloading and installing Google Play Music Manager on the system where you’ve got your iTunes songs stored. It supports Windows and macOS. When you’ve got it installed, fire it up and sign in with your Google account.
After signing in, select the “Upload Songs to Google Play” option and then click “Next.”
On the next page, select the “iTunes” option and then click “Next.”
Next, you’ll decide what songs to upload. You can either go ahead and upload all your songs and playlists or you can select specific songs and playlists. You can also upload any podcasts you’ve downloaded to iTunes Make your choice and then click “Next.”
Google Play Music will start uploading all your music from iTunes. If you have a whole lotta music, just sit tight and let it do its thing.
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When all the music is uploaded, you can get to it on your Chromebook by downloading the Google Play Music app, or by visiting the Google Play Music webpage. Select your favorite song or playlist, hit play, and enjoy your tunes!
These days, almost none of my friends or family have a standalone digital camera. They capture moments almost exclusively with smartphone cameras, and most often, those smartphones are iPhones.
The iPhone has long been lauded for the quality of its camera, with every generation improving its specs. Additionally, Apple has provided photo management in iCloud and the Photos app.
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But, not all iPhone users are Mac users as well. Some folks use PCs, and rely on photo transfer through iTunes. However, some users have turned to Chromebooks — Google's thin client, browser-based machine — as their main computer.
Apple and Google may be mortal enemies, but your iPhone and Chromebook can work together. Here is how to move the photos on your iPhone to your Chromebook using Google Drive.
Start with Google Drive
Begin by downloading the Google Drive app from the Apple App Store. If you are new to the iPhone, the App Store is the native blue app icon with an 'A' in a circle. In the App Store, use the magnifying glass to search for 'Google Drive' and the app you want will be the first result.
Once you have the app downloaded, tap on the app icon from your home screen to open the app. It's important to remember that Google Drive is more of a management tool than one for content creation. If you want to create or edit documents in Drive, for example, you'll need to download the separate Docs app.
With the app open, tap on the red circle with a '+' in the middle of it.
After you tap the red circle, you'll be presented with a few different options. Since we are focusing on photos, we are only going to go over the two options related to photos. In the menu that opens, you should see an 'Upload' option and a 'Use Camera' option.
Let's start with uploading. Once you select uploading, you'll be given yet another set of options to choose from. You can upload photos and videos that exist on your device, photos and videos you have stored in iCloud, or content you may have in another compatible app.
Since we are talking about getting photos off of our iPhones, select the 'Photos and Videos' option. At this point, you may be prompted to allow Google Drive permission to access your photos. You must tap 'OK' for this upload to work.
Now you will be presented with your on-device photo albums to choose from. Select the album that holds the photos you want to upload and then tap on the photos you want to upload, keeping in mind you may upload multiple photos at a time. Selected photos will have a blue check mark on them. When you are ready to upload them, tap the grey checkmark in the upper right hand portion of the screen.
If you wish to upload photos directly from the camera, after tapping the red circle, select the 'Use Camera' option. After selecting this option, you will likely be prompted again, but this time to allow Google Drive permission to use your phone's camera. You must select 'OK' to continue.
With the camera open, you will take a photo just like you would using the normal camera app. Once the photo is taken, you can either choose to take another photo or use the one you took. If you choose 'Use Photo,' your photo will automatically be uploaded to Google Drive.
Retrieving the photos
In order to retrieve the photos you uploaded, you will need to download them to your Chromebook from Google Drive. Being that the Chromebooks do not typically have a large amount of harddrive space, it isn't recommended for you to store a large number of photos on the device.
Open your web browser and find your way to Google Drive. If you are unfamiliar with drive, you can access it from the Google Apps icon on your Gmail page, or by typing in drive.google.com. If prompted for your login credentials, it will be the same as your Gmail account.
Google Drive should default to your My Drive view, which shows all the files in your Drive account. If not, try clicking on 'My Drive' in the left-hand column on the screen. Clicking the arrow next to My Drive will drop down to reveal any folders you have created. Folders are a great way to organize your documents and photos in Drive. If you create a folder in Drive on the web, you should be able to upload photos directly to that folder from your iPhone. For example, I use a folder called 'iPhone Photos' to backup my photos.
When you have located the photos you wish to store locally on your Chromebook, you can download them one of two ways. First, you can download them individually. To do so, click on the name of the file to view the image, then click the download icon at the top of the screen.
Second, if you want to download multiple photos at a time, I recommend that you batch download them all together. To download multiple photos from Google Drive, start by selecting the photos you want by clicking the check boxes to the left of each file name.
With the photos selected, click the more tab at the top of the screen and choose 'Download' from the drop-down menu. Another window will pop up giving you conversion options for the files (if any), and another blue 'Download' button. Click the blue download button to complete the download and get your iPhone photos on your Chromebook.
Hopefully this will help you better manage your photos and be able to save and share the content that matters to you.
Update: A video was added to this article on April 11, 2017.
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