I’ve been using Google Music for a while now, but my biggies issues is that the app uploads everything in iTunes. This means that it uploaded Christmas & children’s music whether I wanted it or not. Plus there is no way to create smart playlists so I could listen to everything but those genres.
Turns out that when I opened Google Music’s uploader system preference the other day it now appears that it supports playlists; regular not smart playlists. This should make it easier to upload only the music I want and exclude the rest.
The downside here is that I now have to find a way to clean up Google Music. I’m pretty sure the upload app won’t just remove what I don’t have selected. But that shouldn’t be too hard.
At least it’s a step in the right direction. Google Music is pretty darn cool and being able to upload some, but not all, music is a big step in the right direction. It’ll be even better once they can get some sort of smart playlists added in too.
I don’t know when this was posted because there is no visible date, but as far as I know Google Music has always had a smart playlist feature called Instant Mix. It’s not perfect but it’s a great way to save a lot of time when trying to make a playlist.
Click the arrow to the right side of the song title and ‘Make Instant Mix’.
You don’t control Instant Mixes. Google picks songs. A smart playlist is completely in your control.
what version of the uploader do you have? mine doesn’t have any playlist upload options.
1.0.22.3409
I have the same version as you, but I don’t have any of those playlist options either.
Humm. The only playlists that don’t show up in the app for me are smart playlists. Other than that, I don’t know what to tell you.