Music Manager
Google Music Manager is a desktop app that synchronizes a local music library with Google Play Music, Google's cloud music service. It uploads songs, playlists and metadata to the cloud so users can access their entire music collection from any device, stream songs on-demand, and create radio stations based on favorite artists. The app runs in the background, automatically uploading new music files as they are added to a designated folder. Google Music Manager was primarily used by power users who wanted to store personal music collections in the cloud before cloud music services and streaming subscriptions became ubiquitous.
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1 suggestionGoogle Music Manager is no longer actively developed. Google shut down Google Play Music (the service Music Manager synced to) in December 2020, directing users to YouTube Music instead, and has not shipped a native Apple Silicon build. The Intel version still launches under Rosetta 2 today, but Apple is removing Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), so this app will stop working on that release. If you still have a Music Manager license or library, the best path forward is to migrate your music to YouTube Music using Google's official transfer tool, or to a third-party music management system. For managing and syncing a personal music library on macOS, consider Music.app (Apple's native replacement, included with macOS), Plex (free with native Apple Silicon support, for local library management and remote streaming), or Swinsian (a native macOS music player with library management features).
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