Setting Up Amazon Cloud Music

Written by Alan Monday, 23 January 2012 07:00

The cloud is becoming the primary place for people to store their music these days, with Google Music getting there first and being followed quicky by Amazon Cloud Player and later iCloud.  Amazon, like the others, combines music purchases from their MP3 store with their cloud service, which allows the user to not only store their purchased music, but also the music they own that’s on their computers.

To get started with Amazon Cloud Player you can just visit the web site and click the link for “Cloud Player”, which will open a web app that allows you to play, upload, download, and delete your online music files.  The first time you visit this web app you will have to install the Amazon Cloud Player Uploader.

Once you click the “Upload your music” button the Uploader app will begin downloading and installing.  It will install automatically set to the account from which you were signed in when you downloaded it.  There doesn’t appear to be a way to change accounts, so if you share your computer you will need to be careful with this step.

The app will automatically check your computer for music, although it doesn’t scan our whole hard drive, but instead scans both Windows Media Player and your iTunes library.

If you don’t see the music you are looking for then you can click the “browse for more music” and you can then look for other music stored anywhere on your computer, or on your network.

Now you can begin uploading all of your music.  Once it’s done, you will be able to access your music from any PC by visiting the Amazon Cloud website or by installing the Amazon MP3 app on your mobile device.

The Amazon Cloud Player comes with 5 GB of free storage.  However, you can get free unlimited music storage, along with 20 GB of basic cloud storage for other files right now for $20 per year.  Amazon also offers more tiers of cloud storage that all come with free unlimited music storage.  You can get started by visiting the Amazon Cloud Player, and you can get more information on installation, setup, and use by visiting the Frequently Asked Questions.

Alan

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