This article will help you gain access to your iTunes library on your Chromebook.

You’ve built a music library on iTunes already. You bought a Chromebook and discovered (… probably with much frustration) that you can’t install iTunes on Chromebook.

Launch Google Play from your Chromebook. Search and Install Apple Music for Android app into your Chromebook. It takes a few minutes, please wait for it to complete. Now you can launch the app to play any music like you did on your Android phones or iPhones.

Don’t worry. Your iTunes music library is still accessible from your Chrome OS device. Let’s take a look at how you can set this up on your Chromebook…

Add iTunes Library to Chromebook from a Desktop or Laptop

The primary way to access your iTunes library on Chromebook (and other devices you own) is to upload your music from a Windows Computer or Mac.

On a computer that already has your iTunes music:

1. Go to Google Play Music website
2. Click on the hamburger menu icon
3. Click “Upload Music”
4. From here, you can either drag songs to the website or click “SELECT FROM YOUR COMPUTER”
5. The upload process may take some time, especially with slower connections. Also, be aware that a large library could be costly depending upon your data limits

For Windows, the default location for your music library is

c:Users[your login]MusiciTunesiTunes MediaMusic

For Mac, the default location for your music library is

/Users/[your login]/Music/iTunes

On your Chromebook:

1. Add the Google Play Music app, if it’s not already added
2. Activate Google Play Music, if it’s not already activated
3. Enjoy your music…

Install iTunes Library on Chromebook through Wine and Linux VMs

Here’s an iTunes for Chromebook hack that may work. If you really wanted to put iTunes on Chromebook, you could try Wine inside of Linux, but read the disclaimer below before you do.

Disclaimer: I have not attempted this method. There are several layers of compatibility concerns. Adding Linux to your Chromebook can add some security issues. This method would probably be resource heavy, so it’s less likely to work on older models. This method is only for the adventurous.

1. Install Linux on your Chromebook. I’m working on a guide to install Linux on Chromebook and will update this post with a link when I finish. Until then, a Google search will help.
2. In your Linux installation, install PlayOnLinux (or Wine)
3. Open the PlayOnLinux app
4. Click install and search for iTunes
5. Select the iTunes version
6. The PlayOnLinux installation wizard will guide you through the iTunes installation

To us, this method requires too much energy and has too many potential issues. We’d rather use Google Play Music to access our iTunes library on Chromebook.

To each their own…

When will we get the real iTunes for Chromebook?

Unfortunately, we wouldn’t expect this to happen anytime soon. Apple’s business model relies heavily on a closed, proprietary ecosystem. Opening their software to other platforms requires a lot of internal resources to maintain their ecosystem.

“Then why is there iTunes on Windows?”

There is a much larger market of Windows users that would benefit from having iTunes. Many people working 9-5 could now listen to music in their iTunes library to help with slower times (, and would pay to expand that library).

Apple at some point believed that iTunes on Windows would make more money than it cost, and they were probably right.

Should I convert to Google’s Ecosystem?

This isn’t really an easy question to answer. We, personally, prefer Google’s ecosystem because it focuses on openness and sharing.

This also leaves it open to more malicious players. We’ve been involved in computers and IT for more than 20 years, so we can smell activity with a bad scent. That may not be the same for all users.

The openness allows more peering eyes to discover exploits, but Google has done a lot to combat these problems, especially with Chromebooks. You can read why Chromebooks don’t need antivirus software.

What do you think?

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Devices like Google’s Chromebook has its appeal in simplicity. You don’t have to pay an arm and a leg to buy it; it’s lightweight both physically and internally and the interface can be mastered in an afternoon. Chromebooks, for all intensive purposes, is designed for browsing, multimedia and word processing. Unfortunately, Chromebooks often lack the functionality for some of the most popular apps, like Apple’s iTunes.

Apple’s iTunes gives you a platform for your music and, with your permission, give it access to other devices. For example, if you wanted to, say, listen to your iTunes library on another computer, then you would install it to that computer, sign in with your information and there you have it – all of your music ready to jam out to. But that isn’t the case with Chromebooks. Chrome OS lacks the compatibility to run Apple’s iTunes.

Maybe one day you’ll see Apple’s iTunes on your Chromebook, but that day is not today and you’ll have to resort to a confusing and yet, simple way of accessing your iTunes library. All is not lost. Start by installing Google Play Music to your Chromebook and yes, Google Play Music is available for download on Chromebooks.

Before you get started, you should know that you’ll need a payment method (it’s free to use Google Play Music, but it wants to verify location) and you’ll need a computer with iTunes already installed. Once you have both, you can move on with the steps below.

Installing Google Play Music to your Chromebook

The reason you need Google Play Music is because your iTunes library is going to make its way to Google Play Music. And since Google Play Music is available on your Chromebook, you’ll then have access to your entire iTunes library, technically speaking. It isn’t access through iTunes, but rather, transferring your music over. It’s a clever way of working around the compatibility problem, one that should be commended.

If you already have Google Play Music installed to your Chromebook, then that’s great. You can skip this section entirely and head to the next section. But for those that don’t have Google Play Music, stick around.

Here’s what you do:

1. Head on over to the Chrome Web Store using your Google Chrome web browser.

2. In the search field in the top left corner of the page, click it and type “Google Play Music,” and search for it. If you’re having trouble finding it (it doesn’t seem to show as the first result) then you can just use this link to Google Play Music.

3. On the extension’s information page, click Add to Chrome.

4. Google Chrome will throw up a window, asking if Google Play Music can do the following listed in the window. If you’re okay with the warning, then click Add app. If you aren’t, then you are welcome to cancel it. Give the application a few moments to install to your Chromebook.

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With Google Play Music installed, you can move on to activating your Google Play Music service. You’ll have to provide a form of payment, so if you have a debit card or credit card, then get it out now. Fortunately, youaren’t being charged and a form of payment is only for the sake of verifying your location, specifically, your country of residence.

Activating Your Google Play Music Service

It was already said, but it’s worth mentioning again: you will not be charged for anything when you activate your Google Play Music service. It needs a form of payment to verifying your location. With that being said, it’s time to set up your Google Play Music service.

Start by doing this:

1. Open another browser tab in your Google Chrome web browser. Then head on over to Google Play Music’s homepage.

2. On Google Play Music’s homepage, you’ll notice a “hamburger” menu in the top left corner of the page, the icon that has three horizontal lines to the left of “Google Play Music” logo. Go ahead and click it. Doing so will open a panel on the left hand side.

3. In the menu on the left, head down to Upload music. You can find it near the bottom. Clicking it will redirect you to a new window.

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4. The next page is just an overview of what Google Play Music can do for you. You can click Next.

5. And here’s where your form of payment comes into play. Click ADD CARD. Google Play Music would like to verify your country of residence by way of a payment method, whether that be a credit card or debit card, it doesn’t matter as long as Google accepts the form used. You can also use PayPal or Redeem a gift.

• Google Play Music accepts American Express, MasterCard, Visa, Discover (U.S. only), JCB (Japan and U.S. only), and Visa Electron (outside the U.S. only).
• If you already had a payment method linked to Google Play Music, then this step will process immediately.

6. Once you’ve chosen your payment method and provided all the correct information, click ACTIVATE. You’ll have noticed that activating Google Play Music is of no cost to you.

7. Google Play Music will provide genres and artists to choose from just to get a feel for the music you like, but that is entirely optional. You can skip it with consequence; it has no play in accessing your iTunes library. If you do, click NEXT when you’re finished.

What You’ve Been Waiting For

Now that Google Play Music has been installed and the service has been activated on your Chromebook, you’ll have a way of accessing your iTunes library through the power of copying. But this part of the equation requires the use of another computer, one with Google Chrome installed as well as the Google Play Music extension installed. Look under the section, “Installing Google Play Music to your Chromebook,” for steps on installing Google Play Music on another computer. The steps work on every OS.

Once you have Google Chrome and Google Play Music installed on the 2nd computer with your iTunes library, here’s what you do:

1. With your 2nd computer, not your Chromebook, locate and launch Google Chrome and make your way to the Google Play Music homepage.

2. Click the “hamburger” menu icon again, indicated by three horizontal lines, located in the top left corner of the page and to the left of “Google Play Music.”

3. After the left hand panel opens up, head back down to Upload music and click it. This time you’ll see a new option, one that wasn’t present when you activated your Google Play Music service: Add music. Go ahead and click it.

Now, the next steps are dependant on your operating system. If you are using a Windows PC, then head down to Step 4. If you are using a Mac OS computer, head down to Step 5.

4. Locate the music files on your computer. Since you’re pulling these from your iTunes library on your computer, the default location of your music should be in Users > [username] > Music > iTunes > iTunes Media > Music.

5. Locate the music files on your computer. Because you’re pulling from your iTunes library, all your music should be in one location and, by default, that can be found in Users > [username] > Music > iTunes.

6. Regardless of the OS you used, your music will now upload to your Google Play Music account. To access it, just head over to Google Play Music with your Chromebook after your music is done uploading. Click the “hamburger” menu one last time and then click Music library.