cmealha Author

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Apple Music - Restore Deleted Playlists

Does anyone know of a way to restore deleted playlists in the latest version of Apple Music?

iMac 27", macOS 10.15

Posted on May 18, 2020 11:35 AM

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cmealha Author

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May 19, 2020 3:18 PM in response to cmealha

I did try restoring the "Music Library.musiclibrary" file but now luck. In addition, some songs are showing duplicated and as not found even though the physical files are where they should be. Uploading screen shots.

cmealha Author

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May 23, 2020 8:10 AM in response to turingtest2

Please don't apologize. I appreciate the time you take to respond.

At this point I'm trying to understand the structure of how Music works. I believe that Apple Support had tried having me change the library location as you explain but I was surprised that the content had not moved from the ../iTunes/iTunes Music directory to the ../Music directory. I believe they had me use the consolidation option.

I also noticed that even though I recovered from May 14, the Music app showed songs that were added after May 14

I did some experimenting and deleted my entire ../Music/iTunes and ../Music/Music directories thinking that I would no longer see anything in the Music app. To my surprise, all my songs were still listed. Where does the Music app keep the database of songs?

I'd like to stay away from using the Add to Library function as I would like to keep the original Date Added

During all this, I made sure that the Sync Library option is turned off in Preferences and that I am signed off of my account so that I'm only dealing with songs that reside on my computer.

At this point, I am not longer concerned about Playlists but am looking to restore my Library. Any insight is appreciated.

Carl

LACAllen

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May 18, 2020 7:27 PM in response to cmealha

Do you use Time Machine?

LACAllen

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May 18, 2020 9:22 PM in response to cmealha

Look for iTunes Library.itl

turingtest2

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May 19, 2020 3:30 AM in response to cmealha

Typically you would restore ~/Music/Music/Music Library.musiclibrary from backup to restore the state of your Apple Music library database.

tt2

cmealha Author

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May 19, 2020 6:56 AM in response to LACAllen

Is this still used? The file I have is 6 months old which corresponds to my getting a new iMac and upgrading to the latest versions of everything.

cmealha Author

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May 19, 2020 7:39 AM in response to turingtest2

Thanks. I'll give that a try as soon as I can.

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