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Restore Playlists from either Time Machine back up or from iPod classic

I had to re-install catalina so I start with a fresh installation. A complete restore from the backup on Time Machine failed. Now I am manually restoring the items.

the music is (at least most of it) being restored from my iPod classic. yet the software I used (Imazing) did not restore all the playlists correctly.

Is there a way to:

  1. get the playlists from the iPod Classic into Music (Catalina) or
  2. restore the playlists from a time machine back up (the music is still stored in the old iTunes/ iTunes Music folder on backup.


iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 21, 2020 7:50 AM

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Posted on Aug 26, 2020 6:08 AM

In principle you can restore the iTunes Library.itl from Time Machine, although might not be needed,


Then see Empty/corrupt iTunes/Music library after upgrade/crash - Apple Community and try getting Music to convert the iTunes library once more, which will hopefully pull in the playlists.


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Restore Playlists from either Time Machine back up or from iPod classic

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