Restoring Music Playlists

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Restoring Music Playlists

A few weeks ago all my music playlists were doubled by the same folders and playlists but without content.

Yesterday I updated my Mac to the latest MacOS Big Sur and decided to clean my music playlists by deleting these double folders and playlists without content. To be consternation I noticed that a few hours later all original folders and playlists with songs had also disappeared from my Music Playlist overview.

Any advice how I can restore all original music folders and playlists that I had until yesterday, before updating to the new operating system MacOS Big Sur and deleting the double music folders and playlists? I read that Apple keeps copies of your latest music library, folders and playlists when you update to a new MacOS operating system.

Grateful for your advice and support,

Best regards,

wdc

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 18, 2021 1:10 AM

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chuck_3rd

Community Specialist

Jan 19, 2021 6:14 PM in response to wdc75

Hey wdc75,

We see your playlists were duplicated in Apple Music, but after clearing out the duplicates, the originals disappeared as well.

To make sure we're on the same page, do you have an Apple Music subscription and use iCloud Music Library?

If so, take a moment to look through the steps here:

If songs are missing from your music library after you turn on Sync Library

If after following through those steps including toggling "Sync Library" off and on, the playlists do not return, let us know and we'll continue from there.

Cheers!

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