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sandefilms Author

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Playlists in Apple Music

I just opened Music on my Mac and my library is gone. Not the physical media, just their existence in Music, along with a few hundred playlists. It looks like it's completely reset to factory settings.

Since the change from iTunes, I have no idea where all of that data is stored, since the "iTunes Library" is basically obsolete. My question is, where are they stored, and can I get them back?

I should note that all of my media is on an external USB drive that normally stays docked permanently to my iMac, but just today I ejected the drive. It would seem that would have something to do with it, wouldn't it? Thanks for any advice.

iMac 27″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 29, 2021 8:47 PM

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sandefilms Author

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Posted on Jun 29, 2021 10:45 PM

I found it (User/Music/Music), and restored the library from Time Machine. The system works.

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