lost Music files

Almost all of my music files, including music videos, have disappeared from Music following a crash and a failure of Time Machine. Most of these were from CDs I'd imported. Some were music videos from Zoom. Is there any way that I can get them back?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Nov 5, 2021 10:05 AM

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turingtest2

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Nov 5, 2021 11:32 AM in response to goldberry

See Empty/corrupt iTunes/Music library after upgrade/crash - Apple Community.

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