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missing playlists on my new MacBook Pro

All my music is in the Music library - but zero playlists.


My phone still has iTunes library and playlists.


If I prepare to sync my phone, with my new Mac, it wants to sync from Mac to my phone and I will lose them.


How do I get my playlists back on my Mac?


I did a transfer from my old Mac to new Mac but somethings obviously didn't go through because of the interface changes, i.e.,no more iTunes

Posted on Jul 19, 2022 5:34 PM

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Posted on Jul 21, 2022 8:17 AM

If you want playlists, ratings, play counts etc. then you need to copy over the entire media folder plus the iTunes Library.itl file from your iTunes library. Option-start-Musc and open the .itl file to convert it to the new .musiclibrary format.


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Jul 21, 2022 8:07 AM in response to shepherdsrunn

No iTunes with Monterey. Doing it piece meal.


all my iTunes songs were there in Apple Music after the migration.


hade to consolidate the library on my old Mac, put it on a movable hard drive. Was able to import music from uploaded CDs into Apple Music on new computer by groups.


manually rebuilding playlists.

did have to authorize new computer.


slow but doable

missing playlists on my new MacBook Pro

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