Playlist gone from iPhone today randomly, and now gone in iTunes after I tried to sync....

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Playlist gone from iPhone today randomly, and now gone in iTunes after I tried to sync....

I was listening to a playlist today in the car on the way to work. Sometime between when I turned off the car, put the phone in my pocket and walked into work, I check a few minutes later to listen to a song and that play list was completely gone. I waited all day to get home to my computer to sync the phone and restore the 300 songs in the order I wanted. I synced the phone and the playlist did not show up on the phone still. It was checked in the box for syncing that from iTunes. I clicked on sync again and now it disappeared from my itunes library. That's so weird. I need help please!!!! I didn't hit delete or anything, how could this happen and it must be somewhere right?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Oct 7, 2022 5:17 PM

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turingtest2

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Oct 8, 2022 6:27 AM in response to GreggyG1000

See Restore items backed up with Time Machine on Mac - Apple Support. If you open your Music folder, and then launch Time Machine, you should be able to tell if there are snapshots. I guess if it has never been set up then it will likely prompt you to set up on first launch.

How long have you had this playlist? If it is one you've had for ages then there could be a file containing it in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder. You could potentially hold down option when starting iTunes, open the most recent file in that folder, export the list as an XML file, then option-start-iTunes to reconnect to your current library and import your exported playlist.

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turingtest2

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Oct 7, 2022 5:40 PM in response to GreggyG1000

Do you have Time Machine set up and covering your iTunes library? One way or another it seems the list in question was deleted from the phone, albeit unintentionally. Syncing then mirrored this change in your iTunes library. If the library is captured in Time Machine you can restore it to an earlier state.

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GreggyG1000 Author

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Oct 7, 2022 6:17 PM in response to turingtest2

Thank you, No, I don't believe I do have it set up. Is there a way to check/know? I'm guessing since I don't know, then I probably don't. Thank you for the idea and explanation.

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Playlist gone from iPhone today randomly, and now gone in iTunes after I tried to sync....

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