all standard playlists suddenly empty

Hi there CR1967,

It sounds like you may have had an Apple Music subscription at some point, because this can potentially happen if the songs were from the Apple Music catalog, as those are removed when their subscription ends.

If you never had an Apple Music subscription, are the songs from the playlists still in your Library? If so, you can remake the playlists again.

How to make a playlist in the Apple Music app

Create a playlist on your iPhone, iPod touch, or Android device

1. Open the Apple Music app.

2. At the bottom of your screen, tap Library.

3. Tap Playlists.

4. Tap New Playlist.

5. Give your playlist a name, then tap Add Music.

6. Find the music that you want to add.

• On iPhone or iPod touch, tap the music you want, then tap Done. If you add music directly from the search box, tap Cancel, then tap Done.

• On Android, tap the music you want to add, then tap Done .

You can also touch and hold a song, album, or playlist. Then tap Add to a Playlist to add the music to an existing one, or tap New Playlist. Or you can touch and hold on a playlist to download, share, or delete it.

Take care.

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash - Apple Community. When you restored the library from backup are you certain that you replaced the active Music Library.musiclibrary database? After a restore it may pay to option-start-Music to actively select the file that you want it to open.

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