restored music library from time machine reverts back to latest from icloud

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restored music library from time machine reverts back to latest from icloud

One of my playlists disappeared from Music. I found the music library on Time Machine and successfully restored it. When I start up Music on my desktop Mac, I momentarily see the missing playlist (from the restoration), however, it almost immediately reverts back to the newer library saved on iCloud. I turned off the Sync Library and back again, however, can't seem to find anything that works. A new bug perhaps in a software update? The playlist disappeared upon returning from a trip in January. Was wondering if there was a way to delete the music library on iCloud to replace it with the file from Time Machine?

iMac 27″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Jan 25, 2023 4:06 PM

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turingtest2

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Jan 26, 2023 3:57 PM in response to whenthemusicsover

Were the songs that formed the list downloaded to the computer or in the cloud or from Apple Music? If so you might need to reconstruct the list manually. See also If songs are missing from your music library after you turn on Sync Library - Apple Support. What is the iCloud status of the greyed out tracks?

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Jan 26, 2023 2:52 PM in response to turingtest2

Having another issue now that the playlist is showing up on my Mac.

Most of the songs are grayed out on the playlist and are not playing.

It shows 38 songs on the playlist. However, other songs not show in the list are playing when I click the next or forward button.

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Jan 26, 2023 3:57 PM in response to turingtest2

They are from Apple Music. The songs were not downloaded to the computer.

I tried to re-add some of the songs to the playlist. They play in Apple Music.

However, when I add them to the imported playlist they remain grayed out. I therefore get 2 grayed out copies in the list.

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turingtest2

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Jan 26, 2023 1:44 PM in response to whenthemusicsover

Take your computer offline while you restore the old library. Export the playlist as an XML file. Go back online and allow iCloud Music Library to update. Import your exported list.

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