apple music has deleted more than 60 playlists on my mac

Hey there,

I recently encountered an issue with Apple Music where over 60 playlists got deleted from my Mac. I'm wondering if there's any way to recover them.


Just to provide some context, I have all my music and the library stored on an external hard drive, which I regularly back up (not with time machine, but with synctime)

Unfortunately, I backed up the drive before realising that the playlists were missing.

However, I do have another backup from about a month ago, which might contain the lost playlists.


The problem I'm facing is that I'm unable to locate the library or find the best approach to resolve this issue

Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Posted on May 31, 2023 7:03 PM

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May 31, 2023 10:07 PM in response to diegofromlondon

Hi there,


I'm sorry to hear that you lost your Apple Music playlists. I can help you with this.


Here are a few steps you can take to recover your playlists:


  1. Check your Time Machine backups. If you have Time Machine enabled on your Mac, you can restore your playlists from a previous backup. To do this, open Time Machine and select the backup that contains your playlists. Then, click on the "Restore" button.
  2. Use a data recovery tool. If you don't have any Time Machine backups, you can use a data recovery tool to scan your external hard drive for deleted files. There are many different data recovery tools available, so you can choose one that best suits your needs.
  3. Contact Apple Support. If you've tried all of the above and you're still unable to recover your playlists, you can contact Apple Support for help. They may be able to help you recover your playlists from Apple's servers.



I hope this helps!

May 31, 2023 10:18 PM in response to diegofromlondon

diegofromlondon Said:

"apple music has deleted more than 60 playlists on my Mac: Hey there, I recently encountered an issue with Apple Music where over 60 playlists got deleted from my Mac. I'm wondering if there's any way to recover them.[...]"

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Recovering Play Lists:


Use Migration Assistant:

Do you have a back up of your Mac contains all of this? If so, use Migration Assistant an see if you an important them for that.

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