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I've bought a Studio M2 and am installing my old files. I have painstakingly organised my Apple Music library and transferred all the folders to an external hard drive. When I import these into Apple Music lots of files are missing, the sequence is lost and my Apple Music downloads have disappeared. I'm not very pleased with the idea of having to start all over again. Is there anything I can do to retrieve my library the way it was?
Thanks!
Mac Studio (2023)
Importing a folder of content is distinct from restoring a working library to a drive and using the option-start-Music method to open it. See Move your iTunes/Music library to a new computer - Apple Community for some background.
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Importing a folder of content is distinct from restoring a working library to a drive and using the option-start-Music method to open it. See Move your iTunes/Music library to a new computer - Apple Community for some background.
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Do you have a Time Machine (or other) backup that you can restore from?
Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support
Restore your Mac from a backup - Apple Support
I backed everything up on an external SSD disc and tried to import that. With the result described above
Thanks! I still have my old library, so I'll try this
Music files
