Lost Apple Music library

I used to subscribe to Apple Music through family sharing, but I decided to cancel after the last price increase. I knew any tracks downloaded from my Apple Music subscription would be lost. However, I did have about 30 previously saved music CD's which were mine and purchased through shops and copied onto my iMac. I can't find these either. I use Apple Time machine but when I try this I cant find the music library. Any suggestions would be great? Im not that computer clever so keep it simple please

Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019, 3 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5, 40 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

Posted on Dec 24, 2023 5:21 AM

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Posted on Dec 24, 2023 6:12 AM

If the tracks in question were only stored in the cloud when you terminated the subscription then they are gone and would need to be re-ripped or redownloaded from the various sites where they were purchased.


The typical location for music files on a Mac is ~/Music/Music/Media, or ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media if your machine once ran Mojave or earlier, where ~ is your user's home folder. You might search the corresponding locations in Time Machine.


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Dec 24, 2023 6:12 AM in response to daveff

If the tracks in question were only stored in the cloud when you terminated the subscription then they are gone and would need to be re-ripped or redownloaded from the various sites where they were purchased.


The typical location for music files on a Mac is ~/Music/Music/Media, or ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media if your machine once ran Mojave or earlier, where ~ is your user's home folder. You might search the corresponding locations in Time Machine.


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