Q: How do I recover playlists that I didn't delete?
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Jul 19, 2013 7:47 PMby mackenzierebbers,I tried to do this with my iPod nano, which still had all of my old playlists, but it was just emptied when I plugged it into my computer and it only kept the playlists that were still there. Not the ones that were previously on it. I don't even want to try to plug in my iPad or iPod touch because they till have the lists. The computer does not. Thank you for your response.
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Jul 19, 2013 8:00 PMby icec0der,If you are worried about that type of thing prevent the iPod and iPad from syncing automatically. In iTunes, goto Edit->Prefereneces->Devices and check "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically." and also, Create the playlist in iTunes from the one on your devices. Have you tried transferring purchases?
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Jul 19, 2013 8:08 PMby nbar,Try and reimport the iTunes metadata files, .itl & .xml, if they still exist. These have your playlist information. That being said, since you don't have playlists, they probably were recreated accidently. It is worth a shot.
See here: What are the iTunes Library files?
