Lost my iTunes playlists after update: how to get them back?
I updated my system from Sierra to Monterey and cannot find a way to import my old iTunes playlists into the Music app. Is there a way to do this?
Mac mini, macOS 12.2
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I updated my system from Sierra to Monterey and cannot find a way to import my old iTunes playlists into the Music app. Is there a way to do this?
Mac mini, macOS 12.2
The default location for a Music library in Catalina and later is ~/Music/Music with the media files consolidated into ~/Music/Music/Media. In Sierra I believe it was ~/iTunes/Music and ~/iTunes/Music/Media.. You might look there and see if you can find the playlists and export and then import them to your new library.
Save a copy of a playlist in Music on Mac - Apple Support
If they were smart playlists, you can try rebuilding them using this general procedure (thanks to tt2):
Restore Original Smart Playlists - Apple Community
Hold down option as you launch Music, when asked to choose or create a library click choose, then browse to your old iTunes Library.itl file, then pick a location to save the convert Music library. You might want to rename ~/Music/Music first so your converted library can go at this default path.
tt2
Amazing, this worked perfectly. It also looks like when I purchase new music it goes into the iTunes folder, so it's keeping everything in the same place as well. Thank you so much!
You're welcome. 🙂
tt2
Lost my iTunes playlists after update: how to get them back?