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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

Posted on Mar 2, 2022 6:44 PM

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Mar 2, 2022 7:51 PM in response to christian36

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



Lost my iTunes playlists after update: how to get them back?

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