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Apple Music Library: Reboot Possibility?

Recently, it seems, all my music on my iTunes App on my Windows 10, has transferred to Apple Music. This was because I was solving another problem regarding transferring photos from my iPhone to my desktop. A move I greatly regret.


Anyway, now that all my music is on Apple music, the music in iTunes is completely different, much to my great disappointment. I prefer the iTunes set up but am now forced to start from scratch if I want my iTunes library with my paylists, to be what it was initially before the song migration to Apple music.


So now I am dealing with Apple music. It is awful. So my question is: can start over with Apple music. There are problems playing the songs, there are duplicates, and myriad other problems. I would like to delete the app and then try and download it again. Wil I be able to fill it with my song library as seamlessly as before. Or, just thinking out loud, since the Apple music library just took the songs from my iTunes library, and now my iTunes library is not the same, Apple music will not be able to do what I want. Anyway, there must be a better way to deal with Apple music library that is as nimble as the iTunes library.

Windows, Windows 10 (19045)

Posted on Nov 15, 2024 6:23 AM

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Nov 15, 2024 10:58 AM in response to muzikgeye

If you deleted the files themselves, and they are not in the recycle bin, and you have no backup, then you likely cannot recover. Check to see what is in the trash and restore if you can. You might be able to restore the state of the library (so that it knows about the files you've restored) if there is a useful file in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder. See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash - Apple Community.


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Nov 15, 2024 8:10 AM in response to turingtest2

OK I think I screwed up. So, after removing Apple Tv and Apple music apps, all my songs magically reappeared in my iTunes library. Being the perfectionist that I am, I wanted to remove songs that were in the Audiobook section, really just copies of all if not most of the songs in the "song" library. So, editing the audiobook section, audiobooks and authors were checked, and then I clicked cut, well you might guess what happened. All the songs have been removed from my iTunes library (I do see maybe one remaining). So, the question is, can I reverse this, or must I now have to build up my library from scratch.

Apple Music Library: Reboot Possibility?

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