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Upgrading the operating system deleted almost my entire music library except for recent Apple Music purchases that I had downloaded. I can not find a way to get my library back. I'm very angry about this and refuse to subscribe to Apple Music because this seems like a ransom scheme.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.5
What macOS did you upgrade from and to?
Please have a look at these support documents regarding the location of Music library files.
Where's my iTunes content on my Mac? - Apple Support:
https://support.apple.com/guide/music/change-where-music-files-are-stored-mus69248042d/1.0/mac/10.15
Change where your music files are stored on Mac - Apple Support:
https://support.apple.com/guide/music/change-where-music-files-are-stored-mus69248042d/1.0/mac/10.15
What macOS did you upgrade from and to?
Please have a look at these support documents regarding the location of Music library files.
Where's my iTunes content on my Mac? - Apple Support:
https://support.apple.com/guide/music/change-where-music-files-are-stored-mus69248042d/1.0/mac/10.15
Change where your music files are stored on Mac - Apple Support:
https://support.apple.com/guide/music/change-where-music-files-are-stored-mus69248042d/1.0/mac/10.15
Upgrading your OS is not designed to erase your Music Library or any of your personal data.
Imagine if that was the case, there would be a lot more disgruntled users than your posting
on here.
Have you not been backing up your mac so you can restore your music library.
It is especially important to make a full backup of your mac prior to upgrading
to a newer OS.
How did you go about upgrading your mac to macOS Big Sur.
I had a huge music library, built over a number of years, (on my pc, NOT MAC) many songs that had been bought from the Apple Store. Now they´re gone. I don´t see why I should have to purchase them again. Matter of fact, your system is highly flawed, for if you accidentally buy (or bought) the same song twice, it accepts (ed) the purchase. I am at a loss here, because I had many years of excellent songs, many of which I didn´t exactly know the authors or the title of a particular song at first and had to do research to find it ... Now I don´t know where to start. Thought you kept a back-up of customer purchases, and it´d be the least you could do, in the light of this awful ripping scheme you have.
To re-download music that you have previously purchased:
• Launch the Music app on your Mac.
• From the menu bar click Account > Sign In. Sign in with the Apple ID and password you used to purchase your music.
• Once signed in, click Account > Purchased. From there you can view the history of your purchases and re-download the music.
I did all that. I’m not trying to get only my Apple purchased music, I’m trying to access the music that had been in my library for YEARS—long before I joined the Apple ecosystem. Most of my music library was from outside sources, including CDs I downloaded. The songs are grayed out in my music library. Their status says “waiting.” WTF are they waiting for? I signed in and out of my Apple account multiple times. I chose sync music on all my devices. Please tell me how to fix this.
I agree , I had like 5,700 songs that I uploaded into my iTunes app off of cd’s and when apple went to Apple Music, I lost all of my songs and I am so ******. I cant get them back, don’t know how to. I have an iPad 12.9 Pro 4th gen, and an iPhone 12 Pro Max.
all gone
Restore the music from your last backup.
Were you storing your library in a non-standard location?
You are not speaking to any from Apple here, we are users just the same as yourself.
Do you have a Time Machine backup to Restore to/from?
Apple deleted hundreds of songs in my music library. I want to get them back without subscribing to Apple Music.
