Yesterday I did a completely fresh reinstall (wiped disks, everything) of Big Sur (11.2.2) via internet recovery. Restoring stuff today (from external disks) and my Music library (all purchased or cd ripped music, nothing streamed) is totally gone. The files are there and the Music Library file is there (about 8MB, vs a blank file at 49KB), but the music app itself will not load anything.
How do I get this stuff back into Music without constantly reimporting (there are always errors of files missed, no playlists saved, no updated ID3 info, etc etc).
This is like the 5th or 6th time I've had to completely rebuild Music and I'm so f•king tired of it. Why is it not as simple as simply copying the old backed up ~/Music/Music folder and replacing the new (fresh install) ~/Music/Music. IT USED TO BE that simple until the iTunes replacement. Since the iTunes replacement I have never had a working backup of my music folder. Music is my day job, I need this working.
Thoughts?
Grumble!
Apologies for the text tone, just so pissed at this again. Not sure what to do.
TLDR, doing a copy / paste of your Music Library folder is not enough to load your locally stored music. Huh?
How do I get this stuff back into Music without constantly reimporting (there are always errors of files missed, no playlists saved, no updated ID3 info, etc etc).
This is like the 5th or 6th time I've had to completely rebuild Music and I'm so f•king tired of it. Why is it not as simple as simply copying the old backed up ~/Music/Music folder and replacing the new (fresh install) ~/Music/Music. IT USED TO BE that simple until the iTunes replacement. Since the iTunes replacement I have never had a working backup of my music folder. Music is my day job, I need this working.
Thoughts?
Grumble!
Apologies for the text tone, just so pissed at this again. Not sure what to do.
TLDR, doing a copy / paste of your Music Library folder is not enough to load your locally stored music. Huh?