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mrkjd

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I recently cancelled my subscription to Apple Music and have just noticed that most of my music collection I had before subscribing has also vanished from my iMac iTunes and mobile devices! I read online some posts about unchecking iCloud Music library boxes etc but I can't see that option. I have Time Machine backups dating back to before the subscription ended and I can see a folder named "Music Archive" under "Music" in Finder on the iMac which seems to contain the old music files.



How do I restore to my old library on my iMac and how do I get that music back on my iPhone and iPad? I left Music because finances are tight but discovering this sort of consequence / behaviour from Apple makes me kind of glad I have left! Surely if they dick around with a subscriber's music collection the least they can do whilst stripping out everything you got whilst under subscription is to also restore to the old library/archive.
 
Do you need help restoring the Time Machine backup of the music? Or want to know why the files disappeared upon ending your subscription?

I can only help with the first one though since I have never used Apple Music.
 
Do you need help restoring the Time Machine backup of the music? Or want to know why the files disappeared upon ending your subscription?

I can only help with the first one though since I have never used Apple Music.

I just want to know if it's best to recover by doing some messing around in Finder creating new libraries from those archive files and getting iiTunes to see it, or restore from a TM backup. And a guide of how to do whichever is the best option.
 
I just want to know if it's best to recover by doing some messing around in Finder creating new libraries from those archive files and getting iiTunes to see it, or restore from a TM backup. And a guide of how to do whichever is the best option.
I would say just delete the current iTunes folder in ~/Music and replace it with the one in Time Machine. It should work without any extra steps. (The only other step, which I don't think is needed, is to hold option while opening iTunes and selecting the library in ~/Music/iTunes)
 
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