Moving from Intel to M2 destroyed the layouts of all my Music playlists

[ambientdaw]

Moved from 2020 iMac to M2 Mac Studio, upgraded from older OSX to the latest and my many dozens of playlists have lost all of their custom made column choices and widths and are just the default view of a few standard columns. Is there any way to get them back? Thousands of clicks of brain surgery I do not wish to do.

 

[IJustWannaTalk]

How did you transfer your data?

 

[Nermal]

Do you still have the Intel machine?

 

[ambientdaw]

Do you still have the Intel machine?

I do!

 

[ambientdaw]

How did you transfer your data?

I have my library on an external drive and just opened it up.

 

[IJustWannaTalk]

I have my library on an external drive and just opened it up.

Your library or your Music folder?

 

[ambientdaw]

It is both. The Music Library.musiclibrary file and my music folder with the audio files and album cover. Funny thing I just noticed is that the music folder is still called iTunes Music

 

[IJustWannaTalk]

It is both. The Music Library.musiclibrary file and my music folder with the audio files and album cover. Funny thing I just noticed is that the music folder is still called iTunes Music

Hrm. Now I'm wondering if there is a Music app preferences file somewhere that wasn't transferred.

 

[ambientdaw]

Duck.ai GPT-40 mini says
"The preferences file for the Music app on macOS is typically located in the following directory:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Music.plist

This file contains various settings and preferences for the Music app. If you're looking to reset or modify your preferences, you can delete this file, and the Music app will create a new one with default settings the next time you open it."

So you are on to something IjustWannaTalk! I will follow this lead!

 

[ambientdaw]

Good human! You are a saint!!!!!! All my prefs have been restored and no damage done, all playlists even have the songs that have been added today. Much appreciated! You are so kind to have helped.

 

[IJustWannaTalk]

Good human! You are a saint!!!!!! All my prefs have been restored and no damage done, all playlists even have the songs that have been added today. Much appreciated! You are so kind to have helped.

Waaaaaaayyyyyy too much practice before Migration Assistant existed.

Happy to have helped, glad it worked out.