I signed up for a trial subscription of Apple Music. I had hundreds of songs that were already loaded from CDs in my Music app. When I canceled the trial subscription many of my songs were wiped out of my Music App Library. Why?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.3
Hi,
When you subscribe to Apple Music, your existing library is scanned to determine what tracks can be matched or needs to be uploaded. You existing music should remain intact unless you opt to remove download and stream from Apple Music. In such circumstances, the tracks will be deleted from your computer. Whilst you have an active subscription, you have an opportunity to redownload your music. Did you make a backup of your music before subscribing? Is it possible that the original tracks are still on your hard drive.
Jim
Hi,
When you subscribe to Apple Music, your existing library is scanned to determine what tracks can be matched or needs to be uploaded. You existing music should remain intact unless you opt to remove download and stream from Apple Music. In such circumstances, the tracks will be deleted from your computer. Whilst you have an active subscription, you have an opportunity to redownload your music. Did you make a backup of your music before subscribing? Is it possible that the original tracks are still on your hard drive.
Jim
I don't know why,, but...
Do you have a Time Machine backup to Restore to/from?
Good suggestion but, unfortunately, I don't have a Time Machine backup from the time period when I had all my music.
Hopefully someone else will have an answer.
Lost music after canceling Apple Music trial subscription
