Move music from Time Machine back of ElCapitan to new Catalina Apple Music?

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Move music from Time Machine back of ElCapitan to new Catalina Apple Music?

The hard drive on my ElCapitan iMac had 1000s of ripped CDs in iTunes and was backed up on a Time Machine external HD. The Mac hard drive failed. Time Machine HD is fine.

I now have a Catalina iMac with a few ripped CDs in Apple Music. How do I combine the Time Machine backup of iTunes CDs + new CDs on Apple Music on the Catalina iMac?

If I can't combine them, how do I move the Time Machine backup to Catalina/Apple Music? I'll sacrifice the handful of new CDs.

iMac 27", macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 28, 2020 2:25 PM

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AntBee

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Mar 29, 2020 11:52 AM in response to Moon_Jaguar

Hello Moon_Jaguar (great name BTW!)

Here is something that may help you resolve your issue. I found it by searching for your question on the other side of Apple Support. Now, let's see if I can fix it up correctly.

It is an Apple Support document, which explains how to use Migration Assistance in order to move your music from your Time Machine drive to your new iMac.

How to move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support

I hope this helps, good luck!

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