deleted music on my mac

I was creating a playlist on my Mac and inadvertently dragged my entire library of music into it. I went to delete the music from that list, but it instead then deleted all the music in my entire library. How can I restore it? The music is still on my iPhone and I do back-up to the cloud.

MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Apr 4, 2022 05:27 AM

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Posted on Apr 4, 2022 10:18 AM

You should be able to retire the library if you have been making Time Machine backups.

Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support

Restore your Mac from a backup - Apple Support


Syncing is meant to go from the computer to the iPhone, not the other way around. You can try this:

Recover your iTunes library from your iPo… - Apple Community


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Apr 4, 2022 10:18 AM in response to MacUserSinceTheBeginning

You should be able to retire the library if you have been making Time Machine backups.

Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support

Restore your Mac from a backup - Apple Support


Syncing is meant to go from the computer to the iPhone, not the other way around. You can try this:

Recover your iTunes library from your iPo… - Apple Community


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