restore deleted playlist on apple music

One of my playlists was deleted or just disappeared. I'm actually not sure.

But since I just got my macbook I haven't been able to setup time machine and it turns out my phone's last backup is from 9 months ago. Needless to say that the cross platform sync came in "really handy"... :')

Is there maybe another way to restore a playlist?

MacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023)

Posted on Mar 8, 2023 7:51 PM

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turingtest2

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Mar 9, 2023 8:14 AM in response to imperitus_

If you don't have a backup of a library database that contains the missing playlist then you'll have to try to recreate it from memory. There's no trash can for old playlists that you can look into.

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