How to Restore Apple Music Library?

Apple Music allows its users to pick and store their favorite music in their personal library. There's nothing worse than discovering that one of your favorite songs or your entire Apple Music library is missing, especially if that library consists of songs from various periods and moments in your life that you've diligently gathered over the years. Fortunately, this article provides a guide on how to restore your Apple Music Library.

Section 1: Apple Music Library

Apple Music is one of the most common options for iOS consumers when it comes to music streaming services. Its library contains more than 100 million songs. The Apple Music Library stores all of the songs, albums, and playlists you've added to your account.

Tapping on the "Library" tab at the bottom of the screen will allow you to access it. The four sections of the library are "Songs", "Artists", "Playlists", and "Albums". Additionally, you can arrange your music by "Genre", "Recently Added", and "Downloaded Music".

You can add music to your Library by searching for the song or album you wish to add and then hitting the "+" icon. Besides that, you can also add a whole playlist or album to your Library by using the "Add" button next to it. Once you've added music to your Library, you can stream or download it anytime.

1.1 Apple Music Library - Playlist

It is easy and simple to create a playlist with Apple Music.

• First, go to your Library's Playlists section and tap "New Playlist".
• Give your playlist a name, then add music by searching them or exploring your Library.
• You can also add music to your playlist by touching the "+" icon next to a song while it is playing.
• After you've added songs to your playlist, you can rearrange them by tapping and holding on one and dragging it to a new location.

Creating and sharing playlists on Apple Music is a fantastic way to connect with new people and find new music. You can share your playlist by selecting the "Share" button at the top of the screen while viewing it. You can also share your playlist via text message, email, or social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

Besides a regular playlist, there is also a collaborative playlist. A collaborative playlist is a playlist that you can build with your friends or family. To generate a collaborative playlist, you can select "New Playlist from Selection" after selecting the "New Playlist" icon.

You can then give your playlist a name and choose the "Collaborative Playlist" option. Next, you can invite your friends and relatives to contribute music to your playlist by sending them the URL.

Section 2: Reasons Why Your Apple Music Library Is Lost

Here are the most common causes why you lost your Apple Music Library.

• Unsynced or partially synced library
• Corrupted library
• Accidental deletion
• Storage is full
• Network issues
• Incorrect date
• Apple Music issues
• Outdated Apple Music / iOS

Section 3: How to Restore Apple Music Library

• Apple Music Issues

Reinstalling the Apple Music app from the App Store may resolve any issues with the application itself. This should get rid of any bugs that make your library go missing.

• Missing because the Library Is Not Synced

For this issue, you must go to Apple Music's settings menu and enable sync. This ensures that any songs purchased from iTunes appear on your smartphone. If you mistakenly removed songs from your library, head to the iTunes Store's Purchased tab and re-download them.

• Outdated Apple Music / iOS

iOS on your device may be outdated, so an update may be required to synchronize with Apple Music. To perform this action, navigate to the settings menu and choose "General" followed by "Software Update".

However, it can also be caused by the Apple Music app that is outdated. There are cases when an error happens and the app update is not performed, even when you have enabled the option for automatic update. Thus, causing your Apple Music Library to miss some songs or the whole library.

• Out of Space

You may occasionally use up all of the internal storage on your iPhone or your iCloud account causing your Apple Music Library fail to sync, and making some of your songs disappear. You can either purchase additional storage space or remove unused files and applications.

To check your storage, select the Apple menu. After that, tap the "System Settings" and the "General" button. Finally hit the "Storage" button. You should see the remaining space available in your storage.

• Network Issues

Even Apple is vulnerable to network issues; your Apple Music Library is susceptible to connection drops. It could be due to system maintenance.

So, it's a good idea to make sure the Apple Music app is running normally. You can check the Apple Music status by going to the Apple Support System Status page and see if everything is running well in the app.

• Incorrect Apple Music Settings

Some settings errors or configurations may prevent you from accessing your Apple Music account. To resolve the issue, go to "Settings". Then tap the "Music" menu on your iPhone or iPad. Toggle the "iCloud Music Library".

• Use the Wrong Apple Account

You may not have yet connected your Apple Music device if you have recently switched devices or changed how your device is identified.

In order for Apple Music to function, you must reauthorize your Apple ID. Log into your account and wait for the library to sync to accomplish it.

• Accidental Deletion

If you accidentally erase a song, album, or playlist, try recovering it from the Trash immediately.

• Incorrect Date

The incorrect date can cause your library missing and make Apple Music malfunction. You only need to adjust your device date to the current date to fix this issue.

Section 4: Backup Your Apple Music Library

If you want to avoid losing your Apple Music Library content, such as music, audiobooks, podcasts, and the local files you uploaded, you must back up your Apple Music Library. You can back up your Apple Music Library using a third-party app like MusicFab Apple Music Converter.

MusicFab Apple Music Converter allows you to back up your Apple Music Library on your PC or external drives. Besides that, you can keep your music forever, even after your Apple Music subscription ends or even when you cancel Apple Music. MusicFab Apple Music Converter is compatible with Windows and Mac.

MusicFab Apple Music Converter outputs Apple Music songs to common audio formats such as M4A, WAV, FLAC, OPUS, or MP3 (up to 320kbps), ensuring your offline listening experience while maintaining 100% of the original audio quality.

As it converts Apple music to MP3 and others, it also automatically finds and saves ID3 tags, including title, album, cover, year, etc. Furthermore, the song lyrics can be saved as an external.lrc file.

Here are steps to use the MusicFab Apple Music Converter to download music on Apple Music:

• Download MusicFab Apple Music Converter and follow the installation process.
• After that, choose the Apple Music card from the list.
• Next, find the music that you want to download and let it play until a pop-up appears.
• Choose the format that you want and click the "Download Now" button.

Conclusion

At this point, you should already know how to restore the Apple Music Library. There are several causes why you lost your Apple Music Library, such as network issues, outdated app and iOS system, storage limit, corrupted library, invalid system date and more.

If you want to avoid losing your library, you can back up your Apple Music Library with a third-party app like MusicFab Apple Music Converter. The app allows you to download Apple Music Library as local music files and lets you keep them forever and it is available for both Windows and Mac.

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