![]() Consider contacting Apple! This was my next port of call, but I managed to restore everything myself.If you haven't messed with these settings, you may have a list of every artist you ever added to your library or a playlist (I did, even on my completely empty "new" library) which could help you track down albums and songs again. By default Apple Music follows all artists that you add to your collection, and any songs you add to playlists are added to your collection too. If everything has disappeared, check your followed artists under your Account settings.If you have shared any playlists with friends, ask them for a link to that playlist (found under the share button on iOS devices, or by right-clicking on a computer). This worked a treat for me, as I was able to select all songs with a quick command+a and drag them into new playlists. Don't forget to provide new links to your replacement playlists too!.Try toggling iCloud Music Library under Settings > Music > iCloud Music Library to force a refresh on affected devices.You'll probably have to copy it manually, and you might want to consider disabling that device's Internet connection to stop any unwanted updates. Check any and all other devices, like a Mac or Windows computer running iTunes for a copy of your "old" library.If you too have let your Apple Music subscription slide and would like to get everything back, you might not have access to an old device running outdated software to make the process smoother. Here's a few things I came up with in a panic: Not updating your old iPad is sometimes a good thing?.Make a backup of your iCloud Music Library, just in case (more on this below). I still have an old Spotify account that I created when the service was first launched, and my library is still in-tact despite me not logging in for years. Be careful if you're going to let your Apple Music collection expire - one Redditor reckons Apple keeps a backup for 30-days after membership ends but I can't confirm it myself.I had to duplicate them (a quick task in iTunes) and re-share them with friends and family. I shared my own playlists, with myself, and despite having my name next to them I can't actually edit the originals in my "new" library. To fix it, I had to manually copy my music back into my collection which took way longer than I'd have liked. ITunes on my Mac also reported there was no music to be found, and it seemed to be syncing with my iPhone. Somehow my iCloud Music Library had been split in two - I could play music on the old iPad, but the libraries wouldn't sync. As I'd built up quite a collection, I wasn't best pleased. Fortunately, I have an old iPad I keep around the house on which I was still running iOS 8 through sheer laziness, and I'd not touched the Music app on there since before my subscription expired. All my playlists were there by name, but there were no songs in them and they had been converted to local playlists.
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