Import Old Backups to iTunes When Music Lost

Import Old Backups to iTunes When Music Lost

If you have an old backups of iTunes that contains your lost music and you want to import this old iTunes backup music to the current iTunes that you use. You can do that if you have a backup on your computer or a hard drive, so the backup need to be available on your computer or external drive connected to your computer. We will show you now how to do it.

#1. iTunes Lost My Music? Import them from Old Backups on PC

Step 1. Find out where is your old iPhone backups and then copy the music to another folder. This folder can be created on the desktop where is easily to be found.

Step 2. Open iTunes. Click "File" on the upper left corner. And then choose "Add File to Library" or "Add Folder to Library".

Step 3. Locate the music files or the music folder where you create on desktop.

Step 4. Click "Open". The music will be import to your iTunes Libarary. And now you get your iTunes Back.

#2. Transfer iTunes Backups from External Drive to iTunes

Step 1. Attach the external hard drive that contains the old iTunes backup to the computer.

Step 2. Navigate through the hard drive to find the iTunes music folder you backed up to it.

Step 3. Drag the iTunes music folder from the external hard drive to the desired location on your computer. In some cases, you may need to put it in the default location used by iTunes.

Step 4. While holding down the Option key on a Mac, or the Shift key on Windows, launch iTunes.

Step 5. Click "File > Add File to Library or Add Folder to Library” which is same as the last method.

Step 6. In this windows, you can browse through the folder that you copied from the external hard drive. On Windows, select the music file in the folder.

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Step 7. Now click “Open”

Step 8. When it finish. You can now disconnect the external hard drive from your computer.