Playlists will not restore even thru TimeMachine

Hello,
For no apparent reason my playlists all disappeared today after a sync with my iPad.
Thought I must have had a setting wrong somewhere (even though I hadn't changed anything since the last sync) so I thought I would just restore with Time Machine.
No matter how far I go back, the playlists are just gone! How is this even possible?
Any ideas how to get them back? Am I restoring wrong? What steps would you take?
Thanks,
Tom

Webmason1 wrote:
Any ideas how to get them back?
here's one possible solution: _*How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists*_
Am I restoring wrong?
hard to tell from cyberspace
What steps would you take?
i'd follow the instructions in [this_|http://web.me.com/pondini/TimeMachine/15.html] user tip by Pondini.
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