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apfelkopf gave me a clue.

Here's what worked for me. I turned on Automatic Downloads in Settings/Music. I opened each Playlist, saw the download symbol, hit that and my new phone is now downloading all songs in each playlist. Much easier than doing it individually!

If I had Automatic Downloads activated before I sync'd the new phone to the old one, it may have transfered all. Haven't tried that. Maybe a good bedtime action if you have a lot of songs. I have 8 gb's...

The songs should already show up on your phone since they were added to your library (if you are using the same Apple ID) except that they aren't downloaded yet which you have to do manually.

Hadn't thought of that. Didn't work when I turned it on, that makes sense if a user doesn't want all these files on a different phone. I always turn it off on a new phone during set-up.

I then considered wiping everything, re-syncing from the master phone with AD on as I always have AD switched off. May be simple as that.

I did notice the download button under each Playlist. Hit that and each Playlist is now re-downloading all songs. Close enough for me. for now.

I'd been trying to figure this out, nothing from Apple Music Help on this from what I could find.

Thank you, apfelkopf! A moment of your time saved a ton of mine. I appreciate it!

Try turning on 'Automatic Downloads' under Settings > Music and see if that helps.

Just to clarify, as I use my old iPhone as a player, no streaming for me in rural arizona; I have nearly 8 gigs of Apple music downloaded songs on my old iPhone 5S. Apple requires me to manually download each song... no way to bulk transfer the files?

Appreciate any response.

You're welcome. Glad to be of help.