Why is it that when I get a new phone (exact same model bcs the old one was damaged) none of my downloaded Apple Music songs get transferred as well? This wouldn’t be a super big problem if there was an option to download your entire library- and don’t tell me to “make a playlist and then add all of your songs then download the playlist”.
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Original Title: Downloading Apple Music Songs
iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 26
That is standard for any streaming service. The songs are downloaded to that specific device for offline playback and they are not transferred to a new phone. Same is true for Spotify:
You know the answer, you just don't like it. If you would like to send feedback to Apple for a feature improvement, you can do that here:
Feedback - Apple Music - Apple
Correct, your account only holds the playlists/songs that you have added. Songs and Playlists downloaded are independent to the device.
For example, I have 3 devices using the same Apple Account. They all have the same playlists synced because they are using the same account and the same songs in my Library, but each device can have different songs downloaded for offline use. As stated already, that is consistent with the other streamers as well. Spotify is the same way with downloading either the song or playlist for offline use.
https://support.spotify.com/us/article/listen-offline/
I don't know why if you had 5,000 songs in your library, you would want an option to download every song for offline use to take up storage space on your device, but that is what feedback is for and maybe others share your same desire. The advantage to a streaming service for me is to be able to play the songs without them taking up storage space. If I am going to be on a plane without a data connection, then I will choose a couple of playlists to download, I certainly would not need all 5,000 songs.
What my current post doesn’t say is that the transfer of my songs wasn’t the main issue at all. My issue is that there is no way to download all songs at once. They either want you to download each individual song, or to make a playlist with all the songs you want to download. If you do the latter, you still have to add each song to a playlist individually, essentially not solving the original issue.
Apple Music downloads don’t transfer to new iPhone 13 Pro
