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My songs won’t download from iCloud backup of old phone onto new phone.

Only online purchased songs came thru.

iPhone XS

Posted on Aug 10, 2019 6:47 AM

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Posted on Aug 10, 2019 10:24 AM

The downloaded music files of tracks from an Apple Music subscription can’t be transferred between devices. They have to be downloaded onto each device from the internet. The iCloud Music Library (the listing) should be available on all your devices with that Apple ID.


Access your music collection on all of your devices with Apple Music - Apple Support

Add and download music and video content from the Apple Music catalog - Apple Support

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Aug 10, 2019 10:24 AM in response to Ktmdude123

The downloaded music files of tracks from an Apple Music subscription can’t be transferred between devices. They have to be downloaded onto each device from the internet. The iCloud Music Library (the listing) should be available on all your devices with that Apple ID.


Access your music collection on all of your devices with Apple Music - Apple Support

Add and download music and video content from the Apple Music catalog - Apple Support

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