How do I transfer music to a new iPhone

I have a large library through iTunes Match and therefore only have certain tracks downloaded to my iPhone. I am about to upgrade to a 5S from an iPhone 5 and would like to create a playlist for all songs currently on my iPhone 5 so I can download them all to my new 5S.
Since iOS7 (please correct if I am wrong) "Add All Tracks" option when creating a playlist is no longer a valid option - you must use iTunes.
I have only just recently gone back to having a "Computer," previously sufficing with an iPad and iPhone and I am not very au fait with iTunes and everything it can do....is what I'm trying possible?
I'm using iTunes 11.1.3 for MacBook...

What should be done, is to copy your entire iTunes folder from
your old computer to your new one, then open iTunes holding down
the shift key.   You will get prompted to create new or open existing,
select existing and navigate to the iTunes folder and select the
"iTunes Library.itl" file.
To find were the iTunes folder is:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1391
After doing this, you "should" be able to sync normally.
If you never previously synced to iTunes, then it could be problematic.

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