Add songs only to playlist

Is there a way I can add songs only to a playlist and not to thye itunes library? I want to make a playlist for my mom,but I don't want her songs on while I am listening.
Will someone please help me?

If you put it in the library and then delete it, the title will still be in the playlist but it will simply have an ! at the front meaning iTunes cannot locate the song.
I want to make a playlist for my mom,but I don't want her songs on while I am listening
Do you mean that you have you music and your Mom's music in the library and you do not want to listen to her music?
Create a new playlist (File -> New playlist).
Drag the songs you like form the library to this new playlist.
Click on this playlist and press Play to play only the music on this playlist.
Do the same for your Mom's music.

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I bought a subscription to iTunes Match. I'm using iTunes 10.6.3.25 on a PC with a Windows 7 OS. When I attempt to drag a track from my music collection to an existing Playlist, a window containing the following warning appears on my screen:
"iCloud playlists can only contain songs from your iCloud music library.
If you continue, this (name of Playlist) will be removed from iCloud and will be available on this computer."
I can click onto my choice of one of the two boxes below the message. One says Remove Playlist & Continue. The other says Cancel.
I'd like to be able to add songs to my Playlists at any time and set Match so that it backs up the Playlist. How can I do this and avoid the above message that I'm receiving from Apple?

I was having this very same issue and by reading through the posts I learned to update iTunes Match. I subscribed to iTunes Match a while back but for some reason, maybe through an iTunes update, iTunes Match was switched off. I turned it on and it updated. After that I was able to add songs to Playlists. Hope this helps, if you haven't already figured it out. Cheers.

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How to "manually add songs" only

A few simple steps to manually manage your music in your iTunes so that your manually add songs to your iPod (provided the song amount, i.e. the Gb used, is less than the storage capacity of the touch device used).
Step 1.
Create a playlist and drag every song into the playlist you wish to be on your iPod/iTouch/iPhone.
Step 2.
Return to the music section in iTunes and press "cmd" and "select" at the same time on one of the 'ticks' to unselect all songs.
Step 3.
Return to the playlist and press "cmd" and "select" at the same time on one of the 'ticks' to select all songs in the playlist.
[Note in doing step 2 followed by step 3, only the songs in the playlist are checked in the music section]
Step 4.
Return to the music section and sort by checked songs
Step 5.
Select all the checked songs and drag them onto the iPod/iTouch/iPhone.
Step 6.
Return to the music section in iTunes and press "cmd" and "select" at the same time on one of the 'ticks' to select all songs.
[Now what you have is only the songs you want on your device and all the songs will show up in the manually added songs section on your device. Also by reclicking all the music in your iTunes library you avoid the unnecessary complications of songs not playing/transferring while listening to music on your computer]
A bit time consuming but it works well who like to carefully manage their library.

Hi Chris,
I will delete this thread and repost with correct terminology to avoid confusion. Also I will include the rationale behind why you would take this approach so that people can choose to see whether they will benefit from it. I'd have liked this to exist prior so I can manage my music statistics.
Your way is right also, but is not the only way to do it and is certainly not the correct way for me. You don't "manage" your music your way.
A few simple steps to manually manage your music in your iTunes so that your manually add songs to your iPod (provided the song amount, i.e. the Gb used, is less than the storage capacity of the touch device used).
Reason: This is a good approach (not the only approach might I add) if you wish for your playcount to be tracked and a failsafe way of managing your songs individually so you do not need to rely on playlists.
Step 1.
Create a playlist and drag every song into the playlist you wish to be on your iPod/iTouch/iPhone.
Step 2.
Return to the music section in iTunes and press "cmd" and click on the "touchpad" at the same time on one of the 'ticks' to unselect all songs.
Step 3.
Return to the playlist and press press "cmd" and click on the "touchpad" at the same time on one of the 'ticks' to select all songs in the playlist.
[Note in doing step 2 followed by step 3, only the songs in the playlist are checked in the music section]
Step 4.
Return to the music section and sort by checked songs
Step 5.
Select all the checked songs and drag them onto the iPod/iTouch/iPhone.
Step 6.
Return to the music section in iTunes and press "cmd" and click on the "touchpad" at the same time on one of the 'ticks' to select all songs.
[Now what you have is only the songs you want on your device and all the songs will show up in the manually added songs section on your device. Also by reclicking all the music in your iTunes library you avoid the unnecessary complications of songs not playing/transferring while listening to music on your computer]
A bit time consuming but it works well who like to carefully manage their library.

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How do I add songs to existing iTunes store playlist I have published?
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Sign into the iTunes Store with your Apple ID, if you haven’t already.
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IOS 8 - Where did option to add song to a Playlist Go?- Did they remove this?

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Hello, flashkube2.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
The playlist option is still available in iOS 8. Here are the steps on how to create and edit playlists.
Playlists
Create playlists to organize your music. View Playlists, tap New Playlist near the top of the list, then enter a title. Tap to add songs or videos.
Edit a playlist. Select the playlist, then tap Edit.
Add more songs: Tap .
Delete a song: Tap , then tap Remove. Deleting a song from a playlist doesn’t delete it from iPhone.
Change the song order: Drag .
New and changed playlists are copied to your iTunes library the next time you sync iPhone with your computer, or through iCloud if you’ve subscribed to iTunes Match.
Clear or delete a playlist you created on iPhone. Select the playlist, then tap Clear or Delete.
Remove a song from iPhone. Tap Songs, swipe the song, then tap Delete. The song is deleted from iPhone, but not from your iTunes library on your Mac or PC, or from iCloud.
Playlists
Cheers,
Jason H.

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TGill wrote:
thanks for the info on the checkboxes. They just seemed redundant to me
If you use this feature, as shown in my previous screenshot, then unticking a song will cause it to be removed from your iPod at the next Sync, but left in your Library. Leave the ticks turned on.
TGill wrote:
"By the way, on the right-click/Add to Playlist, the Playlist Folders are also listed, but you cannot add a song to a Playlist Folder." If that's the case, what function does that option on the menu perform?
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TGill wrote:
As to dragging a track to a playlist, what view lets you see the playlists and songs at the same time?
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In Itunes there used to be, in the Playlist page, a "playlist" which appeared at the top called All Music. In the more recent versions of Itunes this is no longer the case and All Music has disappeared and the closest you can get is Purchased. Unfortunately the Purchased list misses out all sorts of things which were genuinely added to Itunes.
In the old days I could select any group of songs from the All Music "playlist" and simply drag them into the appropriate playlist. No problem. Obviously I can still do this if all the songs are on Purchased but, if they are not, what do I do.
I know that it is possible to see all the songs by clicking on Songs at the top of the page and I can then select those that I wish to add to a playlist. But there is no way (that I can see) of dragging these to the required playlist since playlists do not appear in this page format. There is nothing in File or Edit which looks useful. I even tried Copying the selection (in desperation i must admit) with a view to subsequently Pasting to the appropriate playlist but, as I expected, that has a greyed out Paste so no luck there.
There obviously must be a way of adding songs which do not appear in Purchased to a playlist. What am i missing?

Hi scroobyplex, I think i am now fairly happy with the situation as explained in my last post but, as you have taken the trouble to reply, i will try to explain myself a bit better as i don't seem to have been very successful so far.
As I mentioned in my 2nd post, I am well aware of the Categories button at the top left of the screen under File/Edit/View etc. For me this is always set to Music since i don't use any of the other categories.
I am not sure what you mean when you say clicking on Music shows all my music files. In fact, when I click on category Music, I then get various choices appearing along the top of the screen as mentioned in my 1st post - Songs, Artists, Albums, genres, Playlists. If i choose any of the first four I do get a full list of all my tracks but there is no facility there for dragging selected tracks onto a specific playlist.
The other option is Playlists. This gives me a list of all my current playlists,both those created by me and those created automatically by Itunes (of which the previously mentioned Restored Playlist .... playlist is an example) The Playlist screen always opens with one of the playlists already selected
The only option i have then of seeing a different list of tracks is to select a different playlist. If i want to add new tracks to a playlist, often the Purchased list will be OK as a source for dragging but, if i have loaded a CD into Itunes, I would need to select the Restored Playlist... playlist as any new tracks seem to automatically go onto this regardless of the source. There is nothing else which gives me a full list of tracks on a screen which permits dragging onto any specific playlist.
As mentioned in my previous post I have no idea why all my music, both old and new, goes into a playlist called Restored Playlists.... instead of something sensible like Music or All Music but it does what i need so i no longer have a problem

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What sort of Playlist?
You can only drag songs into regular Playlists, but not into Smart Playlists. In the picture below, the highlighted Playlists with the "musical note on paper" are regular Playlists, into which you can add songs:
The Playlists with a "cog wheel" beside them are Smart Playlists. Songs are added to these lists according to the rules you set for that list. You cannot drag songs into them and if you try, you will see the red circle with the slash.
Is this the problem?

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I have approximately 1000 albums and 14000+ songs available on iTunes Match. In iOS 6 I could browse other playlists when creating a new playlist. This was important because when I bought new music I would find it quickly by going to my "purchased" or "recently added" playlist and incorporate it into a playlist. Now, iOS 7 appears to no longer allow this because the playlist tab is not available to browse when you go to add songs to a playlist. This may seem like a small problem but in reality it is a huge hassle for me and I assume any other users of iTunes Match or people with large music libraries. I have not made a playlist on my phone or updated an existing playlist since upgrading to iOS 7. Am I missing some way to add songs from other playlists?

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What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.

A Smart Playlist has this icon in iTunes 11:
and this icon in earlier versions:

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My computer operating system is Windows Vista. How to I add songs to a playlist in iTunes 12?

Hi Esaurus,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
The article linked below answers your question about adding songs to a playlist in iTunes for Windows.
Create a playlist - iTunes Help
Edit a playlist
Select the playlist and do any of the following:
Add items: Click Add To above the playlist, and drag items to the playlist.
Change the order of songs: Drag the songs into the order you want. If you can’t drag a song, click the column heading above the numbers.
Remove an item: Select the item and press the Delete key (this does not remove the item from your library or hard disk).
Cheers,
-Jason

Unable to add song to playlist

DescriptionCannot add song to specific playlist A more detailed description, using numbered steps1. Right click on playing song2.Add to playlist What I expected to happenTried to add song to playlist https://open.spotify.com/user/timbuhwolf/playlist/3lNLEoSrmxT2TkMeSp2rcw What actually happenedPlaylist will not accept new songs. OTher playlists work fine. My Operating SystemWindows 8 Pro Is your Operating System 32 or 64 bit?64 bit Do you have a Service Pack installed?No My Spotify version1.0.10.107.gd0dfca3a My internet provider and countryWork intranet, USA Did you do a clean install of your current Windows version or did you upgrade from a previous version?Clean My usernametimbuhwolf

Hi, and welcome to the community!
Try Creating a new playlist, copying all the songs from that one into the new one, then adding the track.
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