Arranging playlist songs

A how to video shows how simple it is to move the playing order of your playlist.
I can drag and drop all I want and NOTHING moves.
What am I doing wrong?

Make sure the little black triangle is above the column of sequence numbers at the left. If it isn't, click to put it there. (If the triangle is above any other column, the list will stay sorted by that thing and you will not be able to move items up or down.)
Also make sure that shuffle is turned off. In other words, the crossing curved arrows at the lower left should be gray not blue.

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cujoftw wrote:
wow ... I get a headache just trying to read what you just said. I went and read how to migrate my library and found that you can only migrate purchased media.
No, you can easily migrate your entire library from one working compter to another.
If you fail to backup or migrate your library and find yourself with nothing but a new empty computer and a device full of content iTunes is designed to only recover the iTunes purchased content, however third party tools can help recover everything if needed.
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Hello jamie,
Thank you for contacting Apple Support Communities.
You can use the following articles to troubleshoot the battery life on your iPhone.
iPod nano (7th generation): Hardware troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4433
Accurately determine your iPod battery life
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1322
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TS1717 For some reason, I am not able to re-arrange my songs on playlist. This problem just appeard as I was creating a new playlist

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recently i got an iPod Nano 6th G after years of using my iPod Classic 5.5G, and so far it has been a bliss actually if it wasnt for one small thing
i have a somewhat large collection of music that i have - with a few exceptions - put in one big smart playlist with the rules provided in the pic to fit my needs
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more info on the "Copy To Play Order" command if interested...
iTunes: How to Use the "Copy to Play Order" Command
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93348-en
Use iTunes' Copy to Play Order to control iPod song order
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050820164254360
iPod: Copy To Play Order
http://chadn.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/ipod-copy-to-play-order/
Copy to Play Order
http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=19060
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Arranging playlist songs

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