Can't move tracks in playlists

Since upgrading I appear unable to move tracks within playlists. Previously I just 'drag and dropped'. Any suggestions?

I have the same problem about dragging songs within play lists. Things were all great last night as we were making music for our wedding and then all at once it stopped allowing us to drag songs into the order we wanted. Clicking on the number column, as suggested, does not work. Any other thoughts?

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Can't move songs within playlist?

I am running 7.6.1.9 itunes and can no longer move songs within my play lists.
I used to be able to click and drag them around to change their order within the playlist.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

Make sure the playlist is not set to Shuffle
Select the very first column header before the track names.

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I'm a switcher who's having iTunes issues. Here's what I've got:
Old Windows PC:
Music Files located at: M: (the drive letter that I had dedicated to all my music) -- I guess that in the XML file(s) would be: file://localhost/M:
iTunes Library Files (.itl and .xml) located at: M:/iTunes
New iMac:
Music Files located at: Users/username/Music -- XML version would be: file://localhost/Users/username/Music
iTunes Library Files (.itl and .xml) located at: Users/username/Music/iTunes
In both my old and new iTunes folders, I have both the iTunes Library.xml and iTunes Music Library.xml files (Why, I don't know). I followed this LifeHacker guide to changing the XML files to correct the paths to the new folders and files (i.e., converting the XML files from Windows to Mac format). In my case, I did Find & Replace in both the XML files to change the file locations from file://localhost/M:/Artist Folder (old path from PC) to file://localhost/Users/username/Music/Artist Folder (new path on Mac).
After doing all of this, I then copied my tweaked XML files into the iTunes folder (where they belong), thus replacing the iTunes-generated versions. I then dragged my whole Music folder (on the Mac) into the iTunes library so that it could add all the files. All my Smart Playlists transferred just fine, as expected. I can not figure out how to make my non-Smart Playlists transfer. I've tried multiple variations of the XML Find & Replace to see what might work. I've also tried just importing the tweaked files. Nothing is working.
Could it be because on my PC, I had the iTunes (library files) folder sitting in my music drive, rather than have the Music in the iTunes/iTunes Media folder? If that's the case, is there an extra change I needed to make in the XML to note that my Library.xml files were sitting on an atypical folder level relative to the actual MP3s?
I've read other directions that involve using the "Consolidate" and "Keep Organized" features, but I really don't want to do that. I don't like the way that iTunes makes a separate folder for every artist who happens to be on one of my many compilations. I'd rather not have the "Just let iTunes organize everything" debate if there's a way to fix my problem without doing that.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

See this article for how to move your iTunes library to a new computer.
How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
B-rock

I can't move my iPhone playlists to iTunes on PC

Hi gys, I am running an iPhone 4S on iOS 7.0.4 and just created two playlists right from within my iPhone. I then added songs to each of the two playlists -- again from right within my iPhone.
Now when I connect the iPhone to iTunes on my PC, iTunes sees the iPhone but when I click on the iPhone icon, the newly-created playlists are NOT listed. How on earth do I move the playlists from the iPhone to iTunes?
I sync iTunes on my PC with my iPhone on a regular basis and this is the first time I see this weird situation!

UPDATE: I have since clicked on the "Manually manage music and videos" otptions from the General tab in iTunes. When I now add a custom playlist from within the iPhone, the playlist appears in iTunes under the iPhone. When I sync, the playlist is transferred to the iTunes library.
I then unticked the "Manually manage music and videos". Newly added iPhone playlists (which were added from within the iPhone) continue to show under the iPhone when the device is connected to iTunes. They also continue to be added to the iTunes library upon sync.
I still don't understand why initially the iPhone-generated playlists did not appear in iTunes (under the iPhone device) and why when I initially synced these playlists were emptied out (note that all tracks were already loaded in my library prior to the first sync).
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Can iTunes delete tracks from Playlist + FROM IPOD ITSELF?

Hello,
i'm pretty a newbie when it comes to iPod and iTunes. Haveing a nano and seen this problem today: I organize all my tracks in Folders on my HDD and drag the folders to the Playlist Bar, so i make a playlist of a complete folder. Then i drag the playlist on the ipod so i gat the same content on my nano as in the original folder on the harddrive. Now sometimes i want to delete some songs inside a playlist off the ipod (for example from a playlist with mixed single tracks, not albums). But when i delete a track out of the playlist, it still maintains on the iPod. Can i make Itunes delete the song automatically off my ipod when i remove it from a playlist? the way it is now i would have to see in the playlists, what tracks i want to delete and then go through the unsorted list with the tracks and delete the tracks by hand....

I am using manual playlist, not this autofill feature. could you please explain this a little bit more in detail? wehre to uncheck the tracks, on the ipod playlist or on my local playlists on the left side of itunes?
I dont know if you got me the right way. I am having a large playlist with a load of tracks. from this playlist, i would like to be able to delete tracks, but not only the playlist entry, also the files should be deleted from the ipod?

Can you move iTunes music/playlist from one computer to another?

I have 2 computers. My original computer is a desktop that I originally put iTunes on. It's an emachine with windows XP. Currently it is not hooked up to the internet because we have wireless in the house. I am currently using an Acer laptop so I can access the internet. I just bought an iPod and was going to sync my music from the other computer but my iTunes is not a 9 or greater so I can't sync it. So is there anyway to move the iTunes from one computer to the other? Or what would be the best way to sync the music I have.

I have the same problem as DarkHorse08. I am in the course of moving to a new computer and I have lots of files on my old computer. Both use Windows XP Professional. I want to transfer all my I tunes files to the new computer prior to abandoning the old one. The obvious way to me would be to save a copy of the Library to an external backup drive and then import the files to the new computer. However the program will not allow you to do this - you can only copy to a cd/dvd drive and there is no command to allow you to substitute an external drive such as a backup disk. If you use instead the command Library - Export you can export to a named destination drive such as an external drive but all that is transferred is an XML document file called Library which only has in my own case 2.5mb of data - less than the Library contents.
Apple's suggested route of Sharing is based on setting up a local network - not a serious proposition for most users.
All in all very unsatisfactory.
Unless I am missing something or have got something wrong....
Suggestions welcome.

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions, Terry!
Assuming that we're talking about a Playlist (as opposed to a Smart Playlist), just make sure it's sorted by the left-most column in the Playlist display.
You can sort the playlist in different ways by clicking on the various column headings at the top of the display, but only when you've selected the column with the numbers on the left-hand side will you be able to rearrange the songs.
If this doesn't solve your problem, post back.

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I have some old cassettes tapes that I was able to record to my Mac as an Mp3 and are sitting on my desktop. I want to import them into Itunes so I can put them on my shuffle or make an audio CD but when I go to File>Add to Library - and select the Mp3, nothing happens. Under Preferences in Itunes, the advanced tab, I have the top two boxes checked, "Keep files organized" and "Copy files to media folder" but I can't find the music in any playlist or folder on Itunes. What am I missing or is there some other way I can make an audio CD?

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Does anyone know of a free sound recorder for Mac
that will be really hard to find
FWIW, take a look @ Sound Studio or the iMic USB audio interface.
JGG

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doug4747
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library Folder as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
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I've used iTunes for years, but for some reason, when I try to drag my music files to a playlist or to my iPod, the little green plus is not appearing and the playlist/iPod name does not highlight when I pass the cursor over it. I can't move any files anywhere! I can't move them from playlist to playlist or anything. I have "manually manage music" checked. I can't move old files or my new ones. It's not the iPod, because I can't move the files to playlists, either. I'm wondering if iTunes has a bug? I think I just updated it today.

It doesn't sound like it's an issue with the files themselves, but rather with the trash.
I haven't seen it, but I can see how that could occur. Each volume tends to have its own Trash folder. It's hidden, typically called .Trashes and at the root of the hard drive. I have had Trash-related issues outside of Aperture in the past (likely of my own doing). The issue with problems like these it it's nigh impossible to establish cause and effect… you could do something and not notice the problem for days or even weeks, in a completely un-related way.
I doubt that "Repair Permissions" is responsible for the fix, unless the files were on your boot volume. RP has no effect outside of a boot volume.

Can't drag songs into playlists or move in playlists easily

I have upgraded to Lion and the latest iTunes and now I am finding it VERY hard to move tracks in the program. For example, dragging a track from the library into an existing playlist is **** near impossible. And when I FINALLY get it in there it is ABSOLUTELY near impossible to move it’s position up or down on the playlist. What gives? Any ideas?

Before anyone suggests the following I have tried this already:
•restarted itunes
•restarted mac
•made sure shuffle is turned off
•made sure the playlist order is selected
Also, it is NOT a smart playlist. I know you can’t drag tracks into smart playlists.
Thanks in advance!

Can't drag and drop tracks in playlist

I have a problem with one playlist--I can't move the tracks up and down.
I seem to have this problem with only one playlist and it looks to be column related.
Every good playlist has two columns before the Name field
The playlist in which I can't move the tracks has one column before the Name field and the Name field
contains a blue triangular icon in it.
Any ideas on how I can fix this problem?
Thanks,
John

Welcome to AD!
Yes, it's an easy fix. At some point, you clicked on the Name column and itunes is sorting it with that.
That's what the little trangle means.
Go click on the left-most column (the number column) and then you will be able to move tracks around.

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