Cannot add playlists to folders in iphone 5 / itunes for mac

Does anyone know why one cannot add playlists to folders in iphone 5. When I drag a playlist to a folder on my "Devices" on my iMac in itunes 10 it does not show up on my phone after it syncs. I should note that I currently have 3 folders with playlists which show up on my iphone but I believe these were generated when I first Automatically Synced Music before I switched to Manually Manage Music

Also can this be done for photos?

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Sorry for delayed response. Basically I'm transferring (or at least trying to) via the method offered by iTunes - "Add to Library". I've also tried to drag and drop into iTunes with zero success. The fact that .wma is a poor file format does me no good as the original library of 500+ CDs has already been created using .wma. Soooooo..... Why do u think the great apple iTunes is failing to copy my music?
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