Creating Playlists in iTune

I have my iPod working fine and have created Playlists on it. BUT, I have now added the Playlists in iTunes and I can't drag any song to any of my Playlists. When I drag a song to my Playlists in the iPod itself, that works. The one I choose, turns blue and allows me to drop any song in any Playlist. But, when I try to do that in iTunes, nothing works. When I drag a song to a Playlist, and drop it, the song springs back to it's original place. Can someone please help me? Thank you so much. Sandy

Well, in your 1st post, I was also clueless as to what you were talking about.
You wrote, "The one I choose, turns blue and allows me to drop any song in any Playlist. But, when I try to do that in iTunes, nothing works"
Looking at your response now, I have a better understanding of what you were trying to do.
You cannot drag songs from the iPod to iTunes.
I thought you might be trying to drag songs to a Smart Playlist.
The best way to manage playlist witht he least amount of hassle is to create them & edit them in iTunes and then drag the playlist to the iPod.

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