Drag and drop music to second iphone

The latest version of iTunes is driving me crazy. I've just dragged and dropped albums I've copied into iTunes onto my iPhone 4s with no problem.  I've now plugged my wife's iPhone 4s in, her iPhone is showing in the left iTunes column, but when I try to drag albums into her phone there's no blue border around her phone so I can't put albums on it for her. Help me please, as I'm getting desperate. Also, I don't want to lose any of the Apps or albums already on her iPhone, which I put on there using an old PC we've just replaced with a Windows 8.1 PC.

Go to the Summary page for your iPhone and confirm that the option to manually manage music and videos is set. If not, check the box and give it another try.
Regards.

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    New to iPhone and only just braking it in, as it were.
    It looks like the only way I can upload music onto my iPhone is via synching my entire library onto it. Which, if I may say so, is an incredibly stupid and debilitating design - amongst other severe shortcomings of the iPhone I am slowly discovering over time. Is it not possible to drag-and-drop like the good old iPods?
    If this is indeed the only way to load music, what's the easiest I can pick out my favorite 2000-or so tunes and put them on there?? Don't tell me it's clicking on the boxes next to the songs in the Library page, because that's when I will start asking for my money back...
    Cheers

    I don't blame this person whatsoever for making the assumption that the iPod portion of his phone would work similarily, if not the same, as the iPod.
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    And if you resent his rant, why respond and waste your volunteer time on this post?
    I can waste my time anyway I see fit. If you don't like it, don't respond.
    And not everyone can afford to replace this type of investment on a whim.
    Copied from the OP's post.
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    Or the iPhone can be sold to someone else with the proceeds used to purchase a different phone. I haven't read any reports about someone having trouble selling their iPhone used at a good price even if damaged.

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    Thanks for the question. I understand you wish to configure the iTunes window to better resemble previous versions, the following resource may be handy:
    iTunes 11: Frequently used features
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5649
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
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    I had this problem on Windows 8.1.1 and iTunes 11.2.2.3
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