HT204406 Can't drag songs from iTunes to iPhone

Can't drag music from iTunes to iPhone. I get the circle with the slash through it.

As far as I know you cannot drag & play from computer to iPods.  Read the instructions in - Adding and Deleting Songs and playlists from your iPod and iPod Manuals

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    What I had to do (I was copying my Christmas music - do you know how many "Jingle Bells.mp3" files you can have?!) was make many folders or manually rename EACH FILE one by one so that others could be copied in the same place since the file name would always be JUST THE SONG NAME and the extension (and I do tend to keep my files in higher bitrate MP3 format for easier shuffling from OS to OS as I tend to use (in case you've not noticed) many different ones at any given time).
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    iTunes Match: Understanding the iCloud Status icons
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4124
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