I am unable to add songs to a playlist, what do I do?

I am unable to add songs to a playlist. Any suggestions. All of the things I've previously done to add songs don't work now.

I am unable to add songs, even when iTunes Match is turned off. Also, if I purchase a song on another device, it will appear in my playlists, but I cannot find it in the Music tab or when I search my library. Anybody have a resolution on this issue? All was well until iTunes 10.5.1.

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Ever since my last update I have been unable to add songs from my i tunes library onto my i phone. The "add to" button does not appear for me when I connect my i phone. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

Ever since my last update I have been unable to add songs from my i tunes library onto my i phone. The "add to" button does not appear for me when I connect my i phone. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

Thanks for that 'sberman' - because my iPhone is backed-up to my work computer (only at this stage) I have had to call our IT Department in Adleaide. (4 times this morning). The last guy managed to get the phone into 'DFU Mode' - no more recovery mode screen - (kind of 'asleep' perhaps) from my understanding of same. I am awaiting a call again from IT so they can get my computer to actually recognise my iPhone on the C Drive. This also happened to one of my colleagues in Newman (WA). She got so frustrated with the whole process that she bought another phone the next time she was in 'civilisation.' She hasn't had any problems since. (Cross fingers).
Thanks again, Sandra2474.

After changing laptops, i am unable to add songs into my iPhone 4. The song appears in the library but not in the device. Help!

I have not been able to add songs into my iPhone after switching computers. The mp3 format of these current songs are in the old laptop and i am unabe to retrieve them. In the new laptop, i am unable to add songs to my device, only to the iTunes library.

Best route here is to focus initially solely on the iTunes Library. Once it has all the Songs that you want, turn off iTunes Match, sign out of iTunes Store and restart the computer from cold.
Moving to the iPhone would suggest a restore and fresh link to the library post the following steps.
1. Sign in to iTunes Store;
2. Turn on iTunes Match - allow 3-step process to run to completion;
3. Make secure backup of library;
4. Force iPhone in to restore mode - hold down 'power on/off' with 'home key' for 10 seconds
5. Attach iPhone via USB to computer and follow 'restore' instructions in iTunes
6. Once complete synchronise with library as required
At this stage all required Songs should be on the iPhone - post iPhone back-up a good point to fully enable iTunes Match on the iPhone if required.

Unable to add song to playlist

DescriptionCannot add song to specific playlist A more detailed description, using numbered steps1. Right click on playing song2.Add to playlist What I expected to happenTried to add song to playlist https://open.spotify.com/user/timbuhwolf/playlist/3lNLEoSrmxT2TkMeSp2rcw What actually happenedPlaylist will not accept new songs. OTher playlists work fine. My Operating SystemWindows 8 Pro Is your Operating System 32 or 64 bit?64 bit Do you have a Service Pack installed?No My Spotify version1.0.10.107.gd0dfca3a My internet provider and countryWork intranet, USA Did you do a clean install of your current Windows version or did you upgrade from a previous version?Clean My usernametimbuhwolf

Hi, and welcome to the community!
Try Creating a new playlist, copying all the songs from that one into the new one, then adding the track.
Anthony

HT204406 How Do You Add Songs To Your Playlists With Match?

I bought a subscription to iTunes Match. I'm using iTunes 10.6.3.25 on a PC with a Windows 7 OS. When I attempt to drag a track from my music collection to an existing Playlist, a window containing the following warning appears on my screen:
"iCloud playlists can only contain songs from your iCloud music library.
If you continue, this (name of Playlist) will be removed from iCloud and will be available on this computer."
I can click onto my choice of one of the two boxes below the message. One says Remove Playlist & Continue. The other says Cancel.
I'd like to be able to add songs to my Playlists at any time and set Match so that it backs up the Playlist. How can I do this and avoid the above message that I'm receiving from Apple?

I was having this very same issue and by reading through the posts I learned to update iTunes Match. I subscribed to iTunes Match a while back but for some reason, maybe through an iTunes update, iTunes Match was switched off. I turned it on and it updated. After that I was able to add songs to Playlists. Hope this helps, if you haven't already figured it out. Cheers.

How do I add songs to existing playlists on the iPhone?

I've tried going to the playlist, tapping the + button. Then I select the song by tapping it, it grays out as though selected. I tap done, and again done in the playlist. But the song is not appearing in the playlist. Am I missing something?

How do I add songs to existing iTunes store playlist I have published?
From iTunes Help...
To change or delete a published playlist:
Sign into the iTunes Store with your Apple ID, if you haven’t already.
In the Playlists section of the iTunes Store, click All Playlists By This User.
Select the playlist you want to change or delete, and then click Edit.
Do any of the following:
To change the playlist’s title and description, type any changes.
To add a song, click Add Songs, select a song, and then click Add. When you’re finished adding songs, click Done.To find a song by album, artist, or song title use the Search field.To hear a 30-second preview of the song before adding it, double-click the song’s title or click the Preview button .
To remove a song, click the “x” to the right of the Buy button for the song you want to remove.
To arrange your playlist, drag songs in the order you want.
To delete the playlist, click Delete this playlist.
When you’re finished making changes, click Save.

IOS 8 - Where did option to add song to a Playlist Go?- Did they remove this?

I used to be able to add a song to a playlist with iOS 7. I've spent hours searching for a way to do this in iOS 8 with no luck, Does anybody know how to do it? I can't find a single example using Google! It's driving me nuts. Did they take it away? Why make it so complicated?

Hello, flashkube2.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
The playlist option is still available in iOS 8. Here are the steps on how to create and edit playlists.
Playlists
Create playlists to organize your music. View Playlists, tap New Playlist near the top of the list, then enter a title. Tap to add songs or videos.
Edit a playlist. Select the playlist, then tap Edit.
Add more songs: Tap .
Delete a song: Tap , then tap Remove. Deleting a song from a playlist doesn’t delete it from iPhone.
Change the song order: Drag .
New and changed playlists are copied to your iTunes library the next time you sync iPhone with your computer, or through iCloud if you’ve subscribed to iTunes Match.
Clear or delete a playlist you created on iPhone. Select the playlist, then tap Clear or Delete.
Remove a song from iPhone. Tap Songs, swipe the song, then tap Delete. The song is deleted from iPhone, but not from your iTunes library on your Mac or PC, or from iCloud.
Playlists
Cheers,
Jason H.

Unable to add music to new playlist

The last time I synced my ipod touch my playlists didn't sync back over and now when I try to update the software it crashes. I created a new playlist folder but I am unable to add any songs

If a PC:
Removing and Reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP
or
Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
- Backup and restore from backup. See:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes

Can't add songs to existing playlists with iOS 7.1

Yesterday, I downloaded the new iOS 7.1 update. Tonight I tried adding songs to an existing playlist, and they aren't there. I went though the steps. From Playlists, I tap edit, tap (+) to add songs and then tap on the songs I want to add. Then I tap Done. When I go back to the playlist, they aren't there. Is this a glitch with the new update? Or is there a step I am missing? Please help!!

TGill wrote:
thanks for the info on the checkboxes. They just seemed redundant to me
If you use this feature, as shown in my previous screenshot, then unticking a song will cause it to be removed from your iPod at the next Sync, but left in your Library. Leave the ticks turned on.
TGill wrote:
"By the way, on the right-click/Add to Playlist, the Playlist Folders are also listed, but you cannot add a song to a Playlist Folder." If that's the case, what function does that option on the menu perform?
The Playlist Folders are a method of grouping Playlists together, making them easier to find. The reason they are shown in the right-click is to make the Playlists easier to find. Look at the screenshot below, all the "Sleep" Playlists are in my "Sleep Time" folder.
TGill wrote:
As to dragging a track to a playlist, what view lets you see the playlists and songs at the same time?
If you have the Sidebar on (CTRL+S), the Songs View:
... and simply drag the song to any Regular Playlist.

Add songs only to playlist

Is there a way I can add songs only to a playlist and not to thye itunes library? I want to make a playlist for my mom,but I don't want her songs on while I am listening.
Will someone please help me?

If you put it in the library and then delete it, the title will still be in the playlist but it will simply have an ! at the front meaning iTunes cannot locate the song.
I want to make a playlist for my mom,but I don't want her songs on while I am listening
Do you mean that you have you music and your Mom's music in the library and you do not want to listen to her music?
Create a new playlist (File -> New playlist).
Drag the songs you like form the library to this new playlist.
Click on this playlist and press Play to play only the music on this playlist.
Do the same for your Mom's music.

ITunes won't let me add new songs to established playlists - what's wrong?

I'm more than frustrated. Yesterday, everything worked fine! I created 3 playlists and did the drag/drop of songs into the playlists. Today, I bought more music. Those songs show up in my library. But ... when I try to drag/drop the new songs into the established playlists, the playlists don't update. No new songs.
iTunes 6.0.4.2
Windows XP Home
Thanks!
Windows XP

I'm really a novice at this ... I just found the added songs. I thought they would be put in alphabetically just like the first round. They weren't ... they were added on the bottom.
Sorry for my stupid question. ::sigh::

Shuffle seems unable to shuffle songs within a playlist

suddenly now, I no longer have the option to shuffle songs within a playlist. I can shuffle all songs in the music library or shuffle albums within a playlist. I want to shuffle songs within a playlist.
Any suggestions?

Settings -> Shuffle - Songs.
Music -> Playlists, scroll to a playlist and press Play (not Select).

Why I couldn't add song in my playlist for ipodtouch4

I just restored my ipodtouch. I didn't sync my entire song to itunes.
I put song in my folder at computer. And I copied those songs to itunes into playlist, for example: American-English song. But I couldn't see anysong in my ipodtouch in good orders.
I could manage those folders at the first time I use ipodtouch, but I couldn't control these folder anymore after I reinstore my Ipodtouch4.
Please tell me what should I do to put songs in my playlist for ipodtouch4.

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ITunes 10.1.1.4 - Unable to add songs from Windows Library

Hello,
I have just installed the latest version of iTunes, I apologize if I have entered the wrong version in the thread title, however - I am now unable to drag and drop songs from my Windows Folder Library into my Playlists on my iPod Touch into this new version of iTunes.
I used to simply drag the file over to iTunes and hover the mouse over the playlist, which would auto highlight itself and then leg go of the mouse and it would be updated, however now - nothing.
Please can someone help me with this, it would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Alan.
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How to add songs to a playlist when the songs are NOT on the Purchased list

In Itunes there used to be, in the Playlist page, a "playlist" which appeared at the top called All Music. In the more recent versions of Itunes this is no longer the case and All Music has disappeared and the closest you can get is Purchased. Unfortunately the Purchased list misses out all sorts of things which were genuinely added to Itunes.
In the old days I could select any group of songs from the All Music "playlist" and simply drag them into the appropriate playlist. No problem. Obviously I can still do this if all the songs are on Purchased but, if they are not, what do I do.
I know that it is possible to see all the songs by clicking on Songs at the top of the page and I can then select those that I wish to add to a playlist. But there is no way (that I can see) of dragging these to the required playlist since playlists do not appear in this page format. There is nothing in File or Edit which looks useful. I even tried Copying the selection (in desperation i must admit) with a view to subsequently Pasting to the appropriate playlist but, as I expected, that has a greyed out Paste so no luck there.
There obviously must be a way of adding songs which do not appear in Purchased to a playlist. What am i missing?

Hi scroobyplex, I think i am now fairly happy with the situation as explained in my last post but, as you have taken the trouble to reply, i will try to explain myself a bit better as i don't seem to have been very successful so far.
As I mentioned in my 2nd post, I am well aware of the Categories button at the top left of the screen under File/Edit/View etc. For me this is always set to Music since i don't use any of the other categories.
I am not sure what you mean when you say clicking on Music shows all my music files. In fact, when I click on category Music, I then get various choices appearing along the top of the screen as mentioned in my 1st post - Songs, Artists, Albums, genres, Playlists. If i choose any of the first four I do get a full list of all my tracks but there is no facility there for dragging selected tracks onto a specific playlist.
The other option is Playlists. This gives me a list of all my current playlists,both those created by me and those created automatically by Itunes (of which the previously mentioned Restored Playlist .... playlist is an example) The Playlist screen always opens with one of the playlists already selected
The only option i have then of seeing a different list of tracks is to select a different playlist. If i want to add new tracks to a playlist, often the Purchased list will be OK as a source for dragging but, if i have loaded a CD into Itunes, I would need to select the Restored Playlist... playlist as any new tracks seem to automatically go onto this regardless of the source. There is nothing else which gives me a full list of tracks on a screen which permits dragging onto any specific playlist.
As mentioned in my previous post I have no idea why all my music, both old and new, goes into a playlist called Restored Playlists.... instead of something sensible like Music or All Music but it does what i need so i no longer have a problem

I am unable to add songs to a playlist, what do I do?

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