I can't drag and drop music from my library to my iphone 4s

i ripped cds on to my itunes library, and when i go to drag and drop my music, it wont do it for my iphone 4s, someone please help

Did you check "Manually manage music and videos" in iTunes before you tried to drag and drop?

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Do you have the right boxes checked to sync?
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
Have you successfully synced from this iTunes library/computer before?
If so have you done anything like update iTunes on the computer since it last successfully synced?
Do the songs play in iTunes?
Does any other media like apps or photos sync to the iPod now?

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I have not found any article that has answered this question. They have come up with things like open the side bar and it will work, or you are using wrong format of music. Now this all happened when I upgraded to iTunes 10 and has not worked since and it worked fine before. Music format is correct, I have even gone as far as copying a file already in iTunes and trying to add it again. As soon as the files enters the frame of iTunes the music files icon the pointer is carrying turns into a circle with a slash through it.
ITunes Ver. is 11.1.5.5 Windows Ver. is Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center
Files I have tried adding are standard MP3, 256 kbps purchased AAC Audio file, MP3 converted by iTunes into a 256 or 320 kbps AAC Audio file. None can be draged and droped but all can added by going to File/Add File to Library... or File/Add Folder to Library...
Add items from your computer to your iTunes library
Do either of the following:
1. Drag a file or folder from the desktop to the iTunes window.If you add a folder, all the files it contains are added to your library.
2. In iTunes, choose File > Add to Library, locate a file or folder, and click Open.
I can add files and folders by doing number 2 above but can not doing number 1
I have gone as far as uninstalling iTunes and reinstalling per apple procedures below.
Steps
1. Remove iTunes and its related components from the Control Panel
Use the Control Panel to uninstall iTunes and related software components in the following order and restart your computer:
iTunes
Apple Software Update
Apple Mobile Device Support
Bonjour
Apple Application Support (iTunes 9 or later)
Important: Uninstalling these components in a different order or only uninstalling some of these components may have unintended effects.

I had this problem on Windows 8.1.1 and iTunes 11.2.2.3
To resolve it from within Itunes I did : Edit, Preferences, Sharing.
I took the tick out of "Share my library on my local network"
Click OK.
Closed iTunes/
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I went back into Edit, Preferences, Sharing and put the tick back and clicked OK.
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Francil3n3 wrote:
I recently installed iTunes 4.3.5
No, sorry... you did not. There is no iTunes 4.3.5.
What did you actually install? iOS 4.3.5 on your iPhone? If so, this has NO affect on the ability to manually manage media via iTunes.
Let's start over... tell us exactly what has been done.

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iphone software: 2.1
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You have to check the manually manage box in itunes:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
Here is a link to the manual as well:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_UserGuide.pdf

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It's already checked man (See Image Below)...Anything else to help?
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Yeah, I know I can find the file in finder, but I used to be able to organize all my files in the iTunes interface and easily drag them to my project in AE CS3... so much more convenient.
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You may want to verify that you have "Manually Manage Music" enabled in iTunes. Take a look at the article below for more information.
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
https://support.apple.com/kb/ht1535
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Tom

Tom, iPhoto will not overwrite photos with the same name. I have plenty of photos with the same name in the same event. Each photo most likely has an internal handler that manages the photo, and not just the name of the file.
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no can do.

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