It won't let me add songs to my iphone5. HELP !!!

Well so i try dragging and dropping and like a little stop sign comes up, or i click :add to> devices > Iphone but it still wont add them ! really getting me upset

Hello Adrian_Chasnoff,
Since you are trying to manually sync content to your iPod, have you double checked to make sure the *Manually manage music and videos* option is ticked from under the Summary tab?
B-rock

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