ITunes - unable to edit genre

I'd like to edit virtually all of the genres in iTunes on my Intel iMac, but so far, I haven't been able to. When I follow the Help instructions (Get Info--Info) on editing information, I am unable to change or add anything. It's as though my keyboard doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?
Also, is there any way to edit an entire playlist rather than individual tracks?
Thanks,
Jim

You can select groups of songs by holding the Shift or Cmd (Apple) key while making the selection.
As for why you can't edit anything, try going to the files in your Music folder and checking
a. That they are not locked - (if they are, there will be a little padlock icon on the file)
b. That you have Read & Write permissions and own the files.
To check permissions, and unlock files if they're locked, select the files and press ControlCmdi.

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