My macbook, iphoto and itunes

I hope this is the right area for posting this.
Sometimes I can drag a photo from iPhoto to my desktop and then to iTunes. I've done it once. Other times I can't. I was trying to do it today and the photo will not move from iPhoto.
Any hints?

I hope you haven't bought the USB storage just yet. You already have the usd/ethernet dongle so transferring files should be very simle with an ethenet cable.
On your G4, in network preferences turn on file sharing and make sure your computer has a name.
then link the MBA to the G4 via ethernet. On the MBA, in the finder menu, pull down go, and select connect to server.
A new screen will appear and type in the name you gave your G4 and hit enter. Your G4 will then appear on the MBA desktop and you will be able to drag the files across to whichever location you want them in.

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