No Drag & Drop of Music Anymore? ***

I used to be able to drag an drop music to iTunes and my iPod. I also used to be able to copy a picture of artwork on line and paste into iTunes. Now, I have to have to save artwork first on my computer and then import it... Also, the layout changes are not any kind of improvement either... Why did they do this?

There is a VERY simple solution that is not made obvious to Itunes users, and which Apple Customer Support was not aware either. Just click the "Playlists" button. I know, it's that simple! (but Apple did not pass this info along to their customer reps).
"ed2345 Oct 19, 2014 4:17 PM
Re: Okay where is the sidebar in version 12.0.1.26? in response to allnmacd | This helped me
allnmacd wrote:
Okay, it's gone yet again. Every time there is an upgrade, I have to hunt for the sidebar. This time I have searched high and low, to no avail. Where is it hidden?
It is hidden by default. To re-activate it, go to the row with "My Music" "Playlists" "Match" etc, and click on "Playlists."
Once you re-activate, it looks almost the same as it did in iTunes 11."

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Drag & Drop not working anymore!

Hi!
I've looked over several support forum about this one and haven't found an answer yet.
I've been using iTunes + iPod for several years now, i'm not new to this, but for some reason today _I just can't drag and drop anything on the left side menu whether it is to drag songs in a playlist or in my ipod_.
I've restarted. I've reinstalled iTunes. I've logged-off/logged-in the Apple store. Everything is up to date. I've done everything and just don't get how this could have happened 'cause I haven't changed a thing.

for some magical reason, it's working back again!

I can't drag and drop iTunes music files into Roxio Jam 6 anymore and, now I have to import music one song at a time by using the " " or "-" buttons on the bottom. What is going on? G5 Dual 2 Ghz and OS 10.4.11

Hi. I have not used Roxio Jam for quite a long time and I just wanted to make a few CDs. Jam used to work easily and well. I have a problem. I can't drag and drop iTunes music files anymore and, now I have to import music one song at a time by using the "+" or "-" buttons on the bottom. What is going on? I trashed the preferences file and restarted Jam to no avail. I also have selected that Jam should open files with iTunes in the Jam preferences. I have a G5 DP 2Ghz PPC machine with OS 10.4.11, iTunes 9.2.1 and Quicktime's version is 7.6.4. I have 2 GB of RAM and the machine has dual 1.25 Ghz. processors plus a 500 GB HD. Can anybody give me any suggestions?
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HT1267 i've got about 2500 songs on my iphone, i have replaced my computer & lost my library-question is why can't i drag/drop new downloaded music to my iphone without 'syncing' & losing my 2500 songs from the iphone?

I've got about 2500 songs on my iphone, i have recently replaced my computer because the old one crashed, so i lost all the songs in the itunes library. My question is, it seems that now i am unable to drag/drop new downloaded songs without syncing my iphone & losing my 2500 songs from the phone?

You cannot. Iphone will sync/manually manage music with one and only one computer at a time. Syncing/manually managing with another will erase the current content from the iphone.
It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer. Use your backup copy to put everything back.

I have the old ipod classic and cant drag or drop/update music on the new itunes?

I have the old iPod classic and cant drag or drop/update music on the new iTunes?

Try using this program to place the iPod in recovery mode
RecBoot: Easy Way to Put iPhone into Recovery Mode
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The Firmware Umbrella - TinyUmbrella

Ive brought new laptop and re-installed itunes now i carnt drag and drop my music to my iphone from itunes it just has a cross and wont transfer can anyone help

ive brought a new laptop and re-installed itunes now i carnt drag and drop my music onto my iphone i just get a red circle with a line in it and its not transfring on to my iphone can anyone help please

You will have to sync your iphone to this computer first, erasing the current content and replacing wioth content from the new computer.
Make sure you have copied everything from the old comptuer to the new one first.

FIX for can't drag and drop to iTunes anymore

Just fixed this problem for my sister who updated iTunes to 11.5.1 and found drag and drop not working anymore:
Rightclick on the iTunes shortcut (or .exe in your Program Files).
Click Properties. Security and select your username in the list.
Click Edit to change the permissions and Allow full control.
Drag and drop will work again.

I logged in here for the first time in 4 years just to say THANK YOU! This problem happened after my update to iTunes 12.01. So puzzling! Your fix worked.
Much obliged.

TS1424 i have an iphone 3G and I am trying to drag and drop purchased music to my iphone via itunes but unable to do so. please suggest me some solution

i have an iphone 3G and m trying to drag and drop purchased music from itunes to my iphone but unable ot do so
pleas advise

Select your iphone under devices on left side of itunes
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HT1535 Does iTunes 11 allow for the "dragging" and "dropping" of music from a library onto a manually managed device?

It appears that iTunes 11 does not allow for the "dragging" and "dropping" of music from a library onto a manually managed device.. is that true? I am trying to drag a playlist onto my iPhone. I've done it many times before on previous versions of iTunes but now that the menu is up in the heading, I can't drag the playlist onto the icon for my iPhone.

Zmaj3 wrote:
It appears that iTunes 11 does not allow for the "dragging" and "dropping" of music from a library onto a manually managed device.. is that true?
No.
Sync you are not syncing, the ONLY way to get items onto a manually managed device is to drag and drop.
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I have a similar issue, but my case is pretty odd (it is to me, anyway). I am in a largely Windows-based company, but work in a small Mac-based department. We recently relocated into new offices, and the new environment is run on a Windows 2003 server (our old offices were on a Windows 2000 server).
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evidently I made an error somewhere in my structure app, the result is that I cannot open DITA topics by double clicking them in the DITA map anymore (Framemaker does simpy nothing). I can, however, open them by dragging the xml files onto the Framemaker window. If I use the standard DITA 1.2 application everything works fine so I guess the problem is in my mapping.
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Hi Robert...
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Multiple EDDs (structure apps) can share the same DTD, and one EDD (structure app) can support multiple models. This is how the "ditabase" app works. There are lots of ways to set this up, but I think what you've done is probably not quite right.
The default structure app setup in FM11 and FM12 is very complicated to work with. I recommend creating a single app that supports many models. This isn't always possible, but it sounds like in your case it should be. I've set up one app that supports 13 different specialized topic models and it works fine.
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In FX 8 (WinXP and Linux) I'm not able to change a route of the Google Maps routeplanner via drag&drop, the markers of start and destination don't appear and therefore cannot be moved, either.

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There is opened a bug in Bugzilla:
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Can anyone tell me why iTunes don't let me drag&drop DTS files?

hello,
can anyone tell me what should I do to be able to play DTS audio files with iTunes (Windows 7).
I connected my PC (via optical output) to a 5.1 receiver and everything is ok until I try to drag&drop DTS audio files to iTunes and try to playing them, with VLC ther is no problem playing those files.

silviufromcarson wrote:
so basicaly, even if I'm a big fan of iTunes (and all the Apple devices ), there is no way to play DTS files through iTunes . now I'm force to use other players for that, maybe in the future, Apple will take this matter in consideration and do something
DTS files also will not play on iPod, iPad, iPhone and Apple TV. I am afraid I see little chance Apple will every add support to iTunes for DTS files.
The best I can suggest is that if you have an Apple device and hence need to use iTunes, you can either convert the DTS files, or use iTunes for your other media and Windows Media Player for the DTS files. You could also set WMP to be able to play the MP3, AAC, or Apple Lossless files you have in iTunes.
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Yes it really is possible to get WMP to play Apple Lossless files. I have my entire collection in Apple Lossless and with the right addons I have WMP12 in Windows 7 able to play Apple Lossless, to put them in the right Music section, and to also automatically read the meta-tags in Apple Lossless files including the embedded artwork.
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