Rearranging track order in playlists

Before I totally lose my mind can someone please tell me how to put playlist tracks into the order that I want them to play in when I copy to mp3 player.

First, click on the left most column header, the one with the numbers. Then, make sure Shuffle is turned off. Then, you can drag and drop the tracks into any order you wish.

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Cannot change track order in playlist

Created playlist. Went to change order of tracks in list. Cannot move track to change location within the playlist or figure any othe way to accomplish this.

View > View Options. When the View Options box comes up, set "Sort by" to "Manual Order."
Once this is done, you will be able to move songs up or down by drag-n-drop.

Rearrange tracks inside a playlist (Android)

On my iPod I can manually move my songs around that are in my playlist, but I can't do the same on my phone which is what I mostly use. It would be easier to have that option on all devices.

Update after update after update and still not there.
After "Ivy" had linked me a "live" version of a song for no reason, I found the proper version and was able to queue it onto the playlist but can't move it to where I want it to be.
Incidentally at least Spotify playilsts are easier to make and maintain than youtube ones. On there if I want to move a song to a specific position I have to move every single item above it to the bottom of the list in turn.
And I can't cut and paste a load of ids to make a playlist there either. Have to use their stupid interface and enter them one at a time...
The simplest way would be to add an option to the song "Move to.." then you can click on the track you want to insert it before. (It is automatically at the end).
Incidentally an easier way to remove the current song from the playlist and skip to the next one would be appreciated too.

Changing track order in playlists??

Hello. I will probably sound really silly asking this but it has been a problem for me since i started using iTunes (which was ages ago - ha!). I'm trying to burn a CD from a playlist but would like to change the order of the songs. Is this possible and how?? I remember reading a reply to a query similar to this and it was simply to click the numbered, blank title column and then click and drag. I tried this but it still doesnt work. Im sure its just me missing out on something really obvious but please help because as i said its been an issue for a while. Thanks guys

Normally u should just be able to drag n drop to the place that you want it to be? take the song u want n click n hold, then drag 2 where u want it n there should be a little black arrow/line thingy showing where its going to be put?

Rearranging song order in playlist

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I use to be able to simply drag and move playlist songs around at will. I can't anymore. Would anyone have any idea why? Thanks.

Make sure neither Shuffle or Repeat are switched on in the playlist, either of those can prevent you reordering tracks. Also make sure you click on the number column (extreme left). Click on the song you want to move, hold down the mouse button and drag the song to where you want it to be.

Rearranging song order in Playlist - any help please?

Folks, I have put together a playlist for a party and it is ~3 hrs long. I would like to move some of the songs around, perhaps listening tracks earlier, fast paced then dancing tracks later. I thought it would be easy enough to just drag tracks up or down. Unfortunately, not so. Is it possible from within the playlist? I have also filtered on the song title column so I cannot understand why it is not letting me. The "Apple Genius" at the Chermside, Australian Apple store was unable to help either and gave me this forum detail.
Tks in advance,
Scott

Thank you, Limnos. I was just searching for the same question. YOU answered it perfectly. So simple! So easy! Hmmm . . . how do I give you a BIG STAR?? I guess I can't if I didn't ask the question
But you sure answered it for me!
Larry
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ITune 7 -- rearranging the order of playlist songs

I used to be able to change the order of songs in a playlist by dragging them around. I just tried that in iTunes 7 and it not longer seems to work.
Can someone tell me how to do this very simple (used to be intuitive) task?
Thanks all.
Greg
PS -- how come new versions seem to make things not easier, but more difficult??

It works fine.
Select the playlist you want.
At the top roghton iTunes, click on the first box above View. This is Lsist view.
Then click on the first column header, above the numbers.
Then drag the songs in the order you want.

Rearrange order of tracks in a playlist

I have a playlist that I've added songs to, and rearranged by dragging the tracks into different orders. At some point I clicked one of the column titles (Track, Artist, Album..) and it was reorganized by that label. I can no longer drag tracks into a particular order. Is there a way to restore the playlist to that original order that I was editing before?

To add a track to a playlist, you can right-click on it and choose a playlist from the "Add to" option, or just drag it to the correct playlist on the left.
If you're looking at a playlist, you can drag the tracks around to re-order it. If a track won't move, make sure that your playlist isn't in some predefined order like sorted alphabetically or by date added. If there's an arrow next to any of the column labels, click that label until there is no arrow anymore. You should be able to drag tracks to new locations in the playlist now.

ITunes 10.6.3 keeps generating incomplete downloads AND it rearranges the order of the playlist when I burn a playlist to an mp3 cd

iTunes 10.6.3 keeps generating incomplete downloads AND it rearranges the order of the playlist when I burn a playlist to an mp3 cd.
I purchased an album on iTues from my MAC book Pro & the song downloads were incomplete. The song length shows correctly in the column, but they cut off between 1/4 & 1/2 way through the songs. Now, I dwonloaded it on my iPhone 4 through my itunes account after the purchase & the songs play fine. This happened with the very next song I purchased, as well.
I got around this issue, then created mp3 versions of all the songs, put them in their own playlist, then "Burned an mp3 disc." When it completed, the songs were in a different order.
Are there any fixes for either of these problems/bugs?

iTunes: How to set the play order of songs on an MP3 CD - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2455

I have an iPod 5thGen 30 GB. My tracks on my playlists are rarely in the correct order on the iPod, tho the order is correct when viewed on iTunes.

I have an iPod 5thGen 30 GB. My tracks on my playlists are rarely in the correct order on the iPod, tho the order is correct when viewed on iTunes. Is there anything I can do?

It goes by the Track # field, as seen in on a list in iTunes. So, make sure the Track # field is correctly entered for each song when you review the album on a list in iTunes. Also, make sure the Album field is entered identically for all the songs on the album.
You can edit those fields by doing a Get Info on a song, and going to the Info windows's Info tab,

Music playlist track order... iTunes vs ATV 2nd Gen

Streaming music from my iTunes Library to new 2nd Gen AppleTV: When I attempt to listen to a music playlist from my iTunes library through AppleTV, the track order within the ATV playlist does not match that of the playlist in my iTunes library. The songs within the ATV playlists are always sorted alphabeticaly by song title and do not match the sorting of playlists in my iTunes library.
I contacted an Express Lane advisor about this, case number 186510612, and was politely advised that there's apparently no solution. The advisor recommended that I submit feedback (which I did).
Track order on a music playlist is very important for several reasons. Any suggestions?

I couldn't agree more. I, too, have been an Apple/Mac user from the beginning. This seemed like such an elementary issue that I was convinced I was missing something simple. Evidently not, based on your experience and the response I got from tech support. I encourage you to report this issue in "feedback" http://www.apple.com/feedback/ and maybe Apple will fix it in a software update.
For now, ATV is almost unusuable for streaming live album playlists with "intro" tracks. Moreover, studio album track order on ATV does not correspond with that intended by the album producer which, in itself, denegrates the artistic experience.

Track order changed when copying playlist to memory stick!

Help!! Everytime I try to copy a playlist to a memory stick by highlighting and dragging the track order gets completely jumbled and it's driving me nuts!!! How do I prevent this from happening??!! Thank you for any responses to this question!

You cannot.
The playlist is sorted on any column in iTunes or by simply dragging the songs up/down as you want.
When you view the songs on the memory stick in Windows Exploder, it sorts by the column you are sorting on (filename is default).
You would need to add a track number of the playlist order to the filename to keep them in order.

Rearranging Album Track Orders

Hello,
This small problem may have a very simple answer, but I can't seem to figure it out...
Sometimes when I upload an album to ITunes, the track order gets mixed up. The program will still have the right track numbers attached to each track, but the playlist for that album is out of order (ex: Track 3 of the CD will be the first tract of the album playlist). I can't seem to put them back in the right order. Does anyone know how I could do this?
Thanks!

If the songs are in a playlist open iTunes then click on the playlist. Click on the number column (extreme left). Click on the song you want to move and drag it to where you want it to be. Make sure neither Shuffle or Repeat are switched on in the playlist, either of those can prevent you reordering tracks.
If the tracks are out of order in your library view try this. Right click at the top of any column in your iTunes library and choose **Track Number** from the list. Click at the top of this new column to sort it and after that click on the Album column. If you like you can then click on Artist, it will continue to hold the track order as well. Afterwards anything you import should follow this arrangement Track Number>Album>Artist. Make sure the little triangle on the right side of the track number column header is pointing up. In that direction the column is sorted in Ascending order (lowest to highest).

Playlist track order

Anyone know how to make a custom order of tracks in a playlist? I accidentally alphabetised my favourite playlist and want my old track order back but it won't let me drag them around to change it. Thanks :)

I am SO HAPPY :smileyvery-happy: to report I have (sort of) found the solution to the playlist re-ordering issue!! It's very odd how this works, but it's the only way I've found to do it, so here goes.
PROBLEM: If you have sorted a playlist by any of the column headings, you then find you cannot reorder by drag & dropping.
'WORK-AROUND' SOLUTION: <Assumes you have first done a sort by any column heading in *any* Playlist>
1. Click on and 'Star' any song in playlist.
2, Click on and re-sort by whatever column heading you just did a sort by.
3, Click on and re-sort AGAIN by same column as in step 2.
4. Select/Click on any song in Playlist, Re-order by Drag & Drop to whatever place you desire in Playlist.
Additional Notes/Observations:
I did notice that it *seems* to be true that once you have completed the above process, all of the other Playlists are also able to be re-ordered without repeating this process in each one, as long as you do not sort by a column heading again. From what I observed, it appears that once you do so, you must than repeat the entire process as outlined above in order to be able to again re-order your Playlist(s).
I hope everyone finds this 'goofy' solution helpful and if it does not work for aome reason, please post your experience here so that we may troubleshoot it and make sure we've got it right. It would be nice if this were added to some sort of Spotify 'Toolkit' App as an integrated 'intuitve' process! We can only hope, right? :robotfrustrated:
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Can't remember how to reverse the order of the tracks in a playlist ~ can anyone help me out? Thanks.

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