Songs are light grey-Wont transfer to devices

I have numerous songs in my library that have their titles as light gray instead of dark black. These songs will play in itunes on my Mac but will not transfer to any devices. Anybody know a solution? Thanks.

I'm experiencing the same problem. I've been trying to sync new songs and movies from my iTunes to my iPhone but it doesn't seem to be working as it just states that the things have been synced, but i dont find it in my iPhone. and when i click on my device in the iTunes and check what is in my device, the files that i have just transferred are stated except that they're in light grey with a dotted circle next to it. Does anyone know how to resolve this?? Thanks.

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