Why cant i drag and drop music from my itunes to iphone 5?

Hello,
I can drag and drop to my ipad but not my iphone 5? Help, please. Its seems as though I did it when I first got my phone and now
no can do.

Because you do not have manually manage music selected?

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Also, I cant just look up what my ipod has on it all ready to delete some videos or music. It wants to sync up with my hard drive then it deletes everything.
Sorry but I am way confused on this. I was really used to my basic MP3 player where I have folders on my drive that I just drag and drop/delete as easy as that.

Why cant i drag and drop music

i have been trying to add music to my library by drag and drop system, but it does not work. only way i can add any more music is by doing a full system search. can anyone help plz

Also, I cant just look up what my ipod has on it all ready to delete some videos or music. It wants to sync up with my hard drive then it deletes everything.
Sorry but I am way confused on this. I was really used to my basic MP3 player where I have folders on my drive that I just drag and drop/delete as easy as that.

Can't drag and drop music from itunes to Iphone

my brother recently updated to a newer version of itunes and i can no longer drag and drop music from my itunes to my iphone! ive tried everything that i know and nothing is working! i tried checking the 'manually manage music' box, but everytime i do that it asks me if i want to erase and sync and doesnt give me another option. I dont want to do that! my songs that are on my ipod are not on my current itunes! they are lost ;( . i turned on home sharing (not sure what that did but i tried it) and i also authorized the computer... help please!

you iphone does not work like a regular ipod, where you can drag and drop music, you must sync it with itunes. plug it into your computer, click on the icon that is labeled iphone. when you do this there is a section on the top that says music. click on that, then you can select playlists and artists, etc. then click apply. it should work then

Drag and Drop music from itunes to iphone fail.

When I attempt to drag and drop music from my itunes library to my iphone it no longer works.
I've performed a factory restore on my phone and uninstalled and reinstalled itunes to no avail.
itunes: 8.0.0.35
iphone software: 2.1
I can create a playlist and tell the iphone to sync that playlist but this is not the way I want to do things. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You have to check the manually manage box in itunes:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
Here is a link to the manual as well:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_UserGuide.pdf

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Why can't I drag and drop music from a folder on my PC into my iTunes window?
I have not found any article that has answered this question. They have come up with things like open the side bar and it will work, or you are using wrong format of music. Now this all happened when I upgraded to iTunes 10 and has not worked since and it worked fine before. Music format is correct, I have even gone as far as copying a file already in iTunes and trying to add it again. As soon as the files enters the frame of iTunes the music files icon the pointer is carrying turns into a circle with a slash through it.
ITunes Ver. is 11.1.5.5 Windows Ver. is Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center
Files I have tried adding are standard MP3, 256 kbps purchased AAC Audio file, MP3 converted by iTunes into a 256 or 320 kbps AAC Audio file. None can be draged and droped but all can added by going to File/Add File to Library... or File/Add Folder to Library...
Add items from your computer to your iTunes library
Do either of the following:
1. Drag a file or folder from the desktop to the iTunes window.If you add a folder, all the files it contains are added to your library.
2. In iTunes, choose File > Add to Library, locate a file or folder, and click Open.
I can add files and folders by doing number 2 above but can not doing number 1
I have gone as far as uninstalling iTunes and reinstalling per apple procedures below.
Steps
1. Remove iTunes and its related components from the Control Panel
Use the Control Panel to uninstall iTunes and related software components in the following order and restart your computer:
iTunes
Apple Software Update
Apple Mobile Device Support
Bonjour
Apple Application Support (iTunes 9 or later)
Important: Uninstalling these components in a different order or only uninstalling some of these components may have unintended effects.

I had this problem on Windows 8.1.1 and iTunes 11.2.2.3
To resolve it from within Itunes I did : Edit, Preferences, Sharing.
I took the tick out of "Share my library on my local network"
Click OK.
Closed iTunes/
Reopened iTunes and I can drag and drop.
I went back into Edit, Preferences, Sharing and put the tick back and clicked OK.
Works fine now.

Why cant I drag and drop into playlists

I used to be able to drop and drag inrto playlists. Now I get a message which says press + button to add, but there seems no way of doing it. I'm using windows 7

Apple Support Communities updatesI’ve tried the control-I route and then tried to locate the file without success. What I get as a file location starts with //localhost/C:/Users. It may also be useful to know that most/all the missing files seem to have been copied from CDs. I can’t be sure if it’s all because the whole music file has nearly 9000 entries! The ones that still seem to work were copied from an external hard drive.
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                                The "missing file" error happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, one of its parent folders, or the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout, or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place. (In the case of a library moved from one system to another there are also potential permissions issues. See Repair security permissions for iTunes for Windows if this might apply.)
                                Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to Get Info, then click No when asked to try to locate the track. (Due to a bug in iTunes 12 you currently have to say No twice!) Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, a folder renamed, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions. If the difference between the two paths is an additional Music folder in one path then this is a layout issue. I can explain further if that is the case.
                                In some cases iTunes may be able to repair itself if you go through the same steps with Get Info but this time click Locate and browse to the lost track. It may then offer to attempt to automatically fix other broken links. Although it says something like "use the same location" it expects to find the tracks in the same artist & album layout that it generates, not all in one big folder.
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Why cant i drag and drop movies into itunes?

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To make it display on the desktop, Finder > Preferences > General tab > check external disks.
The drive might be formatted NTFS for Windows which is treated as read-only on the Mac. Need to reformat it using disk utility.

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you iphone does not work like a regular ipod, where you can drag and drop music, you must sync it with itunes. plug it into your computer, click on the icon that is labeled iphone. when you do this there is a section on the top that says music. click on that, then you can select playlists and artists, etc. then click apply. it should work then

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I cant drag and drop music if i do nothing happens i have so much music downloaded and i cant put them all on my iPod i need help please

Do you have the right boxes checked to sync?
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After poking around for a while figured how to do things in this new iTunes. Not as intuitive as the old one. Sorry I don't have time to tell what I figured out. Maybe some other time.

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I have had numerous problems with iphone 3gs so I reset it to factory settings but now I can't drag and drop my music from itunes library to iphone. I have checked the box to manage music manually but still no joy, any suggestions pls?

Because you do not have manually manage music selected?

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Well what a nightmare..... brought a new laptop with Windows 8...... installed itunes....... couldnt find the menu or anything on there, there was no left hand column where all the lists or anything so i deleted everything (big mistake) off my phone to start again, added a heap of music to itunes but couldnt see it anywhere, finally found the music and menu so i added a couple of playlists but all of a sudden this stopped and i can only add the music to my playlists on my iphone as it wont let me drag and drop in itunes...... im so confused cos my other itunes on my other laptop does everything..... HALP!!!!

Hey Urban Angel,
Thanks for the question. I understand you wish to configure the iTunes window to better resemble previous versions, the following resource may be handy:
iTunes 11: Frequently used features
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5649
You can quickly toggle the sidebar on by choosing View > Show Sidebar. You'll then have a familiar view:
As for drag & drop, it sounds like you previously had your iPhone setup for manually managing music and videos. You may want to make sure it is still configured this way:
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
Thanks,
Matt M.

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