Whycan't i move songs manually around in playlists

why can't i manually move songs around in playlist

I assume you mean, having a playlist of say 10 tracks and moving the track in position 10 to 5.
Are they manually managed playlists or smart playlists?
If you have them sorted by number there should be no problem, if they're sorted by Name/Time/Rating as far as I know you can't move them out of that order.

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Hello friends,
I am new to this forum.
Here is my requirement....
I have some 8gb songs on my iphones. I want make plalists on my choice of songs for example Playlist-1, Playlist-2 etc.,
My requirement is I want to play that Playlist-1 on Sunday 7am only NOT other days. I want to play Playlist-2 on Tuesday at 10am only and to play Playlist-3 on Monday 9am and Thursday 11pm... and so on.
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If you drag items to the shuffle in iTunes, you are loading songs manually. Dragging playlists to the shuffle loads the songs, but not the playlists.
If you created playlists in iTunes, you should set up automatic syncing. Here's how to do that...
Select the shuffle in the sidebar, under DEVICES. Near the top of the window, there is a bar of buttons, starting with Summary. Click Music next to Summary. This is the shuffle's Music screen, where you tell iTunes how to sync songs.
Check the box for Sync Music. Below that, choose the option to sync Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres. In your case, find and checkmark those playlists you want under Playlists. You don't need to use the other lists for Artists, Albums, and Genres.
When you click Apply, the songs on those playlists and the playlists sync to the shuffle. Going forward, to update songs on the shuffle, just update the songs on those playlists (add/remove songs) in your iTunes library. The shuffle does not need to be connected. The next time you connect the shuffle (or click Sync if already connected), the same changes sync automatically to the shuffle.
Now, you can use VoiceOver to select the playlists on the shuffle.

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One of my authorized devices was erased. I downloaded iTunes. Says my iPod is already synced to a library. It will allow me transfer purchased songs but not songs I had that were downloaded off of my CD's. Where do I access that library and how do i get it back on iTunes? I tried manually move songs in disk mode. Now I have a bunch of data on ipod and I don't know how to remove it. It basically copied all my itunes files from my C drive onto ipod in my efforts to move the library.

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This has happened before and i was able to fix it but it's been so long that i've forgotten and i decided this might be quicker than trying to figure it out myself, since it took forever the last time, lol
When i'm looking at music that is sitting under the "Purchased" icon under the "Store" heading...the left hand side column have numbers in it which allow me to move the songs around in any order i want them. I had them set up under my main library under iTunes 6 but when i updated to 7 i lost them all and now i can't drag and drop the songs into the order i want to hear them if i'm hitting play on the first song and listening in the order i put them for however long i choose to listen.
Now i've got my ipod playing 14 hours a day at work and i want to listen to my music in the order i want. However, when i'm looking at my music under my ipod within itunes, i don't have the numbers on the left hand which allow me to move the music around to my liking. What i now have on my ipod are songs done alphabetically per song name which is NOT what i want.
When the numbers disappeared from the left hand column, i lost the ability to drag my songs around.
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nm, i figured it out for myself. Let me just say that having to make a playlist when the music you listen to is all right there on your ipod is about ********!! WHY would you have to make a playlist with the SAME music that is in your main music file just so you can move the music around?!?!?! Completely Stupid!

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You need to sort on the leftmost column of numbers, then you can move the files around.
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First of all, if you are trying to drag songs from one position to another, that can only be done in a playlist. You can't do that in the iTunes Library list view, all you can do in there is re-order the songs by clicking at the top of any column. If the songs are in a playlist open iTunes then click on the playlist. Click at the top of 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.

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tt2

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I've been using iTunes ever since it came out and I use it all the time. Suddenly today I can't move songs around in my playlists. I tried making a new playlist and moving songs from the library into it and even that doesn't work (I can't actually move a song from my music library into any playlist any more)
I've checked through all the other threads where people have had this problem and done everything suggested but nothing is working.
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I do have manual ordering turned on in the view options
I've logged out and restarted several times
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I have several playlists set up in iTunes. Is there any way to manually move the songs within these playlists so that I can have them play in the order I want?
I have tried to drag them and it does not work, and I have also right-clicked to see if there is a "move up" or "move down" option and there is not.
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Unfortunately..... doing that did NOT work for me.
I only have 4 playlists. In 3 out of 4 I can move the sounds around.... in the 4th I can't. And mysteriously.... the song order re-arranged itslef recently in that same playlist.
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To prevent auto sync, connect the iPod whilst holding down the 'control+shift' keys and do not let them go until your iPod appears in iTunes.
If you see a message that your iPod is associated with a different library and asks if you want to link to a new one, make sure you press "Cancel".
If you should click on "Erase and Sync" will erase all the content currently on your iPod and it will be replaced with the content of the iTunes library you just connected to.
When you've pressed cancel your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list under "devices" and allow you to change the update setting to manage the iPod content manually, and that will let you use your iPod for the time being without the risk of accidentally erasing the contents.
Then do any of the following to transfer your music from iPod back to the computer/iTunes.
For iTunes version 7 or later, then you can transfer purchased iTunes store music from the iPod to an authorized computer by using the "file/transfer purchases from iPod" menu. Note that the maximum of 5 authorized computers applies here.
Find out how to do that here.
How to copy iTunes purchases from an iPod or iPhone to a computer.
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Music from iPod to computer (using option 2). This a manual method using "hidden folders" and although it works, it is a little more involved than other methods.
Much easier ways are to use one of the many 3rd party programs that copy music from the iPod to the computer.
One of the most recommended is Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music from iPod back to the computer. However, it does not transfer playcounts/ratings etc.
Other free programs are Pod Player, SharePod and Floola and iDump and iPodRobot.
If you want to recover just the structure of playlists from the iPod (and not the actual song files themselves), there's iRepo for Windows. which I understand has this feature along with all the standard features for these programs.
iPodRip also has the feature enabling you to reconstruct playlists.
There is also CopyTrans. This does preserve ratings/playcounts etc if those are important to you but this program is not free. It also supports video transfer.
More information is contained here.
Copying content from your iPod to your computer - The Definitive Guide.

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I used to be able to click and drag them around to change their order within the playlist.
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