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Q: Add to Up Next missing in iTunes 12.5.1.21

I have recently updated iTunes to version 12.5.1.21 in order to update my iPhone.

 

Now I do not have "Add to Up Next" in the context menu when I right click on a song or an album. I only have "Play Next" which puts the song or album at the top of the Up Next list instead of at the end. I used "Add to Up Next" to create a playlist each day for the evening. I don't want to create a permanent playlist because the next day I want to create a different list.

 

Has "Add to Up Next" been removed, or is there something wrong with my installation?

 

William

Posted on Sep 20, 2016 11:14 AM

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  • by norm123,Solvedanswer

    norm123 norm123 Sep 21, 2016 9:53 AM in response to wm4
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    Sep 21, 2016 9:53 AM in response to wm4
    Howdy William,

    Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!

    I see you're trying to use the Up Next feature in iTunes. In order to add a song or album to Up Next, please follow the steps below:
    • Add a song or an album to the list: Drag the item to the top center of the iTunes window until a blue border appears.

      An album being dragged to the top of the iTunes window
    Play songs

    Take care.
  • by Lee551,

    Lee551 Lee551 Sep 23, 2016 5:03 PM in response to norm123
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    iTunes
    Sep 23, 2016 5:03 PM in response to norm123

    While Apple has provided a work around to this missing feature, adding music to the queue while you are looking at the music without having to take extra steps to drag the music files up to the top of the iTunes interface and then returning to where you were is not necessarily the best solution.

     

    If the drop and drag option were available in addition to the "Add to Up Next" that would have been a better option, and accomplished what appears to be Apple's goal of moving to a completely touch compatible interface across all platforms.

     

    Sometime making everything drop and drag the only solution does not make it better, it just makes it harder.

     

    Please fix.

  • by wm4,

    wm4 wm4 Sep 24, 2016 12:42 AM in response to Lee551
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    iTunes
    Sep 24, 2016 12:42 AM in response to Lee551

    Hi Lee

     

    Further investigation reveals that the Play Next option in the context menu will add the item to the top queue. Once the queue contains something, there is an additional option in the context menu - Play Later. This option will add the selected item to the end of the queue, which is pretty much the same as Add to Up Next option.

     

    The absence of the Play Later button when the queue is empty is confusing.  I don't remember exactly what was there before but I think the Add to Up Next option was always present.

     

    Best regards

     

    William

  • by zonker92,

    zonker92 zonker92 Sep 27, 2016 3:20 PM in response to wm4
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    Sep 27, 2016 3:20 PM in response to wm4

    Using my PC version of iTunes, I have tried the other suggestions in this thread, to no avail. Clicking "Play Next" for an album, or dragging the album to the top of the screen, both added the album to the top of the queue, not the bottom.

     

    And, after adding it to the top of the queue, clicking "Play Later" from the augmented context menu that becomes available, simply added the album a second time to the queue, above the songs that were originally listed, instead of below them.

     

    On my PC, the only solution that I found, clunky as it is, is to click "Play Next" on an album (or drag it to the top center of the window), and then, once that step has added the album to the top of the queue, instead of the bottom where I want it to be, I go into the queue and hold Shft-Ctrl, then select the top and bottom songs of the album so as to select all its tracks, then drag and drop the tracks onto the bottom of the queue, thereby moving them all down.  It's a pain but I found nothing else that works.  The obvious fix would be putting the "Play Later" option (back?) into the original context menu, and (obviously) making it work the way it should.

  • by drbernied,

    drbernied drbernied Sep 28, 2016 12:42 PM in response to wm4
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    Sep 28, 2016 12:42 PM in response to wm4

    I have the identical problem.  The old 'Add to Up Next' is gone, and 'Play Next' is the only option to modify the order in the queue.  I have Apple Music, and tried to add one of their albums to the end of the Up Next queue ... and it will only add to the top of the queue, and not at the bottom.  I cant find anything that works. ?

     

    Any advice??   Dr Bernie