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LeeSimpson Author

Level 1

3 points

Can't Drag and Drop in iTunes.

Hey,

I can't drag and drop songs to Playlists, my iPod or anything on iTunes. It's been going on for quite a few versions, and with every new release I hope it will get fixed, but it hasn't. In fact, it's got worse. Usually, I have to reboot iTunes a couple of times and I'll usually get a couple of drag/drops in before it stops working again. It's not ideal, but at least it was an intermittent problem. Since iTunes 10, it's permanently broken. No drag/drops. Ever. It's turned my iPod (which is only 2GB, and nowhere near the memory capacity needed for my 60GB+ library of music; auto-sync is not an option) into a chore to use, and I was wondering if anyone had any tips for a workaround, or even a complete fix.

Thanks very much!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Sep 14, 2010 3:08 AM

75 replies

Chris CA

Level 10

82,440 points

Sep 29, 2011 8:00 AM in response to lupunus

lupunus wrote:

NathanvD wrote:

iTunes now lets me drag and drop one song (before again not allowing me to drag and drop at all) after a random number of attemps to do so with various different songs, where as before I couldn't drag and drop at all.

Hello,

drag & drop what from where to where?

Few more info will be helpful

Lupunus

Uh, this discussion is about adding songs to playlists by draaging them from Music to a playlist.

NathanvD

Level 1

0 points

Oct 3, 2011 7:50 PM in response to lupunus

Draging music from the library and droping it into a playlist.

lupunus

Level 4

1,000 points

Oct 4, 2011 4:41 AM in response to NathanvD

NathanvD wrote:

Draging music from the library and droping it into a playlist.

OK ... workaround until the reason is cleared:

Mark the song or songs you want to add. Rightclick and choose from context menu "Add to playlist"

Lupunus

susan271

Level 1

0 points

Oct 14, 2011 4:17 AM in response to LeeSimpson

This just happened to me out of the blue on both of my computers. I managed to copy/paste what I needed but what a pain. Interesting how there is no input from Apple regarding this. Not even a "we are aware of this issue and are working on fixing it" message.

JDW415

Level 1

0 points

Oct 19, 2011 11:04 AM in response to LeeSimpson

I just had the same problem. You gotta check the "Manually manage music and videos" box.

Chris CA

Level 10

82,440 points

Oct 19, 2011 11:24 AM in response to JDW415

JDW415 wrote:

I just had the same problem. You gotta check the "Manually manage music and videos" box.

This has nothing to do with playlists and this option is only availble for a connected iDevice.

Oct 20, 2011 7:14 AM in response to LeeSimpson

I have a similar problem. I can't drag and drop songs to or from playlists or the library. I cant reorder them by simple dragging.

i'm on a 2.66 GHz Quad-core Mac tower. OSX 10.6.8. with Itunes 10.5 and I am using Wacom tablet.

Is it that the wacom drivers are outdated ? Does anyone know the correct drivers for Wacom to upgrade to?

ponyism

Level 1

5 points

Oct 20, 2011 7:38 AM in response to IronyMike

I have a wacom tablet and have updated drivers and still the problem persists. The only way i have found around it, is to use a mouse when using itunes. As it works with a mouse and not with a tablet.

Wordnah

Level 1

8 points

Oct 20, 2011 5:15 PM in response to LeeSimpson

I suddenly am having the same problem after upgrading to iTunes 5. I'm using a Wacom tablet. Their website is not working to download new drivers, so I'm stuck. But,

I have discovered a FUN WORKAROUND!

Just drag the Wacom mouse really fast over a song or selected group of songs and click in the middle of your stroke. iTunes lets you drag the songs then!

Oct 21, 2011 9:46 AM in response to Wordnah

yeah still stuck myself. your work around is hilarious. my coworker got a nice chuckle. APPLE PLEASE TO FIX THIS!

Oct 25, 2011 2:12 PM in response to LeeSimpson

I too have this problem and have done for some time, although I haven't really seen it as a problem or not realy noticed it until wanting to sort a playlist today.

The problem is drag& drop one or more tracks from playlist to playlist - it wont.

And also can't drag tracking in a playlist to reorder.

Basically, it won't drag&drop - the highlighted track doesn't even show as being 'picked up', so not even

I've tried all the various suggestions for this seen on many sites...

ensure shuffle is off
sort by first (number) column
select all and create a new playlist
duplicate playlist
turn of various options etc. or change them
remove remotes (I don't remember assigning one)
Repair Disk Permissions ( also checked what is was correcting and iTunes didn't figure)

Nothing has worked, about to try a restart after another repair!

Oct 25, 2011 2:49 PM in response to DavidFerrington

And a reboot seems to have fixed it! I can drag&drop as you'd expect now.

Nov 3, 2011 3:30 PM in response to LeeSimpson

Pardon me MAC... you cant post an answer for all these people.. Whats wrong ?

This drove me nuts until a post on Sept 1 2011 mentiond a problem with Wacom tablets.

I went to

http://www.wacom.com/CustomerCare/Drivers.aspx?model=Intuos3&os=

downloaded a new driver and it now allows me to drop and drag....

APPLE wake up get us the help we need. After all Drag and Drop is what put MAC on the map with the 128

Chris CA

Level 10

82,440 points

Nov 3, 2011 3:50 PM in response to Burgertogo

Burgertogo wrote:

Pardon me MAC... you cant post an answer for all these people

Who is MAC?

This drove me nuts until a post on Sept 1 2011 mentiond a problem with Wacom tablets.

I went to

http://www.wacom.com/CustomerCare/Drivers.aspx?model=Intuos3&os=

downloaded a new driver and it now allows me to drop and drag....

APPLE wake up get us the help we need. After all Drag and Drop is what put MAC on the map with the 128

You have the help you need. See the link you posted.

Nov 4, 2011 2:39 PM in response to LeeSimpson

Chris, sorry I was not clear I was talking to AppleMacintosh ie MAC

I don’t understand why they can not post some kind of responseto these drop and drag problems.

I thought I had the problem solved as I do use a Wacomtablet. Not so according to Wacom.This is the response I got asking where I could find updated driver for a Mac?

We do not support Mac at this time.

Best Regards,
Driver Update Software Team

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One thing I did find out, by using a regular mouse and notthe Wacom Tablet I was able to drop and drag songs to a playlist.

Can't Drag and Drop in iTunes.