Everytime i try to drag and drop music from my desktop onto the music area in itunes for my iphone ...it has this Black Cross-out sign it won't let me add any music to anywhere in itunes by dragging and dropping it...Before it let me do it!
Whats wrong 😟
Answer plz
When you have your phone plugged in, go to the iPhone Summary tab, and put a check mark next to "Manually Manage Music and Videos" and hit Apply. Then you'll be able to drag and drop
😟 😢 It's already checked man (See Image Below)...Anything else to help?
Image Below: This is what i get when i try to drag and drop
That's because that is impossible. 😉
You can't use the iPhone like a Flash drive (well you can but you have to download 3rd party software)
The only way you can add content to your iPhone is by adding the music to iTunes and then syncing that music to your phone.
It won't let me add music to itunes period. i can't add any music to itunes -.-
If you read my original post i pointed that out " has this Black Cross-out sign it won't let me add any music to anywhere in itunes" Hence the name anywhere as in my main music library too where i SHOULD be able to drag and drop music too...
No you said this "the music area in itunes for my iphone" That is completely different from adding it to your main iTunes library.
Are you sure you have "Music" at the top of the left hand list selected for your main library and NOT the music library of your iPhone?
Because you can't drag music onto the iPhone or into iTunes if your iPhone music library is selected on the left hand column.
And if you are trying to add music to iTunes and it's not working then I would double check to make sure they are encoded in a format that iTunes can understand (i.e. an MP3 and not something funky)
Yup its MP3...(Image Below)
And yes when i attempt to drag and drop its on music tab. (Image Below)
Just checking, but did you actually encode/buy/illegally download that file as an MP3 or did you just rename the file by adding the MP3 extension to the end of the file name? Because you can't do that either.
Also, where did the music come from, how was it converted, and does it have DRM attached to it from another music service?
Also, are you able to make a music file in quicktime or garage band and save a mp3 and bring it into iTunes? (I ask because that will tell you if there is something wrong with just those music files or with iTunes itself.)
What Operating System that you used? have you try to double click the file?
what iTunes version that u used?
Yes to all its a legal copy
It's DRM free
I will try another music track
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@ Arsya
Windows Vista - Latest Update and Service Pack
And Recent Itunes version
Its all good now...All that was needed was a simple restart and it seemed to have fixed everything
I had remembered before...i had a problem with this before and all i did was restart
yay
I was just having this problem, I couldn't drag mp3s or playlists into itunes at all (I would just get the black crossed-out circle) even though I did it yesterday. I found that, for me, it was related to whether itunes had been manually opened or automatically popped up.
When I plug my ipod into my computer, and itunes automatically comes up, I can not drag anything into itunes. If I manually open itunes from the start menu, I can drag songs and playlists into itunes.
I have my ipod set to manually manage music. I can open itunes first, then plug in the ipod, and be fine. I can plug in the ipod first, close the itunes that automatically popped up, reopen it from the start menu, and be fine. I'm on Windows 7 64-bit, iTunes 10.6.1.7
AMEN!!!!! Helped solve a problem that's been bothering me for ages! Thanks! 🙂
You obviously don't know what you're talking about. It makes one wonder why you insisted n weighing in on this topic if you don't know anything.
iTunes has always had an option to drag songs onto the device. Once the device shows up in iTunes, you could drag a file (or multiple files) into the device. This person asking the question (and myself) can no longer do this and want to know how to return this functionality.
If you don't know the answer, simply do not reply.
Can't Drag and drop music into iphone
