Why can't I drag songs into iTunes and have it load the songs onto my iPhone?

Does anyone know how to do this? Everytime I try to drag a file it shows a warning red circle with a line through it.

Such a simple thing it should be. By the way I searched the help and forums and cannot find an answer. Shouldn't I be able to do this?

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.3

Posted on Apr 16, 2013 9:23 PM

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Aug 4, 2014 1:33 PM in response to John_Kleko

I don't know if this will help, but I was having the same problem. (The link to the article worked for me)… you should be able to scroll down on your iTunes on your computer and check the box about 'Manually managing' your music. Mine was not working because I had my iPhone synced to two different devises. In order for me to drag and drop music, I had to sync to only one of the two computers.

Hopefully this helps… or you already figured it out 🙂

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