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itunes 12.6 does not allow drag & drop to create a play list. What to do instead?

I don't know what really is wrong with the team that manages itunes in apple. Because seriously every time they release a new update, they destroy something that had worked well for years. Now I updated itunes to 12.6.2.20 which is the latest as of now, but I no longer am able to create a simple playlist like I did before. I used to drag a folder of my desired songs and drop them in the section that says edit playlist but now once I do that, the mouse cursor changes to a stop sign and after releasing the left click, nothing happens. Can any body tell me what can I do to create a simple playlist without adding all songs to the itunes library and choose from them? As far as I know, that is the only option left which means that I have to add 3000 songs all at once to the library and choose from them for each of my playlists. Oh and by the way I am on a Windows PC. Thanks.

iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 10.3.3

Posted on Aug 29, 2017 6:33 PM

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poorya0014 Author

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Sep 1, 2017 2:07 PM in response to turingtest2

hey how did you create that motion picture so I can do the same for you to see what I'm doing?

turingtest2

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Sep 1, 2017 2:10 PM in response to poorya0014

A free tool called LICEcap. You need to play with the settings a bit to make sure the files you create aren't too large.

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turingtest2

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Sep 1, 2017 2:17 PM in response to poorya0014

Have you used File > New Playlist to create the list, not Smart Playlist or Playlist Folder?

Is the playlist in your iTunes library on the computer, and not on any device?

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poorya0014 Author

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Sep 1, 2017 2:28 PM in response to turingtest2

look at this:

poorya0014 Author

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Sep 1, 2017 2:30 PM in response to turingtest2

look at this:

poorya0014 Author

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Sep 1, 2017 2:36 PM in response to turingtest2

you need to click on the image to see the GIF. As you can see, it does not let me do that. Please give me a solution.

Sep 1, 2017 6:16 PM in response to turingtest2

See for urself? See the **** icon? shows black!! now show me urs and tell us how to fckin do this? itunes starts to s**k

Sep 1, 2017 6:21 PM in response to poorya0014

i share ur feelings dude, im in same s**t condition. i had to sync and now i have nothing in my phone. f**k the itunes..

Sep 1, 2017 6:28 PM in response to poorya0014

man, thats sick..i pretty much sure he's on win 7 thats why it works. im also on win 10 and have the same issue..it wont do..we're f**ked.. 😟😢😠

poorya0014 Author

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Sep 3, 2017 8:16 PM in response to turingtest2

So then I think there is a problem with billy's product, my windows. This is insane. I really don't know why and how I can fix it.

poorya0014 Author

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Sep 3, 2017 8:18 PM in response to MrAlexVice

Man I have nearly 2000 audio books and 1000 song tracks which means creating a playlist like that is not tiresome, but impossible; coz each book has an average of 20 tracks.

poorya0014 Author

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Oct 1, 2017 2:11 PM in response to shintmarfaka

It does not work. I've tried it.

Jan 23, 2018 6:24 PM in response to turingtest2

why cant i drag and drop music it says link

poorya0014 Author

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Aug 30, 2017 7:22 PM in response to turingtest2

I did that, but it didn't work. Is there any other free software which can be a good substitute for itunes? My problem is that I have 900 GB of nearly 2000 audio books which is a lot of audio files. I want to be able to create a playlist with the name of each book because let's say each book, for example, has 20 tracks, track 01, track 02 and so on that makes it impossible to sync them all in itunes library and then create playlist. So the only option is to drag the folder and drop, but **** does not work.

turingtest2

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Aug 30, 2017 7:33 PM in response to poorya0014

But it really works. Make the playlist, drag in the content. When you're over an area where you can usefully drop the content it will be bordered in blue. The header of a playlist is one area that isn't acceptable.

See Audiobooks on iPods for some further suggestions.

If your files are already arranged in author and book folders you might find my script ImportFolderStructure useful.

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itunes 12.6 does not allow drag & drop to create a play list. What to do instead?