I Can't Rearrange Songs Within A Playlist In iTunes (version 12.7.2.58) On My iMac

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I Can't Rearrange Songs Within A Playlist In iTunes (version 12.7.2.58) On My iMac

Any ideas?

Thanks!

MB

iMac (24-inch Early 2009), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Dec 23, 2017 9:01 AM

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Answer 1

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turingtest2

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Dec 23, 2017 10:14 AM in response to Midnight Blues

You cannot manually order the tracks of a playlist folder, nor a playlist on a synced device. If that isn't the issue then View > View As Playlist followed by View > Sort By > Playlist Order ought to give you control.

tt2

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turingtest2

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Dec 23, 2017 9:38 AM in response to Midnight Blues

If viewing in Playlist view, then use View > Sort By > Playlist order.

If viewing the Songs view then sort on the left most column of numbers.

In each case you should now be able to drag items up or down the list as you choose.

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Answer 3

Dec 23, 2017 9:38 AM in response to turingtest2

Thanks tt2, I tried dragging in the "Songs" view, but the track doesn't move. I didn't know about the "Playlist Order" view and I just tried that with the same result unfortunately. Any other ideas?

Thanks,

MB

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Answer 4

Dec 23, 2017 10:14 AM in response to turingtest2

I know in prior iT versions you were able to manually order the tracksjust dragging them to where you wanted it to play. Although much more "complicated" in relation to that, your solution worked!

Thanks tt2 and cheers!

MB

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turingtest2

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Dec 23, 2017 10:32 AM in response to Midnight Blues

You're welcome. 🙂

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