Why does iTunes change the order of songs in a playlist?

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I made a new iTunes playlist but for some reason I can't drag and drop the songs around to change the order

I can drag songs around in the 2 other playlists I made, but I can't in the playlist that I just made. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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In edit or file (I forget which) you can put it in order.

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Itunes is not letting me change the order of my songs on a playlist. What can I do?

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I don't understand some of what the other suggestions are saying but, Here is what I did: With your...

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How can I change the order of purchased songs on iTunes?

I really miss how my old iPod had the purchased songs listed by order of when it was purchased. It makes it really difficult to find the songs that I've recently downloaded and want to add to certain playlists when I can't find them because the purchased...

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If there is a purchased date column, then just click the top of that column. Like where it says artist...

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Can I change the order of the songs in my iTunes library?

I have some songs that segue into each other but they're not in order in my library. Can I change the order?

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try changing the names to be in a diff order

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Can i change the order of a playlist in my ipod? (in ITunes)?

Is there a way i can change the oder of a playlist i have in my IPod?

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in itunes, go to your play list, and then organize it how you want it (drag and drop it)

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Why has the order in which songs are added to iTunes purchase playlist been reversed in 10.2.1?

It has always been that new purchases were added to the top of the list but now they are added to the bottom requiring lot of scrolling. It's always been this way when you buy a song on an iOS device but syncing always moved it to the top in iTunes...

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Click the label for the column "Date Added" when in list view. This will reverse the sorting...

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Making a Mixtape with iTunes

I'm trying to make a (somewhat belated) 2014 "Mixtape" to share with friends. I have a Mac-centric home network, but I'm getting frustrated trying to simply do the following:1. Create a playlist 2. Order the playlist and change album artist...

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When I wanted to do this, I made the playlist, burned it onto a cd, and then reuploaded that cd onto...

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Managing the order of songs on a playlist on an itouch?

I have an itouch. I switched it to "manually manage music" which I like, but now that I've done that, I noticed that my playlist on my itouch, list the songs by name (standard) where as on my itunes, it lists them by the date added to the playlist...

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that cannot be done without a program I dont want to advertise because it will ruin your ipod

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Change order of iTunes Playlists

In iTunes, how do I arrange the order in which my playlists are arranged? The default is alphabetical, how do I arrange them in my own chosen order. For example, I would like my playlists to be listed in the order they were created, starting with the...