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Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop

TierraNueva — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:11:40 GMT

Hi quick question for anyone

I have read that, after making a playlist, you can single-click on a track and move it to the place you want it to be in the playlist order. But I am having issues with that. I single-click and drag, but it does not move anywhere. Anyone else have this problem/have any advice? Thanks!

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop

jvanderb — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:58:39 GMT

It works for me, but it seems to be a little finicky about where you drag it from. If you click and drag from the title of the track, it seems to work. If you drag it from any other column (e.g. Artist, Time, etc.), it doesn't work. Can you try dragging from the track column?

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop.

tumdiedum — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:21:59 GMT

I tried the trick you described but to no avail. It's a bit stupid that this isn't possible.

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop.

Jimtowner — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 05:23:56 GMT

The problem may be related to what is being discussed here: http://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac/Dragging-Playlists/m-p/249/highlight/true#M4

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop.

tumdiedum — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:19:39 GMT

No it's not. It's not rearranging items on the left hand bar, i.e. rearanging playlists. It's rearranging items in the main space, i.e. rearranging individual tracks in one and the same playlist.

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop.

StevenR — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:54:44 GMT

It looks like you might have clicked on one of the columns in the playlist to sort on that column. Automatic sorting overrides manual rearrangement of tracks and so prevents you from dragging the tracks around.

To turn off the sort and allow manual rearrangement of tracks you need to click twice on the header of the column (the first click reverses the directon of the sort and the second click clears it).

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop.

tumdiedum — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:57:13 GMT

Thx, that was exactly the tip I needed. Now let someone put this in the manual somewhere 😉

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop.

sunshineuphoria — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:03:01 GMT

I have been going CRAZY trying to figure this out. Thank you so so much.

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop

graceyab — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:14:32 GMT

I still can't figure it out, I double click everything and nothing

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop

djmikeystrange — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:25:56 GMT

Hello, I think @tumdiedum had the right idea. Ordering does not work when you are sorting by a column. Make sure there isn't a green arrow next to any of the column headings (ie. Song, Artist, Album, etc). If there is, click the column header until the green sort arrow goes away. When that happens, then you can reorder your columns via drag and drop.

I think that will work for you.

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop.

marqdx — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 17:39:02 GMT

TY, TY!

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop.

KHolley123 — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 00:08:58 GMT

I just tried it on my mac and it worked. Grab the title and move it - although it's not underlined, it still moves.

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop.

GreenVeggie911 — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:50:01 GMT

Are you using the Spotify Web Player on your Mac? I'm new to Spotify, have created several playlists. I can't click on columns to sort so nothing is selected. I cannot rearrange/drag tracks into a different order. I'm on Safari 10.0.2. I'd really like to use Spotify, but need to be able to rearrange my tracks for fitness classes that I teach. Thanks!

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop.

GreenVeggie911 — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 19:39:55 GMT

I figured it out! I needed to download Spotify on my Mac. After doing that, I can rearrange my tracks within my playlists.

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop

lonedrone — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:19:56 GMT

Spotify on Mac is really not very well implemented. This question and answer says it all. The suggested solution did work, but it never feels like it works and it's completely non-intuitive. **bleep** interface.

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop

ABoyNamedArt — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 05:25:38 GMT

I just reinstalled the program on my Mac and it still won't rearrange the tracks. Really frustrating that there's not a support contact easily available.

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop

ABoyNamedArt — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 06:05:49 GMT

Well, support came through! April was able to switch all my songs to a new playlist that didn't have the issue.

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop.

Mallie — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 19:37:49 GMT

Done that and still does'nt work

It worked the last time I tried but why not now?

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop.

marqdx — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:27:52 GMT

My solution for most things digital usually works: If all else fails I use the DTR (Destroy To Rebuild) method. That is uninstall the program and then reinstall the program. Hope that works for you.

Re: Can't rearrange tracks within the playlist in MAC desktop.

verilyj — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 02:16:13 GMT

It doesn't work for me!!!!