I use iTunes and star ratings for my purchased music with smart playlists. Has anyone noticed Catalina's change to the Music app which messes with star ratings or custom ID tags?
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Any issues with star ratings?
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I do too. But mine have been screwing up since iOS 13. When I sync my devices it blanks them out or overwrites them with completely different ratings. But as I say, I noticed this on upgrade to iOS 13 before I upgraded to Catalina.
I upgraded to Catalina much earlier than I originally planned because I hoped it might fix this problem. It didn’t.
I upgraded to Catalina much earlier than I originally planned because I hoped it might fix this problem. It didn’t.
My star ratings sync over form my Mac so I haven't noticed this issue. Something I did notice a while back is that sometimes new albums will get an album rating; this will give the unrated tracks grey ratings but won't change my blue, manually assigned track ratings. I think it only happens with albums which I have freshly added or made ratings changes on an iOS device; this is a good AS to strip the album ratings and it does not change track ratings.
Doug's AppleScripts UPDATED: Album Rating Reset v2.0 » Doug's AppleScripts
Download over 500 AppleScripts for the Mac, plus get tips and information on writing your own. This site is published by Doug Adams.
My star ratings sync over form my Mac so I haven't noticed this issue. Something I did notice a while back is that sometimes new albums will get an album rating; this will give the unrated tracks grey ratings but won't change my blue, manually assigned track ratings. I think it only happens with albums which I have freshly added or made ratings changes on an iOS device; this is a good AS to strip the album ratings and it does not change track ratings.
Doug's AppleScripts UPDATED: Album Rating Reset v2.0 » Doug's AppleScripts
Download over 500 AppleScripts for the Mac, plus get tips and information on writing your own. This site is published by Doug Adams.dougscripts.com
At this stage I don’t know what is happening. I’m assuming it’s a bug in iOS, and for me it‘s repeatable. Every time I sync it happens (changes on the iOS device or not). I’m going to hold out for a few more releases of iOS and hope it fixes itself. Then I have to go through my thousands of songs to re-rate them, maybe not a bad thing because I haven’t done it for years and my tastes have changed a bit.
