As an arrogant American I just assume everyone reads & speaks proper American (even if I don't).It just seemed your sarcasm was directed at me
Uh, do you mean proper English? American isn't a language.
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Star Ratings - workarounds or time to move on?
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Uh, do you mean proper English? American isn't a language.
English is some fancy foreign language that calls a pickup truck a lorry and says whilst when they mean while and calls their mom a mum and spells color wrong.Uh, do you mean proper English? American isn't a language.
So I went ahead and made the jump to iOS 10 and used Cesium briefly because I remembered how bubbly and unclean the Marvis UI seemed to me the last time I tried it. Well it's been updated and WOW. Apple can keep their star ratings.
This is Marvis? I never liked it because, as you said, it was too bubbly and busy for me, but this looks nice.
Indeed it is. It picks up color from the album art. Here's another shot to illustrate:
What Apple's app should be...
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Just a word of Warning, iTunes 12.5.1 doesn't have the Star Rating option either (just checked on work Mac, wont be updating my own Mac anytime soon now)
Fair enough thanks, I just quickly checked before leaving work, could of sworn I only had the same options as the ios ten music app
Yeah, I guess that's how I feel. I don't add a lot of music to my library any more so if I have to go in once every few months and add stars to my newest songs that's fine. I'll just miss being able to change existing ratings on a whim when I'm listening to something. I have to believe these will come back at some point and that it's just a huge oversight.
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Yeah just updated to iTunes 12.5.1 or whatever it is. Ratings are still functional. So as long as the smart playlists on the iPhone and such continue to respect them, I can live with it. However I still think we should petition Apple to bring them back universally.
Since they're probably planning to get rid of the stars on macOS as well eventually, I think a petition would be indeed be our chance to make our voice heard before it's too late!
Another quick and (supposedly) effective way is to send Apple feedback: https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
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All it was is they were turned off after the update, I was able to just to turn them back on in preferences, didn't have time to think of that yesterday!
I'm seriously considering dumping Apple because of the lack of star ratings. It totally disrupts my way of listening to music. While there are 3rd party alternatives, there is a serious concern that Apple will kill this feature for them also.
Let's hope they will bring it back in a point update.
Let's hope they will bring it back in a point update.
The strange part is that in iTunes the stars are now more visible than both the love feature (heart icon has disappeared from player window and has been reduced in size everywhere else) and dislike feature (only listed when you right click on a track).
Someone new to iTunes and not using iOS might think the stars are taking over these two new features!
Apple must be testing the waters by removing the stars on iOS 10 since it is still possible to rate tracks using Siri while the smart playlists that use stars are still synchronizing. Also, they didn't replace the stars with anything new, they're just gone.
I'm no expert but I'd bet the stars are simply hidden at this point and Apple is waiting to see users reactions to decide what to do next.
Hence the importance to send them feedback telling them politely we want it back!
Someone new to iTunes and not using iOS might think the stars are taking over these two new features!
Apple must be testing the waters by removing the stars on iOS 10 since it is still possible to rate tracks using Siri while the smart playlists that use stars are still synchronizing. Also, they didn't replace the stars with anything new, they're just gone.
I'm no expert but I'd bet the stars are simply hidden at this point and Apple is waiting to see users reactions to decide what to do next.
Hence the importance to send them feedback telling them politely we want it back!