How To Assign iTunes Ratings To Your Songs

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You assign iTunes ratings to rate your favouite songs in your music library by applying stars from one to five.

After you rate your songs, you can use those ratings as a playlist criterion.

For example, I created a smart playlist that contained songs with a rating of five stars guaranteeing that I listened to my personal favorites.

To Assign Ratings

You can assign ratings in one of three ways...

1. One track at a time

To assign ratings to individual tracks, click on View > View Options and tick the Rating check box.

Select a track and right click to bring up a menu, choose Rating and select your rating for the selected track from one to five stars.

2. Multiple tracks

You can also assign the same rating to several songs at once.

To do this, select the songs in your iTunes library holding down the Shift key on your keyboard whilst you select songs.

Now right-click the selected songs and assign your rating. Notice that the rating you choose is assigned to all your selected songs.

3. On the go

You can assign ratings using your iPod too. When listening to a song, press the ‘Center’ button three times if you have album art work.

If you don't have an album art work, you only need to press the Center button twice.

You'll be taken to a rating screen, where you use your iPod’s scroll wheel to assign a rating.

When you sync your iPod with your computer, the ratings you've entered on your iPod are transferred to iTunes.

Note: You can only rate songs with third-generation and later iPods with display.

See Also...

• How to share iTunes playlist with another
• How to upload songs to your iPod using iTunes
• How to upload songs to iPod and manually update it
• How to create iTunes Playlist
• How to create iTunes Smart Playlists
• How to backup iTunes songs
• How to assign iTunes ratings to songs
• How to add song lyrics to your iPod via iTunes
• How to import Audiobook CDs into iTunes
• iTunes Skin - Introducing the new SkiniTunes! Skinnable Player for iTunes, Hotkeys, Lyrics & More
• Top Music Download Sites

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