Ratings are not available in Apple Music running Sonoma

I have the same issue - since cancelling my Apple Music subscription (so I can just use my local library), the show ratings checkbox has disappeared from Music > Settings > General

I found a workaround by sniffing around in the preferences files. Here are the steps you can try:

1. Quit the Music app
2. Download a plist editor - I'm using Xplist which you can find on GitHub
3. In Finder, go to your Music library folder - usually in username/Music/Music/Music Library
4. Right click on the Music Library file and choose Show Package Contents
5. Open the Preferences.plist file in your plist editor
6. Change the value for ratings-mode: 0 to hide ratings, 3 to show ratings
7. Save the plist file
8. Open the Music app

ifeltsweet wrote:

hello again, yes my account is signed in, I have tried to sign out/ in multiple times

maybe one must have an apple music suscription to enable all this music settings?

EDITED!

I wondered about that too, so I signed into a test account that doesn't have Apple Music and I thought I seen the setting but I fooled myself.

It seems like a really odd move to limit a feature that has been part of iTunes and Music for years whether you were an Apple Music subscriber or not. Might be time for Feedback - Apple Music - Apple. They've just removed a limit on the number of items shown in Recently Added. Perhaps this too was a mistake made when changing what options show in different states.

tt2

Hello, the option to show star ratings is still missing when you are signed in

When I sign out of my Apple ID from the Account menu in Music this is what I see if I use Music > Settings:

If I sign back in using Account > Sign In... I get these options instead, including one that controls the visibility of star ratings:

Note this is running macOS Sonoma 14.2 and Music 1.4.2.83. I cannot think why it might be different for you, not that I understand why Apple have chosen to hide those options when you're signed out ether. 😕

tt2

hello again, yes my account is signed in, I have tried to sign out/ in multiple times

maybe one must have an apple music suscription to enable all this music settings?

I have the same issue, it happened overnight last week. Ratings missing in the playlists and on the individual Album window. Ratings are shown in the individual Info popup for every song and in the songs list.

Also several times logged out/in of my account, but I only get the simplified General options popup and not the extended with the tick box for Star ratings.

I have contacted Apple support, but they also could not provide me with an answer/solution.

I'm running MacOS Sonoma 14.2.1 and Music 1.4.2.83

it can never harm to post a bug report, because that's what this seems most likely to be

This is certainly a bug - where to report this?

yes correct, im not an Apple Music subscriber. I have a big legacy music collection from the earlier iTunes days that im still using and maintaining. That's what I use this for.

I am logged in with my Apple ID though.

This is why I hated to update from Big Sur, but when Apple wiped my Mac, they installed Sonoma.

I so miss the days when upgraded system software had great features: Quick Look, Time Machine, and so many more. Now they are insignificant tinkering.

Same issue still under Sonoma 14.3 (Music 1.4.3.27). It looks more like a discontinued feature than a bug. I managed to open a library at an older laptop (MacBook Pro 2013, running BigSur 11.7.10 with Music 1.1.6.37) and there the tick box for showing ratings is still available in settings/general. I can't open my current library because I get the error that it's created with a newer version of the Music app and can't be opened.

Apart from that my problem is getting bigger. I have also updated my iPhone and iPad to the latest IOS version (17.3) and when I synchronized it didn't recognize the library and saw it as a new installation. Now all my songs are greyed and I get the "this song is currently not available in your country/region" error message. All the songs are located and stored on my local external Samsung T7 SSD.

Do I take it that you are not an Apple Music subscriber? I can post a bug report but you should send Feedback - Apple Music - Apple too.

tt2

same issue in sonoma 14.2

Make sure that you are signed into your Apple ID in the account menu. The Settings > General tab should now include an option to Show Star Ratings.

tt2