Ratings are not available in Apple Music running Sonoma

Apple Music no longer lists star ratings with playlists.

I am running Sonoma 14.1 on an Intel-chipped iMac. Song ratings have disappeared in Playlists. Ratings are visible in the Song list . I've read all the recent community questions and have not found the solutions.

The typical recommendation is to check the ratings box in Settings > General, however that option no longer exists for me.

Is there a work-around to have song ratings appear with my playlists.

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iMac (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Nov 2, 2023 9:49 AM

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patrickrushton

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Posted on Mar 14, 2024 1:52 AM

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:

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

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