Hi there,
I've been long wondering why a lot of the songs in my iTunes library have four-star ratings. I do not rate songs. Never.
Regards,
Ryo
Ryo,
What is your iTunes version? assuming it is the recent 11.0.4:
Are the rating stars you are seeing solid or just outlines?
I do not know of any way that will apply ratings without your contributing.
For examle: Album rating stars "outlined" stars and individual ratings "solid" stars.
What do the ratings do? Are there any effects to anything?
Ratings are one way to organize your iTunes Library. If you rate songs, it will help you to include search for your most likes songs - you can sort by rating and can use the rating in smart playlists.
For example:
Using the rules "Rating is *****" and "Genre is Rock" will give you a smart playlist of your favorite Rock songs.
But it does not influence the songs in any way. Shuffling may favor the higher rated songs, however.
Regards
Léonie
Thank you for your response!
I'm using iTunes 11.0.4 (4) on a MacBook Pro.
"Are the rating stars you are seeing solid or just outlines?" --- They are all solid. There are no outline stars.
"Maybe you did that accidentally for some songs." --- "some" songs, you say? :-) It's more like 60% of my songs and I have "163 albums, 5.7 days, 15.24 GB"! It is utterly impossible for me to accidentally click on the rating item for so many songs. And all of the starred songs get four stars, nothing else, which is impossible for accidents to result in.
Are there any shortcut keys or something I often use without knowing that that invokes rating?
"I do not know of any way that will apply ratings without your contributing."---That was exactly my conjecture, hence my question.
And thanks for your explanation on what ratings do. That was very clear.
Cheers,
Ryo
After my initial posting, I cleared all ratings on my iTunes. All ratings did go away.
After a while, I started to see a lot of four-star ratings again!! All solid stars.
I often connect my iPod Nano to my MacBook Pro. Does iPod send some information to iTunes that triggers ratings? (I don't rate songs on the iPod, by the way.)
Regards,
Ryo
Why there are ratings (stars)?
