Zoro64

Q: Star rating in music app in iOS 10 is gone?

Hi,

 

Star rating of songs in music app in iOS 10 in my iPhone 6s is gone, :-(

My music library with thousands songs sorted in rated playlists is useless now (and my iPhone too), :-(

I have red tips about rating using Siri, but you cannot do it sitting on the bus or train,..

 

Somebody who knows why apple has removed rating feature in music app, and if they will put it back?

 

Best Regeards,

/Zoro64

 

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iPhone 6s, iOS 10, Music app

Posted on Sep 16, 2016 12:43 AM

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  • by oxmox11,

    oxmox11 oxmox11 Sep 24, 2016 2:47 AM in response to Zoro64
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    Sep 24, 2016 2:47 AM in response to Zoro64

    same here it's ridiculous, I'm using star rating for years all my playlists are build up on it why does Apple feel the need to force me to change what works for over 10 years for me.....

     

    Apple show some consumer conscious!!!!!

  • by Kovach,

    Kovach Kovach Sep 24, 2016 7:16 AM in response to Zoro64
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    Sep 24, 2016 7:16 AM in response to Zoro64

    I have the same gripe... it is maddening. Invoking Siri is a very inconvenient workaround.

     

    Not only did they replace it with Love/Dislike - you cannot even use that function while the phone is locked (which happens frequently). Now I need to first unlock my phone before I can rate something?

     

    Apple, please bring this back! This is way too minimalist for most people... unnecessary removal.

  • by jelger,

    jelger jelger Sep 24, 2016 8:56 AM in response to jelger
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    Sep 24, 2016 8:56 AM in response to jelger

    Probably you thought already of this workaround.

    I have made 5 playlists 'one star' to 'five stars' on my iPhone and add music accordingly.

    These lists sync to your iTunes library and there you can add the stars.

     

    Just press and hold the song which is playing and choose 'add to playlist'

     

    It works for me at the moment, and hope apple will bring the feature back.

  • by Louis4300,

    Louis4300 Louis4300 Sep 24, 2016 9:44 AM in response to Zoro64
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    Sep 24, 2016 9:44 AM in response to Zoro64

    It's unbelievable that Apple would remove the song star rating from ios 10. I use it to rate all my new music, to create playlists and to understand what I like on each album. Without this feature I would consider moving to a different platform. It is not difficult from a programming perspective to add this attribute to a song, please put it back!

  • by TitoChel,

    TitoChel TitoChel Sep 24, 2016 9:59 AM in response to Zoro64
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    Sep 24, 2016 9:59 AM in response to Zoro64

    yes is gone and lyrics too; Thank you apple for removing this useful feature

  • by Louis4300,

    Louis4300 Louis4300 Sep 24, 2016 10:05 AM in response to TitoChel
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    Sep 24, 2016 10:05 AM in response to TitoChel

    Just noticed that I can't access lyrics either!!! What is apple thinking!!

  • by Michael_Heath,

    Michael_Heath Michael_Heath Sep 24, 2016 3:34 PM in response to chbrunne
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    Sep 24, 2016 3:34 PM in response to chbrunne

    You can buy Cesium for a buck to rate songs on your iPhone.  Since that app uses your Music library, it also updates the play count and "last played" in iTunes.  However Cesium can't filter out non-downloaded songs from showing up in your iPhone playlists, where there's a trick to doing so in the iOS Music app.  So this is just one more way Apple's hurt its customers who create playlists based on ratings we give the song.

     

    It continues to astonish me how disrespectful Apple is towards its customers when it overrides our management of our own music library.

  • by steveeck,

    steveeck steveeck Sep 24, 2016 3:52 PM in response to Zoro64
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    Sep 24, 2016 3:52 PM in response to Zoro64

    While the Cesium is a decent fix for star ratings --you can't create a playlist on Cesium.

  • by Johnnie Love,

    Johnnie Love Johnnie Love Sep 25, 2016 11:19 AM in response to antimaterial
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    Sep 25, 2016 11:19 AM in response to antimaterial

    Agreed

  • by pgonzalez,

    pgonzalez pgonzalez Sep 25, 2016 11:49 AM in response to Johnnie Love
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    Sep 25, 2016 11:49 AM in response to Johnnie Love

    I've downgraded back to iOS 9.3.5 one day after trying to get used to these inconsiderate changes. Happy again.

     

    Please continue to send your feedback to Apple first before posting here.

     

    thx

  • by rimshot76,

    rimshot76 rimshot76 Sep 26, 2016 7:52 AM in response to Zoro64
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    Sep 26, 2016 7:52 AM in response to Zoro64

    Yes, that's pretty irritating.  I found that I can still manage star ratings in iTunes on my Mac, but I really prefer to manage the ratings on my phone, on the go.  My smart playlists still seem to work the same, with respect to ratings.  I guess that's good news.

  • by Lance Newhart,

    Lance Newhart Lance Newhart Sep 26, 2016 3:06 PM in response to rimshot76
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    Sep 26, 2016 3:06 PM in response to rimshot76

    I'm just adding my agreement here.  I've been rating my songs since 2005.  I loved being able to tap the album cover and quickly change a song's rating without interrupting playback or messing around with 3rd party apps.  I'm going to hold off trying to find some work around in hopes that Apple will fix this issue.


    Apple, you come off as so pretentious.  It seems as if you say, "We will charge 50% or more than this item should cost and you will pay it and you will be happy" and, "We know how your software should work and you will like it better".  You make the best products now, but I can't wait for the day someone else makes something better so I can get off this Apple train.  Try focusing on customer service and affordable products and I will be a fan.  Now, I'm just a reluctant customer who wishes there was a competitor worth my money.

  • by A. Heimert,

    A. Heimert A. Heimert Sep 28, 2016 6:28 AM in response to ZeesMommy
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    Sep 28, 2016 6:28 AM in response to ZeesMommy

    I doubt it's an oversight - rather, it's a really unfortunate decision, likely to "force" people to adapt to the music store like/dislike approach.  Sure, that works for the music store (maybe), but like you and others I've been rating songs for 10+ years so that I can selectively play the ones I like and exclude the ones I don't.

     

    Apple has unfortunately shifted to adopting and retaining features not because they are useful but because they drive ancillary businesses, whether the music store or iCloud or whatever it is.  (E.g., why can't we do home sharing with photos any more other than via iCloud?)

  • by TitoChel,

    TitoChel TitoChel Sep 28, 2016 7:13 AM in response to Michael_Heath
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    Sep 28, 2016 7:13 AM in response to Michael_Heath

    I bought Cesium, fortunatly I can rate again songs and list are updated thank you.

    lyrics are not there, but it's not the most important.

    the question now, how long it will be before apple sect will allow Cesium to acces to the songs rating.

    Apple want to force the users to use the iCloud and buy the music they have chosen for us.

    I'm waiting to find an alternative to iPod to leave definitively the apple jail.

  • by eperfa,

    eperfa eperfa Sep 28, 2016 11:35 AM in response to Zoro64
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    Sep 28, 2016 11:35 AM in response to Zoro64

    I have the same issue, I really wanna get my old music app back, I hope that tis is just a bad joke for a few month.

    #BUGFIXES

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