Tech Tip: Make The iTunes Rating System More Useful
The iTunes rating system can be a huge help in organizing your iTunes library. I guess you can go the traditional route of rating your tracks from 1-5, but it’s tough to articulate the difference between, say, a 2-star track and a 3-star track. I also feel there’s pressure to rank all your songs when you’ve got a 5-star scale, and that takes a great deal of effort to maintain.
Here’s what makes the iTunes rating system an untapped resource: a track’s rating is one of the few attributes that can be edited directly in iTunes or on your iPod/iPhone, then synched seamlessly between both. This allows you to categorize songs at home or on the go.
What I like to do is use the 5-star system for purposes other than rating the relative quality of a track. Though my system is no less subjective, it’s become an essential tool to help keep my library organized and make my playlists better. Let me break it down for you star-by-star:
