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How to Enable Half-Star Ratings in iTunes

By Mitch Bartlett 9 Comments

I enjoy using half-stars to ratings in iTunes because the 5 star rating system alone is a little limited. I had tons of music rated 4 stars that really didn’t deserve that rating, but were too good for a 3 star rating. Luckily I found a command that allows this feature to be enabled. I’ve tested this in iTunes 12, and it works great!

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iTunes for Windows half-star ratings

iTunes for Windows

  1. Make sure you are closed out of the iTunes application.
  2. Select the “Start” button, then type “cmd“.
  3. Right-click “Command Prompt“, then select “Run as Administrator“.
  4. Type the following depending on your version of Windows, then press “Enter“:
    • Windows 64-bit:
      "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe" /setPrefInt allow-half-stars 1
    • Windows 32-bit:
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe" /setPrefInt allow-half-stars 1

Now launch iTunes, and you will be able to click and slide your mouse along the rating column and produce half star ratings.

If you ever wish to go back to only whole star ratings, simply use the same command with a “0” at the end instead of a “1“.


iTunes for MacOS

  1. Close iTunes.
  2. Launch “Terminal” from “Utilities.
  3. Type:
    defaults write com.apple.iTunes allow-half-stars -bool TRUE
  4. Press “Enter“.

You have successfully enabled half-star ratings in iTunes for MacOS. If you ever want to undo this, just use the same command but replace the word “TRUE” with “FALSE“.

Note: If you’re using Apple Music, replace “iTunes” with “Music” in the command.

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Comments

  1. Husbeast says

    November 9, 2020 at 6:49 pm

    you have to go to C:\Program Files\WindowsApps and find the apple itunes install folder [bunch of gibberish for mine] before doing so you need to manually change permissions on the folder so you can access it.

  2. Josiah says

    October 29, 2020 at 7:44 pm

    Yeah, I just want to follow up with what Michael said. The simple C:/Program Files/ITunes/ITunes.exe path doesn’t exist for me as an option

  3. Michael says

    March 9, 2020 at 2:27 pm

    How do you do this on Windows 10, when iTunes is now an App instead of in the Program Files folders?

  4. Thomas says

    December 28, 2019 at 2:14 am

    Figured it out just substitute itunes with Tv

  5. Thomas says

    December 28, 2019 at 2:10 am

    How do you do this with the appletv app?

  6. Hosie says

    November 7, 2019 at 12:55 am

    Hey thanks I just upgraded to Catalina thought I lost years of ratings! I DJ professionally in Vegas so this fix was a must. Still getting used to Apple Music it crashes on me (Big PROBLEM) but fixing half star rating issue was a life saver. Thanks again!

    Hosie

  7. David says

    October 9, 2019 at 3:14 pm

    Update for Catalina & the new Music.app:

    defaults write com.apple.Music allow-half-stars -bool TRUE

  8. benjavalero says

    August 14, 2019 at 4:27 pm

    Tested successfully in Mojave with iTunes 12.9.5.5.

  9. Theta says

    December 23, 2018 at 4:24 am

    This is brilliant. Thanks a lot

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