Comments on: Recovering iTunes ratings from your iPod http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/ commentary on the world around us, with an effort to keep paranoia at the lowest healthy level Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:13:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Greg http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-5574 Greg Sun, 19 Feb 2006 06:31:45 +0000 http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-5574 Just in the spirit of comraderie I just had a similar issue. Thanks for the ipodagent and podWorks tips! I'll be trying them right away to restore my ratings (for which I use an identical scheme, BTW, except I never delete anything). Trent/Emil, I updated my 4G ipod to the latest firmware as of Jan '06 and haven't had any issues; touching wood now... Just in the spirit of comraderie I just had a similar issue. Thanks for the ipodagent and podWorks tips! I’ll be trying them right away to restore my ratings (for which I use an identical scheme, BTW, except I never delete anything).

Trent/Emil, I updated my 4G ipod to the latest firmware as of Jan ‘06 and haven’t had any issues; touching wood now…

]]> By: Trent http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-5003 Trent Mon, 07 Nov 2005 11:47:38 +0000 http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-5003 Emil, I have the exact same problem as you since I upgraded the firmware. Ratings have been randomly lost on both the iPod and iTunes... just a bit pissed!!! Emil,
I have the exact same problem as you since I upgraded the firmware. Ratings have been randomly lost on both the iPod and iTunes… just a bit pissed!!!

]]> By: david http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-4999 david Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:27:16 +0000 http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-4999 I'd contact Apple support for that one. It seems pretty clearly to be a bug! Sorry, but I don't have any other suggestions. I think I'll hold off updating the firmware myself! I’d contact Apple support for that one. It seems pretty clearly to be a bug! Sorry, but I don’t have any other suggestions.

I think I’ll hold off updating the firmware myself!

]]> By: Emil http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-4997 Emil Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:51:02 +0000 http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-4997 Well I have a similar problem, yet not exactly the same. I recently ugraded the firmware on my iPod, and for some strange reason all the my rating (i use a system much like yours) have been "shuffeld" - thats right, the songs still have ratings, only it seems random what rating a song has, and defintly not the rating i would give it! The even bigger problem is that the problem is on both the iPod and in iTunes. However I have an old backup of the My Music metadata folder. So I'm wondering if it is possible to somehow restore this old ratings? - Any ideas would be very appriciated! Well I have a similar problem, yet not exactly the same.

I recently ugraded the firmware on my iPod, and for some strange reason all the my rating (i use a system much like yours) have been “shuffeld” - thats right, the songs still have ratings, only it seems random what rating a song has, and defintly not the rating i would give it!

The even bigger problem is that the problem is on both the iPod and in iTunes. However I have an old backup of the My Music metadata folder.

So I’m wondering if it is possible to somehow restore this old ratings? - Any ideas would be very appriciated!

]]> By: Jim http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-4847 Jim Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:10:23 +0000 http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-4847 After much surfing around to solve my similar problem.. I found Podworks.. http://www.scifihifi.com/podworks/ I'd reinstalled my itunes library, lost my ratings, but had synched my iPod to hold my rated songs. So there they were, how I was I going to copy that info to my new iTunes..? Podworks carrys Metadata with it, so I selected 'overwrite' in the settings and updated all the tracks back in my itunes. Worked a treat. After much surfing around to solve my similar problem.. I found Podworks..

http://www.scifihifi.com/podworks/

I’d reinstalled my itunes library, lost my ratings, but had synched my iPod to hold my rated songs. So there they were, how I was I going to copy that info to my new iTunes..?

Podworks carrys Metadata with it, so I selected ‘overwrite’ in the settings and updated all the tracks back in my itunes. Worked a treat.

]]> By: Bren http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-3368 Bren Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:47:05 +0000 http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-3368 Thanks so Much for writing this you and I have much and common and well You saved me alot of trouble considering the same thing happened to me that happened to you. I find it funny how you wrote your star rating system I had explained my rating system in almost the exact wording to a freind earlier in the week. You rule, thanks again! ~ bren Thanks so Much for writing this you and I have much and common and well You saved me alot of trouble considering the same thing happened to me that happened to you. I find it funny how you wrote your star rating system I had explained my rating system in almost the exact wording to a freind earlier in the week. You rule, thanks again! ~ bren

]]> By: david http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-1738 david Mon, 02 May 2005 23:19:43 +0000 http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-1738 Well, consider yourself colored, Luddite. :) The point is that having done all this rating, I can now very easily listen to a mix of music I <i>know</i> I'll like. Losing the convenience of doing just that was what pissed me off so much. Well, consider yourself colored, Luddite. :)

The point is that having done all this rating, I can now very easily listen to a mix of music I know I’ll like. Losing the convenience of doing just that was what pissed me off so much.

]]> By: Peter http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-1737 Peter Mon, 02 May 2005 17:53:23 +0000 http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2005/04/30/recovering-itunes-ratings-from-your-ipod/#comment-1737 Color me a Luddite, but why have we let listening to music become so complicated? It just seems bizarre to micromanage songs like this. Color me a Luddite, but why have we let listening to music become so complicated? It just seems bizarre to micromanage songs like this.

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