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iTunes rating in menubar? iTunesRating broken under Leopard.
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Nov 6, 2007, 11:41 AM
 
Anyone know of a different song rater which shows in the menubar? Old reliable(iTunesRating) throws Applescript errors left and right under Leopard.

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Nov 6, 2007, 12:03 PM
 
You can rate songs from the iTunes Dock menu.
     
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Nov 6, 2007, 12:09 PM
 
Its overpriced now that a lot of the features are available for free, but I still use Synergy for rating songs from the keyboard.
     
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Nov 6, 2007, 12:35 PM
 
I own Synergy and use it to rate with hotkeys but I was looking for an app that simply shows the current tracks rating in the menubar; I'll check to see if iTunes dock menu does this. Thanks

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Nov 6, 2007, 12:36 PM
 
Sorry, my mistake.
     
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Nov 6, 2007, 12:38 PM
 
Originally Posted by TETENAL View Post
You can rate songs from the iTunes Dock menu.
Can you tell me where to find this, its not showing up on Macupdate or VT.

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Nov 6, 2007, 01:37 PM
 
ahhh I see. Im looking for it to be always visible in the menubar where its not needing a click or using desktop space.
I found "You Control Tunes", it works with some trade-offs.
1. The stock rating stars are fugly as hell so I had to make some.
2. It doesnt communicate on the fly with iTunes, only at track changes so I had to turn off my rating hotkeys and resort to clicking the stars which sucks but the most important thing for me is to see the rating so I know if it has been rated or not.

Optimally iTunes Rating will be updated for Leopard and this is just a temp workaround.


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Nov 10, 2007, 09:30 PM
 
Just wanted to let anyone know that searches , there is an app I am using which does communicate with iTunes when I rate using Synergy's hot keys and its called Star. COOL!

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Nov 13, 2007, 01:17 PM
 
Originally Posted by swiz View Post
and its called Star. COOL!
Link please. "Star" isn't the easiest thing to search for.
     
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