Enable iTunes 1/2 Star Ratings

The five star rating system in iTunes works great for categorizing your favorite songs, but it doesn’t give you much leeway between a great 4 star song and a favorite 5 star song. This is where a simple terminal hack comes into play!

Simply quit iTunes, if it’s open, then open up Terminal (Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities) and copy and paste in the following command:

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

Your result should look something like this:

Now enjoy the ability to rate your music with 1/2 stars! This increases the variety you can rate how great a song is!