Although there's no way to give a song two thumbs up in iTunes, you can assign an album or each song in your collection a one- to five-star rating. Then you can use the ratings to produce only playlists of the greatest hits on your hard drive. If you assign an album just one rating, all the songs on the album get the same number of stars. If you rate just a couple tracks on an album but not all of them, the album rating reflects the typical of the rated songs - so an album with two five-star songs along with a bunch of unrated tracks gets a five-star rating.
To add ratings, first make sure you turn on the Album Rating and/or Rating columns in the iTunes View Options box. Click on the song you want to rate to highlight it. iTunes displays five dots in the Rating column. When you click a dot, iTunes turns it into a star. Now either drag the mouse over the column to create one to five stars, or click one from the dots itself to apply a rating.
Once you assign ratings, you can sort your song list by star rating, create a Smart Playlist of only your personal favorites, and so forth. You can even rate songs on your iPad, and iTunes records the ratings the next time you sync up. To rate an audio lesson on your iPad, start playing it and tap the small album cover in the Now Playing corner to switch to the full-screen Now Playing window.
Tap the screen to get the hidden playback controls to appear, then tap the icon on the bottom right corner. The album cover spins around to show the track listing. Swipe your finger across the row of dots above the song list to rework those empty dots into critical stars for the track that's currently playing.
Unsatisfied with being a mere virtual jukebox, iTunes also can serve as an international radio - without the shortwave static. You can tune in everything from mystical Celtic melodies to Zambian rap. Computers with high-speed Internet connections have a smoother streaming experience, but the vast and eclectic mixture of music is well worth checking out - even with a dial-up modem. Just click radio stations icon in iTunes' Source list to see a list of stations.
If you find your radio streams constantly stuttering and stopping, summon iTunes' Preferences box (Ctrl+comma). Click the Advanced icon or tab on the right side from the box. Then, from the Streaming Buffer Size popup menu, choose Large. Click OK.
You may have to wait a little longer for that music to start, but iTunes will pre-load enough data to lessen the stutters. Once you listen to all the stations listed in iTunes, hit the Internet. Windows 7 and Mac OS X users can enjoy them through iTunes by clicking the yellow Tune In button. XP users, save the offered .pls file to your desktop and then drag and drop it on "Playlists". Click the resulting "tunein-station" playlist.
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