# 5 star rating on mac

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/5-star-rating-on-mac/58003
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [July 25, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/5-star-rating-on-mac/58003 "2022-07-25T00:24:15Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/5-star-rating-on-mac/58003/4 "2022-07-25T09:11:48Z")

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Regardless of the functions in MP3tag it does not answer the question whether your player really reads ratings from the tags or whether it just keeps the rating in its own data storage. All effort to customize MP3tag would be worthless if the player simply does not read that field - which, BTW, is the case for iTunes.  
To get extra columns in the file list or fields in the tag panel, see

> [@Customization of Tag Panel and File List](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customization-of-tag-panel-and-file-list/56067):
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> Mp3tag supports flexible tagging, which means that the tag fields available on the Tag Panel on the left and as columns in the File List are not fixed. While you can reference any field which is, e.g., listed in the extended tag dialog as name via a placeholder %name% in Mp3tag, it's also possible to customize the UI using these placeholders. Customizing the Tag Panel The Tag Panel is the sidebar on the left of the File List that shows the fields to enter metadata. Besides the standard field…

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