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I have a script which organizes my audio files into folders by Genre and into subfolders then by their Initial Key which all works as it should. However, I want to use the audio files star rating to apply the colour tag attributes to each file.

I can get it to detect an absence of a star rating but I cannot seem to figure out the numeric format with which to build the trigger. i.e. a 5 doesn’t equal a five star rating.

Any ideas on making this happen. Your direction greatly appreciated.

It depends on the app you are using to set star ratings. If you select the file in Finder and do "Get Info", you can see the metadata available there. If you do see star rating there, then try setting different ratings and see how they translate into values there.

I applied a five star rating to the file using, iTunes/Apple Music and verifying with Tag Editor. Tag Editor displays 5, then on the pc side using media monkey it displays five stars.

On the Mac using Get Info does not display anything. On the PC the Get Information/Properties box simply says "5 Stars" with no indication of format.

When I run Preview rule in Hazel it tests as being blank although when I look at it in Tag editors it is rated as five stars of the number 5.

Any ideas as to next move?

If it's not in "Get Info" then that data is not exported by Spotlight for use by other apps. You may need to look into apps that provide a Spotlight importer that does. Either that or come up with a script (and possible external program) that can extract the star info.

I'm not sure what you are saying is coming up blank if that info is not provided in the first place.