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iTunes album artwork

Just a quick post to shed some light on an issue some may be having with their iTunes album artwork.  The last time I moved my entire iTunes library from one computer to another, I noticed some of my artwork didn’t show up.  On doing some research, it seems that ever since iTunes 7, it actually stores the artwork in a separate library file, and doesn’t attach it to the actual music files themselves.  While there are some programs like TuneUp that our very own Dave Sack reviewed that will go through your entire collection and change that, an easy and free way to make sure the artwork is attached to any new song you import or purchase is this:

1 – Right-click on the track, and click Get Info

2 – Click on the Art tab on the far right

3 – Click on the artwork once and Control-C to copy (Command-C on Mac)

4 – Press Delete, which will erase the artwork you see

5 – Press Control-V (Command-V) and paste the copied art back in

6 – Press OK

This painfully simple process will actually attach the artwork to the file tag so the artwork will now travel with the file where ever it may go.

Also, if you’d like to embed artwork for an entire album, just select all of the tracks, right-click and go to ‘Get Info’, then paste the artwork into the ‘Artwork’ box… your artwork will be applied to all of the tracks.

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Jared Burham

is a computer technician by trade, but in his free time a gamer, car buff, motorcycle enthusiast, horsepower junkie, and all around modern engineering and technology addict. He writes on subjects that revolve around his passions in life, including the integration of tech in automobiles.


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3 thoughts on “iTunes album artwork”

    1. That’s true, thanks for pointing that out. I revised the article above to reflect that fact.

      The above method is just a free alternative to taking care of the artwork… obviously TuneUp would also take care of track naming, etc.

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