One of the disadvantages many of us who had MP3 collections before the trend of iTunes and Amazon MP3 is that many of the files lack album art. It’s annoying to browse through CoverFlow and see half your library with pretty pictures and the other half with a generic Icon. Here’s a step-by-step guide to make iTunes search for album art for you.
1. If you haven’t already download and install iTunes from Apple’s site.
2. During the initial set up iTunes will encourage you to create an account. While you don’t have to make an account to use the application, you do need an account to search for album art. Creating an account is easy, free and only requires an active email address.
3. Wait for the initial set up to finish and import your music library. While this happens, ensure that you are logged in by clicking on the “Store” tab and seeing if it asks you to log in. If so, then you’ll need to enter your email and password. If not, you’re already logged in and can move on to the next step.
4. Once all of your music library has been entered into iTunes, click on the Music tab.
5. On the information directory, at the top of the application, click the tab that says “Advanced”
6. In the “Advanced” dialog box, click “Get Album Art Work”
7. The status bar will change to “Getting Album Artwork”. This may take a while depending on the size of your library.
8. After a little while, the status should change to “Downloading Album Artwork” . This again may take a while depending on your music library.
9. Change your view to “Cover Flow” and you will see all or most of the albums missing art work now have some.
This tutorial will work on devices running Windows and/ or Macintosh.
This is a guest post written by Maria Rainier. Maria Rainier is a freelance writer and blogger for First in Education where she’s recently written on securities sales jobs along with a piece on physical therapy degree programs. In her spare time, she enjoys Yoga, traveling, and working with origami.
Also by Maria: Wirelessly Send files to and from your Android Device with Dropbox.
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1. If you haven’t already download and install iTunes from Apple’s site.
2. During the initial set up iTunes will encourage you to create an account. While you don’t have to make an account to use the application, you do need an account to search for album art. Creating an account is easy, free and only requires an active email address.
3. Wait for the initial set up to finish and import your music library. While this happens, ensure that you are logged in by clicking on the “Store” tab and seeing if it asks you to log in. If so, then you’ll need to enter your email and password. If not, you’re already logged in and can move on to the next step.
4. Once all of your music library has been entered into iTunes, click on the Music tab.
5. On the information directory, at the top of the application, click the tab that says “Advanced”
6. In the “Advanced” dialog box, click “Get Album Art Work”
7. The status bar will change to “Getting Album Artwork”. This may take a while depending on the size of your library.
8. After a little while, the status should change to “Downloading Album Artwork” . This again may take a while depending on your music library.
9. Change your view to “Cover Flow” and you will see all or most of the albums missing art work now have some.
This tutorial will work on devices running Windows and/ or Macintosh.
Also by Maria: Wirelessly Send files to and from your Android Device with Dropbox.