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Q: Artist Photos Missing in iTunes 12.5.1

I've noticed a few artist photos are missing since upgrading to 12.5.1.  Any ideas on how to fix or refresh?  They are mainstream artists, nothing obscure.

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 10:07 AM

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  • by MikeDavidHoward,

    MikeDavidHoward MikeDavidHoward Sep 14, 2016 9:22 PM in response to Ian Kelleigh
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    Sep 14, 2016 9:22 PM in response to Ian Kelleigh

    I have the same problem.

     

    I don't believe the music needs to come from apple (buy). Loaded a new artist/song from music CD/DVD without purchase from apple music. On my mac the artist photo was a generic microphone. Sync with my iphone and artist view correctly portrait the artist. I don't subscribe to "for you". I think this is a bug. Apple should fix it.

  • by MacManni2,

    MacManni2 MacManni2 Sep 15, 2016 3:33 AM in response to MikeDavidHoward
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    Sep 15, 2016 3:33 AM in response to MikeDavidHoward

    Hi all,

    you may can use this app to help with the covers and even more:

     

    https://www.tune-instructor.de/en/tutorials.html

     

    download it and use Tutorial Embed iTunes Store artwork in ID3-Tag

     

    Hope it does fit what you all looking for.

  • by randall sfrombexley,

    randall sfrombexley randall sfrombexley Sep 15, 2016 5:46 AM in response to tnorris
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    Sep 15, 2016 5:46 AM in response to tnorris

    It worked fine before.  This is also a problem on apple music on my phone

  • by maceasy,

    maceasy maceasy Sep 15, 2016 5:51 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Sep 15, 2016 5:51 AM in response to turingtest2

    thanks turingtest. I have successfully downgraded to 12.4.3. I am still on 10.11. thank goodness for that. No more ugly graphics. Who knows what goes on in Apple's mind, removing features arbitrarily, ones that people had got used to and liked. Change for change's sake, and who cares what the users think.

  • by Adams261,

    Adams261 Adams261 Sep 15, 2016 5:56 AM in response to Ian Kelleigh
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    iTunes
    Sep 15, 2016 5:56 AM in response to Ian Kelleigh

    Sorry while I am missing some artist and am not happy about it, I have a lot of music that I ripped that shows artists. Also, I may be wrong but it appears that over time, more are showing up. It seems to be similar to iTunes match. Populating the artwork is often delayed for wanter reason. I am hoping that most of this will clear up after a few days.

  • by Rascher,

    Rascher Rascher Sep 15, 2016 6:19 AM in response to tnorris
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    iTunes
    Sep 15, 2016 6:19 AM in response to tnorris

    The artist pictures are actually missing from Apple Music (streaming service) as well. Strangely enough, ALL artist pictures appear in CarPlay using the same phone with missing artist images?Screen Shot 2016-09-15 at 9.15.29 AM.png

  • by drleema,

    drleema drleema Sep 15, 2016 6:53 AM in response to tnorris
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    Sep 15, 2016 6:53 AM in response to tnorris

    This is a terrible, terrible problem. Also, in windows, there a serious problem of scaling DPI, when the EXPLORE and FOR YOU tab appears awfully big, fuzzy and blur....

    Please, apple (in lowercase..), fix it.

  • by dddwyer,

    dddwyer dddwyer Sep 15, 2016 7:20 AM in response to Ian Kelleigh
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    Sep 15, 2016 7:20 AM in response to Ian Kelleigh

    I'm finding that even if I've purchased music from the iTunes store, the artist thumbnail doesn't show up.

     

    I even thought maybe I would've needed to purchase all of an artist's music in my library from iTunes, but that's not the case, either.

     

    If they don't fix it, hopefully they'll let us just switch the microphone thumbnail off.

     

    The contempt Apple has for their users is unbelievable.

  • by NewfsRock,

    NewfsRock NewfsRock Sep 15, 2016 8:05 AM in response to tnorris
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    Sep 15, 2016 8:05 AM in response to tnorris

    Same problem here... Does not seem to have anything to do with purchase on iTUNES for me as the few artists faces showing up are there "somehow". Also, If I go to the few artist ArtWork that is showing (instead of the annoying mic) it is actually not in the Art Work window (the one in the Add Artwork).

     

    Rather have iTUNES to work than having "pixel dust" available when you text... A little pathetic. Hope they fix it soon.

  • by Jeffrey Haas,

    Jeffrey Haas Jeffrey Haas Sep 15, 2016 8:19 AM in response to Sydyh
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    Sep 15, 2016 8:19 AM in response to Sydyh

    Same here, hours upon hours of downloading album art to make sure it was fluent with no gaps.  And then iTunes updates and removes all of this.  Awful, upsetting, aggravating.  All of the above.  **** you, Apple Music.  **** you and your stock images.

  • by itorra,

    itorra itorra Sep 15, 2016 9:03 AM in response to Ian Kelleigh
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    Sep 15, 2016 9:03 AM in response to Ian Kelleigh

    Well, I have out of 1000 perfectly organized artists I have only 2 artist photo of music I didn't get from Apple Music Store, and for the music I did get from Apple Music Store I don't have artist photo, it seems like a bug.

  • by poikkeus1,

    poikkeus1 poikkeus1 Sep 15, 2016 9:34 AM in response to itorra
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    Sep 15, 2016 9:34 AM in response to itorra

    I agree with the general consensus here: the size of the album image in Album View seems too large, and the circular "microphone" gif accompanying Album View is not attractive.

     

    The problem is that this version is the "golden master" - the final version before general release. At this stage, Apple is primarily interested in getting rid of bugs or errors. Moreover, Apple seems to like the circular "halo" identifier a lot (i.e., this forum)...

    screenshot_376.png

    ...and to denote musical artists.

     

    I have a feeling it's not going anywhere. It's an integral part of Apple's design aesthetic.

  • by Michael Bennewitz,

    Michael Bennewitz Michael Bennewitz Sep 15, 2016 12:02 PM in response to tnorris
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    Sep 15, 2016 12:02 PM in response to tnorris

    Lame. it might not be so bad if those microphone icons were not the most pusillanimous pastels possible.

    It's also inconsistent. Many of my icons for bands I have purchased via iTunes display the generic butt ugly icon.  Seriously Apple, I rarely fault your aesthetic choices, but daaaamn that icon *****.

  • by MF1984,

    MF1984 MF1984 Sep 15, 2016 10:46 PM in response to tnorris
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    Sep 15, 2016 10:46 PM in response to tnorris

    I am disappointed in the latest update (12.5.1) to Itunes. Clearly, I am not the only one. The loss of features in  this version is appalling. The "simplified" look and not having colors to go with the albums is minor in comparison to having "artist art" vanish. I'd like to think that it is just lousy beta testing once again... but I think the disrespect for the customer shows through. Interesting that Apple thinks it is appropriate to stick it's hands into my library without a second thought!! Have no lessons been learned from the U2 debacle, the deleted libraries, missing and changed cover art?? These items are MINE and Apple should take care to leave them alone or take a lesson from MICROSOFT (Could it be?) and offer an option before removing things from my library? The sheer arrogance of their decision is clear...all of my artist artwork has been erased from view, with only artists from Itunes retaining any images! If that were not sufficient, Apple has seen fit to also determine what the proper image to put in place!! My choices for organizing MY music library now have to go through Apple, since I am now unfit to make my own choice. Wow! How long before Apple in their infinite wisdom will be at my door to confiscate liners from my CD collection, record sleeves, and cassette inserts and replace them with drawings of their choosing?! Might as well mix up all the CD's and such, I definitely cannot be left with the responsibility of organizing that library either! Apple, how about fixing this "bug"  and as a company, take a minute to think about your customers and having some respect for THEIR personal media library before dictating the company's wishes on us!

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