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MP3 icon no longer displays artwork in finder

Hi there,

I'm not sure if this started since iTunes 9.2 or 10.6.4, but MP3 icons - in my documents folder, for example - don't display the artwork for the file anymore. I just see the 'musical notes' generic symbol instead. Even when I quicklook the item, it plays back, but again without the specific artwork for that file.

If I open the file in iTunes, the artwork is presented, however. Outside of iTunes in finder windows or folders, there's no artwork. This used to work until very recently, so I don't know what's changed. Can the finder no longer read MP3 artwork outside of iTunes?

Message was edited by: Micbarry

Message was edited by: Micbarry

Macbook 4,1 (White), Mac OS X (10.6.4), 4GB RAM, Samsung 500GB HD

Posted on Jun 17, 2010 12:13 PM

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Jun 20, 2010 5:40 AM in response to kcfelix

I can confirm this behaviour as well. I've been embedding artwork using jaikoz, and prior to updating to iTunes 9.2, this was being displayed in Finder as the icon preview.

Icons are displayed intermittently on my system while browsing files in the iTunes Library. In other view modes (besides icon view), the artwork appears.

I just wanted to report I tried a full uninstall and reinstall of iTunes 9.2, and the bug remains.

I encourage people to report this to Apple so we can get this fixed.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/bugrptform.html

Jun 20, 2010 2:05 PM in response to Michael271

Lets get the word out and keep this thread active. I don't see much activity on the web regarding this. See the links I provided in my earlier post, hopefully Apple acts quickly and resolves this issue for us... I know I'm anxious for a resolution. I think we have enough confirmation that this is indeed an issue with the iTunes 9.2 update.

Jun 20, 2010 4:01 PM in response to Michael271

9.2 definitely has problems on Win7. Some that I've experienced since "upgrading":

-Album artwork does not paste correctly
-Sizing issues when displaying album artwork in a separate window
-Unable to change "Genre" en masse
-iTunes freezes

It does display album artwork much faster in the cover flow and grid views so that is a plus but the problems above are more than annoying.

Using third party taggers you can see that iTunes files do not always have artwork embedded in file. There is nothing in the embbeded art section. Further evidence of this presents itself when using another player (e.g. foobar2000, MediaMonkey, jetAudio, etc) It results in no artwork being displayed in those programs as the art is not with the music file.

Jun 20, 2010 10:05 PM in response to Michael271

I'm running 10.5.8 on a MacBookPro. I just updated to iTunes 9.2 this afternoon, Sun. June 20th, and I am experiencing similar problems.

The cover artwork is no longer appearing as the icons for my mp3s in the finder. I've also experienced some trouble adding cover artwork. I attempted to add the same jpg for an entire album by selecting all of the tracks in the iTunes window, and dragging the jpg to the artwork viewer. The art was only added to the track that was playing.

Also, when I first started up iTunes after installing the update, a progress bar window appeared stating "creating thumbnail versions of artwork", and the names of every album in my iTunes library quickly flashed by until the progress bar finished. I don't recall this with previous iTunes updates.

Jun 21, 2010 12:39 PM in response to Michael271

I just updated iTunes to 9.2 (all other software is latest versions) and getting a totally repeatable error with Artwork/tags

Following error found

Open iTunes
In Music folder

1. Select an existing track
2. Get Info
3. Info displayed (all as should be Track Name Album name etc and Artwork all ok)
4. Amend the Artist name (I just took a . out)
5. Click OK

That track is now displayed as Unknown Album with no Album Artwork

Do a Get Info on that Un Known track and all the information is shown correctly including the amended Artist Name Album Name and Artwork)

This procedure always worked before I upgraded to iTunes 9.2

If I leave track as is (ie wrong) and shut iTunes down and re strart iTunes the track is then displayed correctly - I can do this with any tracks in iTunes - what ever format - and I get the same error.

I think this was a rushed release of iTunes aimed at the g4 iPhone - most of the amendments where for that - but has goosed the rest of us up .....

MP3 icon no longer displays artwork in finder

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