Playlist Art on iPhone after IOS 13

Hello,

Is anyone else encountering the issue of playlist art not showing the correct album art on the iPhone after updating to IOS 13? Yesterday, I updated my old iPhone X to the new IOS and it messed up the album art on my playlists on my iPhone. I just purchased the iPhone 11 Pro today and I was hoping would the issue wouldn’t be there but it still persists. In fact, it seems to randomly select a covert art for a playlist each time I open the music app. However, when I click on the actually playlist the correct album art is there. I know this is minor issue for some, but it is annoying the crap out of me right now lol.

I’m old school in that I manage all of my music via iTunes on windows and I don’t use the cloud at all. I just prefer to do it this way because I have a ton of music that I imported years ago via CD from back in my high school days. Anyone encountering this issue currently? I’ve tried re-syncing all of the music on my phone several times, uninstalling iTunes on my pc and reinstalling it, and cleaning the cache. I’ve had this happen in the past but can’t remember what I did to fix it. The album art is correct on my pc, and correct once I select a playlist on my phone. It’s just wrong when I’m looking at all of my playlists on my phone.

Best,

iPhone X

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 8:04 PM

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mep1969

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Posted on Sep 23, 2019 2:04 PM

I found a workaround that did the trick for me, but it's slightly labor-intensive, and not the same thumbnail as you had before. Assign each playlist it's own thumbnail. Tap the playlist thumbnail in Itunes, and you'll be prompted to save an image of your choice. I used album covers or pictures I found on Google Images, and saved to my PC. I added my own text to some of them, using MS Paint. I changed the thumbnails on iTunes in my computer, synced with my phone, and no more incorrect, shifting images.

I have iPhone SE with iOS 13, and iTunes on Windows 10, and, like you, I create/edit playlists in iTunes, then sync my phone. However, before syncing, I noticed that the playlists in my phone had the option to upload a different thumbnail by tapping the existing thumbnail on the phone itself, so that's probably another thing to try for those who don't sync with iTunes. I'm actually happier now in a way, because I got to choose my own thumbnails instead of the default, so a happy accident.

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