Apple Music / iTunes Woes Continue (Some Album Art Not Showing Up In Playlists)

Album art is not showing up in playlists created in Apple Music. I ripped my Iron Maiden's "Somewhere In Time" (compact disc) to my hard drive earlier today.


I then scanned compact disc cover art (as well as trying .jpg files I'd found online)—sizing everything down to about 600x600 pixels wide, which has worked seamlessly on thousands of other compact discs I've ripped to my hard drive.


(I also dumped the custom artwork and attempted to use the find album art feature, but it didn't work.)


As you see in the image below, the cover art is present up top (where the song "Stranger In A Strange Land" is playing), but there is no artwork next to the songs when dragged into a playlist for this album.


The image for the album shows up in large form next to the tracks—but that is the result of this playlist having been on my phone for years. (I ripped an old, un-remastered version of the album to iTunes today, replaced existing tracks and the side art stayed—but individual track art is not showing up.


I also tried to create a new playlist for this album and zero artwork showed up—nothing for the songs and not the larger image on the side.


I've dragged other tracks from this album into other playlists and the cover art doesn't show up, either—yet all other cover art from other bands, albums, etc. shows up with zero issue.


The music-related nightmares cotninue (since Apple did away with iTunes and created Music). Shouldn't be this difficult to have a seamless music application, yet every oS "upgrade" seems to make iTunes / Music a bigger disaster than it was before.


Advice is appreciated. Thanks.



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Posted on Aug 23, 2020 2:54 PM

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Aug 25, 2020 6:48 AM in response to Chris Bello

Can someone please reply to this?


I am at my wit's end with Apple.


Supported this brand since the nineties and just bought my sixth new MacBook last week.


Literally at a point where I'm ready to return this thing to Costco and want to punt on my next iPhone upgrade to go Android.


The issues Apple has created with iTunes (Music) and other programs with all this iOS "upgrades" has been an utter disaster.


Something has to give, already.

Aug 25, 2020 12:03 PM in response to Chris Bello

Anthrax's new "Persistence Of Time" remastered CD just showed up in the mail today.


Currently ripping to my iTunes / Apple Music (whatever the **** it's called now) and watching in real time as the old songs are replaced with the new, the cover art is disappearing in the playlist (but not on the actual song itself—as you can see with the second track "Blood" which is playing.)


So .... another Catalina fail as playlists are now suddenly going to **** in a handbag—cover art showing for the song when playing in iTunes, but not showing up in playlists and not transferring over to my iPhone when syncing.


Thanks, Apple.


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