How to Create 4-Tile Album Art for Apple Music/iTunes Playlists

Has anyone else discovered how to create new 4-Tile album art for Apple Music/iTunes playlists that's easier than what I've detailed below? I can't find anything on the site but am completely new to this and maybe I'm not searching properly. Any help is appreciated. I'm always looking for an easier way to do things. Thanks!


How to Create an Apple Music/iTunes Playlist with a 4-Tile Album Cover Design of Your Choice.


What follows are instructions on how to create a new playlist and ensure that you have extra blank playlists readily available.


So, Apple community, here it is. Hope this is the solution you’ve been looking for.


1.      Choose a playlist within your Apple Music/iTunes library that has the old-style 4-Tile album cover design.


2.      Select the playlist and right-click to show the drop-down menu.


3.      Select Duplicate.


4.      Place your cursor on the new Copy playlist and right-click, then select Edit.


5.      Rename the duplicated playlist: Blank.


6.      In the new Blank playlist, delete all songs except the first 4 songs which create the 4-Tile album cover.


7.      Duplicate this Blank 4-song album several times to have readily available blank albums for the future.


8.      Select one of the Blank Copy albums just created and rename the album. This may be done later if desired.


9.      Add 4+ new songs to this Blank/Renamed album from another playlist or Apple Music's streaming service. (Select the song to be added, select Add to Playlist, select your newly created playlist to add the song to.)


10.  Once the 4 new songs have been added to the 4 old songs in the Blank Copy/Renamed playlist, you may delete the first 4 old songs.


11.  The 4 new song images will replace the 4 old song images as the playlist’s album cover/visual identifier.


12.  If the images don’t switch immediately, and you want to see how the cover will look, exit out of the playlist, wait a few seconds and re-enter the playlist; this will help to reset the images faster. Your new playlist with the new 4-Tile album cover is now complete.


13.  Keep in mind that by shuffling the play-position of first 4 songs you will be able to “design” the album/playlist cover. Meaning that, by moving a song from anywhere in the playlist to one of the first 4 play-positions, the tile configuration will change, thus changing the cover.


14.  As you use each Blank Copy make more to have on hand for when you are ready to transfer

music and create a new playlist. – All you’ll have to do is rename it and delete the first 4 old songs from the original playlist after adding at least 4 new songs.

Posted on Mar 12, 2026 5:55 PM

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How to Create 4-Tile Album Art for Apple Music/iTunes Playlists

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