Recently I buy some new tracks but when I add the cover with ID3 Editor (or iTunes), I can't see the covers of the files in the Finder. Moreover when you copy & paste a MP3 with an available cover, it will disappear. I find it very annoying. I made a clean install for OS X Lion and I don't understand what's happen 😟 Maybe a bug ? I didn't had this problem with my Snow Leopard...
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
I have the same problem, I hope it's just a bug that gets fixed.
I'm having the same issue... all of my mp3s have cover art associated with them and it isn't showing up in Finder at all like it used to in Snow Leopard.
I'm having the same issue as well. I'm hoping it's just a bug that will be resolved soon....
same problem here some people solved it deleteing the itunes cache folder, some deleting finder preferences
it did work for me to delete the itunes cache, but just once, then i have missing artworks all around again
its not because the OS version, its not because the itunes version, its not because you need to do a clean install ... its just happen with no aparently reason , apple need to rewrite the finde code which shows icons , there is something wrong on it
Okay so can you tell us where is located the iTunes cache folder and what preferences did you delete ?
look for this one-----> com.apple.finder.plist
and itunes cache is ---> user/music/itunes/album artwork/cache
It doesn't work for me 😟 I am desperate..
I'm having the same issue in the latest version of Snow Leopard.
I have the same problem and has not been resolved with the 10.7.2 update :(
Here is my thread with the same problem, with simple examples and pictures.
Weird...
I solved it installing Itunes 10.5.1(42), even if I'm not using Itunes at all.
Albumarts will now appear in every folder from the finder.
I closed my topic because I solved it :
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3467881
Is it the same for you ?
I have the fix!!!!
I have had the same issue ever since Lion. Its been very painful not having album art preview in finder or the play button when rollover the file for so many versions of OSX. Today I worked hard in trying to solve the problem since Applecare support hasn't helped much, all they did was tell me to bring the computer in. The other main reason I got so motivated to try and fix this is because the DJ app for Mac only reads album art from the finder even if iTunes can display the album art. The other reason that got me curious is that my friends macbook pro album art worked fine, so I cross checked with his computer until I figured out a few things that helped and ultimately fixed the issue. FINALLY!
My set up:
- I have my full iTunes library folder on my external as I have over 700GB of music.
- It includes all my database files in there, which is very important as I have many playlist settings from over 7 years of iTunes activity.
SOLUTION:
1. With every new computer I have purchased, I use to just pressed option on Mac and press iTunes to locate my folder (which I have said is located on my external drive).
2. I tried today to press option again BUT locate and selected the default library in the user/music folder of my internal drive (standard setting from Apple).
3. Miraculously, all the album art appeared in both my external drive library and also today's downloaded songs on my Macbook pro. Ofcourse with the new default location I don't have any songs or data.
4. So I tried to find a way to keep this library data on my internal drive since it can help the finder display all my files properly, yes even have the play on rollover button but as well link it back to my external drive with all my 700GB songs.
5. I then went into iTunes Preferences/Advance tab and in iTunes Media folder location redirected the location to my external drive iTunes/ iTunes Media folder. If it asks to collate data, press NO.
6. Then I quit iTunes.
7. Next I copied the 4 files to my desktop from my external drive as I want to keep the data I have made with all my playlists etc. The four files are iTunes Library Extras.itdb , iTunes Library Genius.itdb , iTunes Library.itl , iTunes Library.xml
8. I then went to my internal drive User/Music/Itunes/ and dragged these 4 files I copied from my external drive into here and making sure to REPLACE the four existing files already there.
9. Next open iTunes and you will find all your presettings appear with all your music linked to your external. What this does is keep the important library files on your internal drive (that somehow makes your finder files album art appear), BUT to read also all the music mp3 files located in the external drive (action from step 5)
Presto!! All your music files whether on internal drive or external all the album art has appeared. 😀
Hope this helps!! Let me know if there are any other questions.
I am on 10.8.1 running retina macbook pro.
Mp3 files in Finder doesn't show all the Cover Art
