Itunes Artwork Problems with Lion

agreed this is not just itunes.

While annoying for Lion, by biggest gripe was that the artwork wasn't showing up in the bowtie cover art widget. The newest (beta) version of bowtie fixes this.

Jolly Jimmy is right, I have done that also and have said this so many times, OS X somehow needs iTunes to run, just like Safari, the thing is that it's an iTunes 10.4, 10.5 problem, it has to do with the integration with Finder, 10.3 didn't have this problem, so yes, it's an iTunes problem that gets reflected in Finder.

I don't know why the rest of the OS is affected by an iTunes update but I can assure you that it is and that iTunes the issue. Multiple tests on Snow Leopard AND Lion confirm that the artwork in Finder is broken only after updating iTunes past 10.3.1. Not an OS update.

There was exactly the same issue with iTunes 9.2 a few years back. Back then I did the very same tests but with Leopard and Snow Leopard, starting with iTunes 9.1.1 then moving to 9.2. On both OS's the artwork was only broken after updating iTunes.

Apple released an update a few months later that fixed the problem. Was it an OS update? No. It was iTunes 10.

iTunes is the problem.

yes, I agree with this. I had the same problem over a year ago. summer of 2010. then they fixed it. and it happened because of a previous update.

But you are right, I have a computer still running snow leopard and just a few months ago after Lion was released, all the artwork on that computer was available in all folders. It is still on snow leopard, but now, 4 months later, I no longer see my artwork.

The only difference...I have updated my itunes..

such BS. why does iTunes have to be involved with so much more. I don't like how one program decides the fate of everything else. I do not like that kind of control. That is why we switched from PC to MAC. majob inbalance here

I just downloaded iTunes 10.5.1, did some tests and it seems to work now, I added a .jpg to a song without artwork and it appear in Finder just fine, the only thing I noticed was that I couldn't drag the pic when in the little box "Now Playing", I had to go to "Get Info"/"Artwork to drag it to my desktop.

Another thing is that when I added the pic it didn't show in the box, I had to play another song then go back to the one I fixed and it appeared, the same thing when you delete an artwork, it stil shows until you play another song go back to the previous and then it gets deleted.

Oh, and also some other songs that I downloaded and never showed artwork in Finder, after 10.5.1 they showed the artwork in Finder just fine.

So, after all that, is nice to see that the file in Finder shows the artwork, but, they fixed something and messed up something else, but I much rather have the problems of 10.5.1 that the previous bugs in 10.4, 10.5.

Cheers.

I encountered the same issue.

You have to install Itunes 10.5.1(42) and it will work (released today).

Let's have a look to my topic : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3467881 (solved)

Looks like iTunes 10.5.1 has finally sorted this... for now at least.

The problem is NOT solved in ex Bowtie. It won't show artwork you yourself added to the track. So annoying.

I am not the only who still has the issue, am I?

Does the artwork show OK in Finder? 3rd party apps like Bowtie might have their own database that would need rebuilding now the underlying problem has been fixed.

It works fine in Finder, but Bowtie does not show the artwork, which it used to.

You might be right about that. I hope so 😝 Thanks for the answer.

EDIT: I just downloaded the 1.4 Bowtie beta and lo and behold - it works!

Ok, so 10.5.2 is out. Should i download it or wait if some one reports that artwork is screwed again?

I'm ok for now with the 10.5.1.

i've installed 10.5.2.

i realized a couple of days ago that my artwork screensaver was not working anymore. the update didn't help. and by reading this thread i've checked in finder. i used to be able to see the artwork, now they all disappeared.

interesting: i've created a new itunes library and put some music in it, artwork are working fine in finder again. (i mean, in the new itunes library, not the old one)

I just updated to 10.5.2. and the screensaver could no longer find any artwork. This has been a recurring problem on the forum, however, over the years with no obvious solution. I tried many things suggested here with no luck. I was looking for a solution at the screensaver or library/plist end. In the end it seems to have been a problem with the iTunes library. In Time machine I noticed some odd folder changes that occurred a couple of days ago BEFORE i updated to 10.5.2. (I don't think I did anything recently except sync my ipod, but I remember an unusual dialogue during sync signalling an anomaly but didn't pay much attention). For instance, one artist folder had appeared duplicated outside the iTunes Music folder - tracks I haven't listened to in months.

Solution that worked for me was to go back in Time Machine about 5 days - before the update - and before the folder appeared, and restore the entire iTunes folder. This worked.....

i misposted. Check my reply to svkrzn