iTunes 10.4 killed "Show Icon Preview" Pic on desktop

Updating to iTunes 10.4 on Lion killed the "Show Icon Preview" feature, so that when I have music on my desktop it no longer shows the album art on the icon. Yes, it is checked off in the Show View Options box. This happened before on iTunes 9.2 I beleive. Anyone know a workaround to fix it?

13, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 22, 2011 5:22 PM

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Jul 31, 2011 2:17 AM in response to Jolly Jimmy

So is this what I am experiencing too? - MBP, 10.6.7, iTunes 10.4.

Used to show the embedded album art as the icon preview in the finder and still does for old unmodified files but for all new files or ones that have been modified (eg. change the file name) they revert back to the music note icon.

It's OK in icon view mode but not in column or list. Cover flow results in album art at the top but not in the list below.

Aug 11, 2011 8:18 AM in response to CIAGDDS

I usually don't update itunes since it always provide update for iphone and/or ipad usage and I don't have any.

When I installed lion on a partition with itunes 10.4 already installed, I was so mad it broke the preview for the mp3 files, such a stupid beahavior...

It's been a few weeks now and still no update to correct this, nonsense.

I guess not enough people are complaining so they don't really care about correcting this.

Lion seems nice but I was satisfied with SL and kinda wish I didn't upgrade because of this.

No choice but wait.

****.

Aug 12, 2011 2:24 AM in response to tsphipps

so 10.4 is responsible, no matter what OS you're running.

tried installing 10.5 beta on lion, no change.

only way is to downgrade to 10.3 which is no problem under SL but not sure it can run on Lion though.

guess I will live totally without iTunes for a while especially since the great Vox app is now running on Lion with its just released beta version.

might even give Songbird another try until apple gets this problem fixed... if they care doing so.

Sep 30, 2011 11:46 AM in response to Whet Wurm

They don't seem to take it seriously, probably because most people don't care about this matter and didn't even notice.

No update fixing this issue so far, they could have fix it with a 10.4.something but no. Maybe this won't even be corrected in 10.5.

More than two months and no fix.

If I could synch my iPod with Songbird, I would have trash iTunes a pretty while ago.

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