iTunes Match Lost Cover Art

Thanks for the suggestion Doneko, but it does not work for me.

Running iTunes 11.1.3 on Mac OS 10.8.5.

First, I have NO option (right-click, or EDIT menu) to COPY the artwork image in the GetInfo window.

Second, when I select ALL tracks in an album and GetInto, the Artwork Tab is NOT shown, so I can't add or paste in a new image.

Suggestions?

Hi JMichael11,

Adding artwork to a single song:

- Select a single song in iTunes

- Press Cmd-I (I believe Ctrl-I on Windows) to get to the Get Info window. Alternatively you can right click on the file and select Get Info form the pop up menu

- Select the Artwork tab

- Click on Add and browse to the JPEG or PNG file you want to embed. Alternatively you can select the white artwork field and paste a picture from your clipboard.

Adding artwork to an album:

- Select all the songs of an album in iTunes

- Press Cmd-I (I believe Ctrl-I on Windows) to get to the Get Info window. Alternatively you can right click on the selection and select Get Info form the pop up menu

- Select the Info tab

- Double click inside the square "Artwork" field and browse to the JPEG or PNG file you want to embed. Alternatively you can select the square artwork field and paste a picture from your clipboard.

I hope this helps!

Doneko

Hi JMichael11,

On "paste" I meant using the Cmd-V (Ctrl-V in Windows) keyboard shortcut to paste the image you copied to your clipboard with Cmd-C (Ctrl-C in Windows).

Doneko

Hi Doneko,

I think - because I had it too - JMichael11's problem is that this Artwork tab sometimes doesn't appear in the GetInfo window.

Regards,

Michael

Hey everyone,

I've been fighting with iTunes match to update my album art the way I wanted it to, but found it always reverted back to the art I originally attached to the file. On some occasions it would stay for a while, and then revert back once Match updated.

I believe I have found the fix.

1. Turn off match on all devices except for the computer you manage your music from (this step isn't entirely needed but I have found it gives best results).

2. Select the album/track that needs album art/editing, and select Get Info.

If album, select the check box and OK to clear the attached album art.

If single track, go the album art tab and delete it from there.

3. Here's where it diverts a bit depending on how you manage your music:

If you have a local copy of your songs stored on your system (in the iTunes music folder), when you highlight the album/track and paste in your new/fixed album art, it's going to attach the art to your LOCAL mp3 files. The cloud mp3 file is unaffected (most of the time).

If you keep your music stored entirely in the cloud (as I do, for the most part), where there are no local copies, when you attach the new/edited album art, you are then going to DOWNLOAD the local copy, where it will end up in your iTunes music folder.

4. In both of these cases, you now have a local copy of your album with the new/edited album art attached.

Now, you are going to select the album/track that you edited, and delete it from iCloud. Choose the option, when prompted, to KEEP THE FILES.

5. Since you now have brand new files for Match to deal with, you are going to go into your iTunes music folder and drag your local copy of the album/track you've been working with. Match will see it as new and upload it accordingly.

6. Turn match on to your other devices, see results.

This has been working for me, I usually will Google search the album and sort/find the highest resolution/best looking image and attach it, since I like the art to show up clear on my iPad as well (and sometimes I will find an alternate album cover I wasn't aware of and want to change what I had attached).

Hi BClanc,

I have pretty much used the same methodology that you employ with satisfying results, i.e., searching for the highest resolution images searchable, and/or scanning the original artwork from the CD's booklet and touching up any imperfections that transpire, and finally embedding the image into to file, it's as simple as that really!

Regards, John

P.S. I hope Apple don't screw this process up in their next release!

@ Doneko - I kinda love you 😍

Have had this problem for a looong time and I have used a lot of time trying solutions from this forum - without any luck. It was driving me crazy!!!😠

Your way is the right way - I'm a fan 😉