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I love the new 12.4 update (return of the sidebar 🙂). What happened to the add album artwork context menu item?
Anyone tell me where to find this.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)
If that's the Get Album Artwork command, there does not seem to be an equivalent command in the menu bar that applies to a single song (or a selection of songs). Not in the main menu bar or anywhere else. The command in the menu bar for File -> Library -> Get Album Artwork is available, but that action applies to your whole library.
However, if you put your music library into Albums view (to show the view with album artwork "tiles" in a grid), I noticed that you can right-click on an album and Get Album Artwork. I think that applies to all songs on the selected album (or albums). I suppose that makes "some" sense, since missing album artwork is usually for all songs on the album.
If that's the Get Album Artwork command, there does not seem to be an equivalent command in the menu bar that applies to a single song (or a selection of songs). Not in the main menu bar or anywhere else. The command in the menu bar for File -> Library -> Get Album Artwork is available, but that action applies to your whole library.
However, if you put your music library into Albums view (to show the view with album artwork "tiles" in a grid), I noticed that you can right-click on an album and Get Album Artwork. I think that applies to all songs on the selected album (or albums). I suppose that makes "some" sense, since missing album artwork is usually for all songs on the album.
Yes this is exactly what I was looking for. I used to be able to do it per song though. It is a shame they removed it on the per song basis as I use iTunes match and add songs progressively.
Real Question: Will this new functionality/way of 'get album artwork' override album covers for covers I have added manually? Before I was able to do it on a per song basis.
Thanks for clarifying.
If you are like me and prefer to browse your music library by artist, you can also get the album artwork in that view. You can right click on either the album cover image or the name of the album above the songs to find the "Get Album Artwork" command. This still does, however, apply to the entire album. Which again makes sense because all of the songs on a particular album will have the same album artwork.
Thank you!
No clue why Apple would modify that feature in any way, shape or form. I had to come here to learn how to do it again. A wise man once told me, "if it aint broke don't fix it!"
I am been using iTunes from day one and I'm very disappointed that they would take away this feature that I've been there for years apple every year now is disappointed not a good look bring it back😠
They Removed it again! (post sierra)
I still see it in the latest iTunes (running under Sierra)
Right-click an album "tile" in Albums view.
What happened to the 'add album artwork' context menu item in iTunes 12.4?
