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Change audio file preview image (not icon) in Finder?

I know this is easily done in iTunes, by simply changing the "artwork" of the song.

But I need to do it outside of iTunes, and I need to change the preview image and not the icon image.

Many tutorials show how to easily change the icon for a file, but I've found nothing about changing the preview...

As said I need to do it within Finder, or maybe with Quicktime? I don't know what method I can use, if any.

I need to have the artwork I want already in the file before importing it into iTunes, doesn't matter why I won't get into that.


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MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), 17'', Late 2011

Posted on Jun 30, 2016 9:43 AM

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Posted on Jun 30, 2016 10:20 AM

You are a LEGEND, Sir.

I've managed to download Media Rage from Softonic and it actually works, which I wasn't too hopeful about.

And it does remove and/or change .m4a audio files artwork, and the change shows directly in Finder.

You solved an issue that I've been having for YEARS, you have NO IDEA.

Thank you so so so so much!


😍

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Jun 30, 2016 10:20 AM in response to Limnos

You are a LEGEND, Sir.

I've managed to download Media Rage from Softonic and it actually works, which I wasn't too hopeful about.

And it does remove and/or change .m4a audio files artwork, and the change shows directly in Finder.

You solved an issue that I've been having for YEARS, you have NO IDEA.

Thank you so so so so much!


😍

Change audio file preview image (not icon) in Finder?

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