iTunes usually can't find album artwork for CDs I import

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iTunes usually can't find album artwork for CDs I import

These days, most of the time when I import a CD (a regular published CD from a standard music label) into iTunes for Windows, iTunes can't find the album artwork. But Windows Media Player can. Seems like Apple iTunes is defective (or Apple lost out on a licensing deal with a music info provider). iTunes used to be a lot better at finding album artwork. But not now.

I even upgraded to the latest iTunes for Windows offered, v 12..4.2.4 to see if the problem was fixed, but nothing changed.

It's problematic that I have to have a whole separate library of music & the iTunes app to control the library in order to support the 3 iPod players I have, when the majority of music players I have play standard MP3 music and either get music from the cloud or sync drag & drop with my PC. And now that my music library has outgrown my iPod nano, it is such a pain to change the music on that device....the Apple Store's solution was buy a bigger iPod. No thank you.

Hmm, Apple won't let me post my topic as orginally written, I got a You are not allowed to create or update this content error.

iTunes-OTHER, Windows 7

Posted on Jul 27, 2016 2:31 AM

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ed2345

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Jul 27, 2016 3:50 AM in response to nminenko

And now that my music library has outgrown my iPod nano, it is such a pain to change the music on that device

Almost everybody's library is bigger than a Nano will hold. If you use automatic syncing, it is very easy to change music. Just use the "Selected playlists..." option (pictured below) to sync a subset of your music to the Nano.

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nminenko Author

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Jul 27, 2016 5:52 AM in response to ed2345

But who has time to click all the different boxes that are presented under "selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres" ?

My nano is full, and I just got a new album. So I want to put the new album on my Nano, but to do that I have to take one album off. There is is no way to do that easily in iTunes...."just add this album, and leave the rest of my Nano content alone, except for whatever I have to delete off of the Nano to make room for the new album"

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ed2345

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Jul 27, 2016 6:08 AM in response to nminenko

My nano is full, and I just got a new album. So I want to put the new album on my Nano, but to do that I have to take one album off. There is is no way to do that easily in iTunes...."just add this album, and leave the rest of my Nano content alone, except for whatever I have to delete off of the Nano to make room for the new album"

Uncheck the box for the album you want to remove, and check the box for the album you want to remove. Then click "Sync." It could hardly be easier.

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JimmyCMPIT

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Jul 27, 2016 6:28 AM in response to nminenko

It used to be excellent, but lately it's terrible. I usually dig out an old CD, convert it and end up on Wikipedia getting the artwork because iTunes internal method is useless.

While iTunes was developed as a way to move your music to your computer. Apples primary focus on iTunes these days is storefront.

Expect less support for content you already own vs. the flexibility for content you continue to buy from them as Microsoft apparently allows far more in this department.

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