iTunes not allowing me to change Album Artwork on individual ALAC tracks

I go and try to change the individual artwork (by going to get info>artwork>deleting the current artwork on the track>moving to the next track>then move back to the track>paste or add the correct art work> hit OK. I then go back to the track (get info> artwork) and the old artwork is still there.

MM13 - If you add the new artwork right after deleting the old, does it stick?

Try Repair security permissions for iTunes for Windows.

tt2

Certainly sounds like it has done the trick. 🙂

tt2

Art downloaded automatically from the iTunes store goes into the Album Artwork cache. When you manually add artwork to a track it will be embedded in the tag of the file. If iTunes cannot update the file then the edit won't take. I suspect that iTunes may use different security credentials for some file operations which might be why the edit to the compilation flag has taken but the artwork hasn't. The permissions fix should be applied to both the folders where the media is stored as well the library files if they are in a separate location. That said I'm not sure that it is possible to add SYSTEM to a remote share. You might need to check permissions carefully from the server end to make sure that your user account really does have full control over the folder in question and that nothing is marked as read-only.

tt2

I've got the same problem (Itunes 12.5.1.21 / W10 edu + anniversary update / iMatch). Only my files are located on the local HD, with correct permissions.

What I've noticed:

For a full album: Delete download => Change image => Download again mostly does the trick.

For complications: Not going to work for separate images. I just created a album for each song so the correct image can be applied...

The last one is very annoying but when playing them on my phone I want to see a nice picture and not always the same incorrect picture.

And last but not least, when a view looks fine and you restart itunes (After updating iCloud library) , after a few moments all could be turned back and I've to start over again on some of the changed numbers. And yes automatic download of images is turned of. All downloaded album-art is deleted.

Folders always revert back to showing as read-only, but if you applied the permission changes properly then all files inside the folders should be allowed to be updated.

tt2

Don't ask me why, but the only way to change is if you select the "Songs" tab on the left, under "Library".

If you try from "Albums" or "Artists", it won't work.