aktionman22
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Q: change generic microphone icon in "artists"

in itunes 12.5, how does one get artist's picture in "artists" instead of generic circle w/microphone? in the previous version, it used the 1st album art listed as the default when not purchased from itunes store.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), 16g ram

Posted on Oct 12, 2016 5:24 PM

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Q: change generic microphone icon in "artists"

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  • by Kenichi Watanabe,

    Kenichi Watanabe Kenichi Watanabe Oct 12, 2016 8:04 PM in response to aktionman22
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    Oct 12, 2016 8:04 PM in response to aktionman22

    Interesting observation... I think there must be a separate online repository of "artist images" (different from album artwork) that Apple maintains on their servers.  When I do a right-click on an artist that has an actual picture shown in iTunes Artists view, and select Go to -> Show in iTunes Store (or Show in Apple Music), that same artist image appears there.  OR, they have a much fancier special presentation.  When I do the same for an artist that has the generic "microphone" image, their presentation in iTunes Store is also "generic" without a separate artist image.

     

    Therefore, if you see the microphone, it probably means that artist's artist image is currently not available.

  • by Duneman,

    Duneman Duneman Oct 13, 2016 7:34 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe
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    Oct 13, 2016 7:34 AM in response to Kenichi Watanabe

    Same issue here - before the "upgrade" I could assign an album cover to the master image for the artist. No longer. Another issue is when updating info in "Get Info" it sometimes takes and sometimes does not. Very frustrating.