Missing artwork is a very irritating sight for perfectionists like me who want their music library to be well organized at all times. It is indeed a dreadful sight when half of your tracks are missing on their respective artwork. They not only make your library look aesthetically unpleasant but also unorganized and messy. There are two methods to retrieve missing artwork from iTunes: the automatic method and the manual method.
Let us first take a look at the automatic method of retrieving missing album artwork.
Step 1 Sign in to your iTunes Store using your Apple ID. If you’re already signed in, simply open iTunes.
Step 2 Select all of your audio files by either holding Shift key while you click each file individually or by using Ctrl+A.
Step 3 Now right click, and from the dropdown menu select “Get Album Artwork”.
Step 4 Sit back and relax, iTunes will automatically start looking for and retrieving missing album artwork.
Once the automatic retrieval process is complete, you’ll get a notification informing you of it. If somehow some of the artwork couldn’t be retrieved (and there’s a great chance it’ll happen), you’ll be notified accordingly.
Then you can follow the following steps teaching you the method of manually retrieving the missing artwork.
Step 1 Look for artworks on Google for the respective albums/tracks.
Step 2 Save the images in the desired location of your computer/laptop.
Step 3 Open iTunes, select the song for which you want to add artwork, right click on it and from the dropdown menu select, “Get Info”.
Step 4 A new screen will open up, go to the tab labelled “Artwork” and click “Add”. Browse to locate desired image and click “Open”. Click “Ok” to add the artwork to the file you selected.
Disadvantages:
To tackle these shortcomings, we have another method of getting missing album artwork i.e. by using “TunesGo”.
TunesGo is a simple and fun iTunes manager that lets you manage all of your iTunes data across all of your devices (iPads, iPhones etc.) without having to go through iTunes every time. Moreover, it helps organizing your iTunes library by scanning for missing album artwork, missing tags, duplicate songs and missing tracks etc. and fixes it automatically in the click of a single button. It can also be used to back up your data, manage your contacts and transfer photos from one apple device to another. It is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, MAC OS X, iOS 10.3 as well as Android and Windows phones
Step 1 Download software of TunesGo first. Connect your iPhone or other device to computer, and TunesGo will detect it automatically.
Step 2 Click "Music" and select all music you wnat to get album. Then right click to select "Fix Music Info" which it will get album artwork and fix all the id3 info.
Now we can compare the three processes discussed above i.e. the automatic artwork retrieval using iTunes, the manual artwork retrieval using iTunes and artwork retrieval using iTunes and it is obvious that the latter is not only simpler but also less time consuming. You might want to go ahead and get that premium version now that you’ve seen how beneficial TunesGo pro is! Fully compatible with iOS 11.
Mar 31,2017 13:45 pm / Posted by Christine Smith to iTunes Tips