subject: Getting the best Album Artwork for iTunes [print this page] Getting the best Album Artwork for iTunes
Most people now have an iPod of some sort to listen to music on. Walking around with a pocket full of music is a pleasure. You can pretty much listen to any song in your library anytime you want, without needing to remember to take the correct cassettes or CDs with you. Instant access to your music collection right in your pocket, going with you wherever you go. Over time, my collection has become a bit clunky though. Some duplicates creep in, many songs and albums are labelled incorrectly, and for some reason, iTunes can never find the correct album artwork.
Of course, fixing duplicates is fairly easy, and well documented on Apple's website. However, if you have over 5000 songs (or even just a couple of hundred), hunting these down individually becomes something of an effort. Actually, a major effort. So, I spent some time looking around for a way to solve this. THere are a number of 'scripts' provided by programmers, but these are Mac specific and require some technical knowledge to use.
I've come to the conclusion that the only way to do this correctly is a software package that automates the entire process. Software cleans your music library, doesn't require much input from you, and gets the job done. You can remove duplicates, restore missing album artwork, and corrects the track information, all automatically. Just set it to run once a week or so, and your music collection will magically be restored to what it should be. Thousands of users and music lovers with large libraries are already using this, as it's the best way to keep your music collection clean. Go to the site below to get an overview of the product, and a step by step guide for doing the work manually, then decide.
A step-by-step guide for adding album artwork to iTunes can be found here: Album Artwork for iTunes
