Just how do you get album artwork for iTunes? In this article, I outline the different ways to do just this!
The number 1 way to get album artwork for iTunes is to use an automated software like Rinse that does all the hard work for you in no time at all. It’s fast, easy and works even if your songs don’t have the correct titles, artist and album names. In fact, Rinse will even correct the song information for you if you need it to. If you have many songs with missing album artwork, this is definitely the method I recommend to get album artwork for iTunes. You can download a trial copy here:
Rinse should work for you regardless of the size of your iTunes library. If you’re after a free way to get album artwork for iTunes, there are other options. You’ll just need to be prepared to invest some of your time to do some repetitive work.
If your iTunes library has correct song information, you should be able to just use the built-in tool to get album artwork for iTunes. I go into more detail on this in my article on album art finder.
If your iTunes library does not have the correct song information for your tracks however, the work gets quite a bit harder. You’ll need to manually search for the album artwork image files on the internet, crop them to get rid of un-necessary borders and load them into iTunes for each track or album. As before, I have another article with more details on how to get album artwork for iTunes using this manual technique.
Whichever method you choose, I’m sure you’ll have a more enjoyable time browsing your iTunes library, be it on your computer, iPhone, iPod or even Apple TV.
Get Album Artwork for iTunes with Rinse
