iTunes: Multiple art in multiple tracks

David Glover

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Jun 25, 2005, 2:49:42 PM6/25/05

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Is it possible to add multiple images as album art to multiple tracks in
iTunes, at once?

You can do it once track at a time, but if you do "Get info" on multiple
tracks, the art box only accepts one image, even if you drop more than
one in.

Any shortcut ways of doing it?

Macintosh Mike

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Jun 25, 2005, 9:12:20 PM6/25/05

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On 25/6/2005 1:49 PM, in article zdidnX1RvKH...@pipex.net, "David
Glover" <use...@davidglover.org> wrote:

Steve Jobs showed this feature in iTunes recently when he was demonstrating
the support coming for podcast shows in version 4.9. It might be a lot
easier to wait for a short while until v4.9 is released in the near future.

Mike

Andrew Collier

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Jun 26, 2005, 5:25:45 PM6/26/05

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In article <zdidnX1RvKH...@pipex.net>,
David Glover <use...@davidglover.org> wrote:

> Is it possible to add multiple images as album art to multiple tracks in
> iTunes, at once?

Show the artwork panel in the main window, click on the divider bar to
make sure it is showing "Selected Song" instead of "Now Playing".

If you select your songs in the main window, you can now drag multiple
image files from the finder onto the artwork panel. You'll be asked if
you want to add artwork to multiple items, click Yes.

I've just tried this, and it does appear to copy all the images onto all
the songs.

Cheers,

Andrew

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DJ Craig

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Jun 27, 2005, 9:13:52 AM6/27/05

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Andrew Collier wrote:
> In article <zdidnX1RvKH...@pipex.net>,
> David Glover <use...@davidglover.org> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to add multiple images as album art to multiple tracks in
> > iTunes, at once?
>
> Show the artwork panel in the main window, click on the divider bar to
> make sure it is showing "Selected Song" instead of "Now Playing".
>
> If you select your songs in the main window, you can now drag multiple
> image files from the finder onto the artwork panel. You'll be asked if
> you want to add artwork to multiple items, click Yes.
>
> I've just tried this, and it does appear to copy all the images onto all
> the songs.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew

Didn't work for me. When I selected multiple songs it said in the
artwork panel "Album artwork cannot be modified".

Jon B

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Jun 27, 2005, 11:49:19 AM6/27/05

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David Glover <use...@davidglover.org> wrote:

Yep you don't use get info, just select a load of tracks, make sure the
view artwork box is up bottom left, drag the image into that box ;)
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Andrew Collier

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Jun 27, 2005, 6:21:10 PM6/27/05

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In article <1119878032....@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
"DJ Craig" <sp...@djtricities.com> wrote:
> Andrew Collier wrote:

> > I've just tried this, and it does appear to copy all the images onto all
> > the songs.

> Didn't work for me. When I selected multiple songs it said in the

> artwork panel "Album artwork cannot be modified".

Hmmm. Doesn't do that for me. What version of iTunes? Mine's 4.8.

David Glover

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Jun 28, 2005, 5:24:06 AM6/28/05

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Andrew Collier wrote:
> Show the artwork panel in the main window, click on the divider bar to
> make sure it is showing "Selected Song" instead of "Now Playing".
>
> If you select your songs in the main window, you can now drag multiple
> image files from the finder onto the artwork panel. You'll be asked if
> you want to add artwork to multiple items, click Yes.
>
> I've just tried this, and it does appear to copy all the images onto all
> the songs.

It does indeed! -although you do have to erase any existing artwork
first.

Thanks. :)