Revisited: How-To Download album art from iTunes
Update 9/18/06: Please see this post for the new script.
Update 10/13/05: The script has been updated and is now functioning properly. Enjoy updating your iTunes music collection with high quality album art!
Update 10/12/05: Apple has updated the backend of the iTunes Music Store. The script no longer functions properly. Stay tuned for an alternative option.
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Album art to match large music library collections can be quite tedious to maintain. The iTunes Art Importer is one alternative for importing individual album covers. The downside is that cover sources often skimp on high quality images. Use the following steps to download high resolution (up to 600 x 600 pixel) album covers for your music collection directly from iTunes.
Step 1: Locate any tracks in your library which are missing their corresponding album art. If you’re interested in checking your ID3 tags, check out MusicBrainz. You’re ability to locate the appropriate album art depends on the accuracy of your ID3 tags. In your iTunes preferences, check the “Show links to Music Store”. This will allow you quicker access to the iTMS from tracks with missing covers.
Step 2: Locate the album [cover] and right-click on the album title. Select ‘Copy iTunes Music Store URL’. Paste the URL into the ‘iTunes Album URL’ field here [src]. The script will spit out two image links. The higher resolution image is the bottom link of the two. Import the image into the corresponding track.
If you’re interested in downloading complete music videos from the iTunes Music Store read: How-To: Download music videos from iTunes. If you’re interested in downloading complete movie trailers from the iTunes Music Store read: How-To: Download movie trailers from iTunes.
