If you are an avid music listener, you know how important it is to have the album art to go along with your favorite songs. Album art makes it easier to identify the album of the song you’re listening to on your iPod, iPod nano, or iPod touch. Fortunately, adding album art to your portable music player is easy and straightforward. In this article, we’ll walk you through the steps of how to get album art on iPod.
Step 1: Join the Apple iTunes Store
To get album artwork on your iPod, you’ll need an iTunes Store membership, internet access, and saved images. Once you’re a member of the iTunes Store, you can select all of your songs from List View in iTunes, right-click on the selection, and then select Get Album Artwork. If you want to add artwork for a full album in your playlist, go to Album View, right-click on the first song, and select Get Album Artwork. However, since iTunes will likely not carry every album in your collection, you may get a message saying “Could not get artwork for some albums.”
Step 2: Manually Add Artwork
If iTunes can’t find the album artwork for some albums, you can manually add artwork by going to Album Flow View from the View menu in iTunes or by clicking on the farthest right button of the three next to the “search” field. Next, select all of the songs in which you’d like artwork. The bottom left area of the screen shows a box titled “Selected Item” over a white field that says, “Drag Album Artwork Here.” If you don’t see the “Drag Artwork Here” box, click the far right button in the lower-left corner of the screen. The button’s icon is a box with an up arrow in it and activates the “Show or hide artwork or video viewer.”
Step 3: Find Images of the Album Artwork
Enter the name of the album and artist into a search engine and find images of the album artwork. Right-click on the album image and select Copy Image. Then go to iTunes and right-click on the Drag Artwork Here field. Select Paste, and the cover art will be pasted to the Drag Artwork Here field and into the blank field above the album title and artist in the Cover Flow.
Step 4: Use Images on Your Computer
You can also use images on your computer by highlighting the first song of the album, right-clicking on the highlighted area, and selecting Get Info. Then click on the Artwork tab, click Add, and find the artwork you want to use. Select the image, click OK, and the image will appear as the album artwork.
Step 5: Copy Your Music to Your iPod
Once you’ve added album artwork to your songs in iTunes, you can copy your music from iTunes to your iPod, or sync your iPod. All of your album artwork will be visible on your iPod screen.
In conclusion, adding album artwork to your iPod is a great way to make your music experience more enjoyable. With these simple steps, you can easily add album art to your favorite songs and have them displayed on your iPod. So, go ahead, add album art to your iPod, and enjoy your music like never before!
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