How to Get iTunes Cover Art to Download Onto iPod

Since hitting the market in 2001, the iPod has become one of, if not the most, popular mediums for listening to music. However, one feature that was missing from early iPods was the album cover art that accompanies the music, which for many music enthusiasts is almost as important as the music itself. Things have changed, however, as newer iPods--those with color screens--have the ability to store and display album cover art while a song from the album plays. The cover art can be downloaded free of charge through the iTunes store and then added to your iPod along with your music.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Adding Cover Art to iTunes Library

1. Open the iTunes software on your computer.

2. Click on the "iTunes" option in the main menu located at the top iTunes.

3. Scroll down to the "Preferences" menu and click it. This will cause a pop-up window to appear--click on "Store" in that window.

4. Click on the box to the left of the "Automatically download missing album artwork" option.

5. Click on the "Enable Automatic Downloading" button in the lower right side of the pop-up window that appears. Doing this enables iTunes to automatically search for cover art for CDs and individual songs that you add to iTunes.

Adding Music With Cover Art to Your iPod

1. Connect your iPod to your computer with the supplied dock connector to the USB cable.

2. Open iTunes on your computer. When your computer recognizes that your iPod is connected to it, an iPod icon will appear in the device list, which is located on the left-hand side of iTunes, below the "Library" and "Store" menus.

3. Click on "Music" in the your iTunes library. Your library is located on the left hand side of iTunes.

4. Click on the song that you want to transfer to your iPod. When you click on the song, it will be highlighted

5. Drag the highlighted song to the iPod icon in the "Device" tab. When the iPod icon lights up, release the mouse--this will transfer the song and the artwork to your iPod.

Tips & Warnings

• You can stop iTunes from asking you to confirm whether you want to automatically download cover art by clicking on the box next to the "Do not warn me again" option in the "Enable Automatic Downloading" pop-up window.

• Adding cover art will reduce the amount of available storage space on your iPod.

References

• iTunes Help: Adding Artwork to Songs and Other Items