How to Get Album Artwork in iTunes Without Creating a Store Account

Albut artwork gives the music in iTunes a more tangible feel.

iTunes is an audio playing program created by Apple that can, among other features, play back audio files. One of the features with the audio playback is the ability to store and display album covers in the program. iTunes has the ability to add artwork to your song tracks automatically, although it does require an iTunes account. Getting the artwork without the account is a slightly more involved process, though it is very possible.

Instructions

1. Launch iTunes and look through your iTunes library. Write down all the albums that you don't have artwork for.

2. Navigate your browser to any of the online album artwork websites (see Resources). These are websites that offer high-quality images of the album art for free.

3. Search through the websites for the album titles. If you do not have the album titles for the songs, you can search by individual songs. Be aware that some songs appear on several albums and there many be a few options for possible album covers.

4. Download the desired album covers to your computer.

5. Select the album songs within iTunes (hold "Shift" while clicking on the songs). Right-click (control-click for Mac) on the selected songs and select "Get Info." Press "OK" in the pop-up window asking whether you want to edit multiple songs.

6. Drag the artwork to the blank artwork box. It will appear in the box. Press "OK." All the selected songs will now show the artwork for the CD. Repeat this process for each song's artwork.

Resources

• All CD Covers
• Cover Hunt
• CD Covers Online