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    Question about iTunes Album Art

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Amol, Mar 25, 2008.

  1. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    So I added files into my iTunes library and then added album art and made it all spiffy. But for some reason, a single album has been split into 3, for no reason. I've looked through them all and I have no idea why it's doing that. I'm also not too keen on iTunes - I barely use it and avoid it as much as I can. I have an iPhone now and I just don't have any other choice :p.

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    As you can see, in coverflow there are 3 album art for the same album - and that's just really inconvenient and totally unnecessary. Any help will be greatly appreciated [​IMG].
     
    Amol, Mar 25, 2008
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    That is rather strange. I suppose the quick fix would be select all of them, right click and go to Get Info, and type in the album name in the Album field followed by the same artist in the Album Artist field, then click OK.

    EDIT: Seems like it's a common issue. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304389
     
    Budding, Mar 25, 2008
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  3. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    That happens pretty often for me too. Instead, I select them all (Ctrl + Click in Windows, Command + Click in Mac OS X) and press Get Info, and I categorize them as a compilation, that way they're all under one album.
     
    Sam, Mar 25, 2008
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  4. diggy

    diggy Notebook Deity

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    Do like Sam say's and that will fix it right up
     
    diggy, Mar 25, 2008
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