Where does iTunes store its album art files?
Erik Davila, San Antonio, Texas Album art is stored in each song file. The advantage to this scheme is that when you move a song from one computer to another, the album art moves with it. The slight disadvantage is that song files with artwork are a bit larger than those without. To see the difference for yourself, drag a song file out of iTunes and onto the desktop. Select it, press 1-I, and make a note of its size. Now go to Amazon.com and download the album art for that song. (For example, I downloaded the cover art from the Who’s The Ultimate Collection.) Highlight all the songs from that album in iTunes’ main window, press 1-I, and drag the JPEG art file you grabbed from Amazon into the Multiple Song Information window’s Artwork field. After clicking on OK to close the Multiple Song Information window, you’ll find that all the songs you selected now carry the album art. Drag the original song’s file to the desktop and press 1-I to view its size. The file is larger — how much larg
