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Restore missing iTunes artwork to an iPod Apps
Problem: I loaded all of my files on my brand spankin' new iPod, but when I use the iPod, I can't see any of the artwork. When I plug the iPod into my Mac, I see the artwork in iTunes.

Solution: Plug the iPod into your Mac. In the settings for your iPod (via iTunes: Preferences or control-clicking on the iPod), make sure that the "display album artwork" option is enabled. Exit out of iTunes. Using Terminal, do this:
 cd /Volumes/iPod_Name/iPod_Control/Artwork/
Replace iPod_Name with the name of your iPod, of course. Now just delete (rm) or rename (mv) the ArtworkDB file. Restart iTunes. iTunes will rebuild the ArtworkDB file, and all of your artwork should show up again. Note that this tip assumes you are managing your songs manually. It's a much better solution than deleting all the files and reloading them, as suggested by Apple.
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Restore missing iTunes artwork to an iPod
Authored by: rexroof on Nov 03, '05 08:33:02AM
you can do this:
cd /Volumes/*/iPod_Control/Artwork/
then you don't have to worry about escaping any quotes or spaces that may be in the name of your ipod. this is awesme though, I had no idea there was a separate database for the album art. I figured the ipod pulled it out of the ID tags of the mp3 on the fly.

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Restore missing Contacts artwork to an iPod
Authored by: swolford on Nov 05, '05 12:40:10PM

Could this hint be used to restore Contact artwork. My album artwork transfers fine, but all of my contact images are missing. Apple suggested 1) restoring the iPod, 2) deleting and re-syncing the Contact file, 3) re-import the artwork to the Contact in Address Book, and 4) dragging the artwork to the Contact folder on the iPod. All failed to fix the problem. Any suggestions. Thanks.



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Awesome
Authored by: lullabud on Nov 03, '05 10:24:47AM

Hopefully this will fix my Nano's problem of showing incorrect artwork.



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Restore missing iTunes artwork to an iPod
Authored by: boredzo on Nov 03, '05 11:22:09PM

this article is marked as members-only.



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Restore missing iTunes artwork to an iPod
Authored by: pvoigt on Aug 16, '06 03:22:49PM

I also noticed you have uncheck and recheck the "Display Album Artwork" checkbox in iPod options to get iTunes to actually rebuild the thumbs database. I also deleted the .ihtmb files as well before I had iTunes rebuild, I'm unsure if this makes a difference or not.



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