Album Artwork Assistant - 2.7

A simple, elegant (did I say free?) solution to all my missing artwork. No, the process is not automated, but I was able fill in the gaps on my large collection in one evening of obsessive fun. Just follow the instructions in the Help, que up your corrections and let'r'roll.

The only drawbacks I could find were the following:
1) If an album/cd is named "Greatest Hits" in iTunes, the artwork for every album named "Greatest Hits" (a fair number in my music) will all get the same artwork. My work around was to rename "Greatest Hits" (Bob Dylan) to "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" after highlighting all the tunes on the album, then using Get Info to rename the album. Then assign artwork.
2) If you que a list for processing, and theres a data error of some sort within the que, the error message you receive may not identify the faulty data well enough for lunkheads (like me) to readily identify the offending album to remove from the process que. Patience & working backward through the que, as well as que-ing a smaller number of albums in case there's a problem, took care of this issue (ie make your process que a smaller manageable number, instead of the huge one I created at first).

This program is great. I'm now enjoying my collection on a different level thanks to Artwork Assistant. Recommended.

I love this program, it doesn't try to do too much. I keep it running all the time and when a track comes up without artwork it's right there to search for me. I like the way it overwrites existing artwork, making it easy to correct or update covers. Developer seems quite active in issuing updates. Two things I would like to see:

1) The ability to search tracks that don't have album info. Yes, it's a crapshoot, but sometimes you get lucky or at least get clues as to what album the track came from. You can use the built-in browser to search for whatever you want, but AAA won't load the tracks so there are additional steps that make it easier just to switch to my regular browser.

2) The ability to quicklook/expand/zoom image search results with a mouse action (right click or double-click). It's a nuisance to have to keep hitting the space bar when I'm working primarily with the mouse.

I could ask for it to give me a list of tracks with missing artwork but then it'd probably turn into one of those bloated expensive apps that doesn't work well...

Thank you!! So incredibly easy to use. I love how it neatly removes all previous art and puts in what I selected.