'Scuse my ignorance - how exactly do you go about running this
applescript? I'd resigned myself to individually finding all the
artwork on the net.

On Dec 28 2008, 11:20 pm, jflo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Honestly, it's probably easier to just run an applescript like this
> one on your entire music collection, and it'll copy the artwork from
> iTunes internal store into the id3 tag:
>
> (*
> "Embed Artwork" for iTunes 7 or better
> written by Brian Webster
>
> - v1.1 sept 25 2006
> - added routine to check for a selection, account for de-selection of
> tracks (D.A.)
>
> - v1.0 sept 25 2006
> - initial release
> *)
>
> tell application "iTunes"
>         if selection is not {} then
>                 set sel to selection
>                 with timeout of 300000 seconds
>                         repeat with aTrack in sel
>                                 repeat with anArtwork in artworks of aTrack
>                                         if downloaded of anArtwork is true 
> then
>                                                 set theData to data of 
> anArtwork
>                                                 set data of anArtwork to 
> theData
>                                         end if
>                                 end repeat
>                         end repeat
>                 end timeout
>         else
>                 display dialog "Select some tracks first..." buttons 
> {"Cancel"}
> default button 1 with icon 2 giving up after 15
>         end if
> end tell
>
> On Dec 27, 4:25 am, Gavin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I've always wondered this too and thought it would be something that
> > would have a bit of a higher priority(!)
>
> > On Dec 16, 9:21 pm, devburke <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > To be honest, I don't know what the other programs are, I don't use
> > > them.  I was just under the impression (I think I read somewhere) that
> > > since iTunes started using non-embedded artwork, updated coding has
> > > allowed plug-ins and programs to access the non-embedded artwork..
> > > Then again, I could be wrong.  Just wondering.
>
> > > By the way, what's Alchemy?
>
> > > On Dec 13, 11:39 pm, Eris <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > I'm not sure what these nebulous "other programs" are; care to
> > > > explain?
>
> > > > On the other hand, in the immediate future I see this as highly
> > > > unlikely. Current Quicksilver development (at least, what is available
> > > > to the public—I don't know if Alcor is still working on Alchemy in
> > > > private) is purely bug fixes, and I don't know if the iTunes plugin's
> > > > source has even been released, because not all of them have.
>
> > > > On Dec 13, 11:36 pm, devburke <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Is the iTunes plugin ever going to be updated to be able to display
> > > > > album art that is not embedded in the tracks themselves?  As I
> > > > > understand it, other programs are able to do it, so it seems to me
> > > > > that QS should be able to as well.

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