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iTunes Album Art Grabber: Makes Cataloging Easy

By EAN ⋅ September 20, 2007 ⋅  Email this Post ⋅  Print this Post ⋅ Post a Comment

Developer: Josh Powell
Version: N/A
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OSX, Windows

…If I Listened to “Popular” Music

I stumbled across this handy tool today that I think is pretty fantastic. Despite being two years old, I’d never heard of it until today. Named Josh’s iTunes Album Art Grabber, it does exactly what it’s title says - grab album art for nearly any CD you throw at it. Nearly because it failed to find quite a few of my CD covers, but I listen to pretty obscure music anyway, so no big deal.

The site is easy on the eyes, very minimalist indeed, quick to use, and outputs a very large JPG image of whatever you find. These are massive, clocking in at a base size of 1425px x 1425px and going up from there. They will likely fill up your screen and are certainly large enough for an HDTV with an AppleTV hooked to it. And despite the huge size, the images are rather small, hovering in the 150KB range.

Aside from the lack of a few of my favorite CDs, this really is a nifty little web tool. The fast speeds, large image size, and downright easy to use layout make this a real gem. It’s the perfect tool for anyone looking to enhance their music collection by adding cover images. Highly recommended.

Click here to visit Josh’s iTunes Album Art Grabber.

Edit: It looks like the iTunes Album Art Grabber has been thwarted by Apple. The site’s search function is down for now, but according to Josh, it may be back eventually.

- Eric Norton