Adding vinyl album cover artwork fails on Windows 10 and 11, but works on a Mac

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Adding vinyl album cover artwork fails on Windows 10 and 11, but works on a Mac

I am uploading vinyl records that have never been issued on CD. Using a ION turntable to upload to Window 10 on my laptop. Then emailing file to my desktop which has Windows 11. This is the only way I can do it. Ion does not work on W11. But when I try to add the album cover which I do hundreds of times with a CD upload the add artwork button looks disabled. I know vinyl is analog but cant believe artwork wont upload. Tried it on my son's MAC and it uploads perfectly! Any help would be appreciated.

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Gene

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Original Title: Album Artwork

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Sep 12, 2025 10:52 AM

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the fiend

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Sep 12, 2025 12:14 PM in response to geneg55

geneg55 wrote:

I know vinyl is analog but cant believe artwork wont upload.

The fact that the original source was vinyl won't be the issue. Once it's a digital file, that's what iTunes will see.

From your description; that the artwork button is disabled, it suggests to me that the file may be Read-only. To check for this, look at the file's permissions in Windows Explorer. Right-click the file (in Explorer, not iTunes) and from the pop-up menu look at Properties/General>Attributes>Read-only. That box needs to be empty (not ticked/checked). If it is ticked, remove the tick and then try adding the artwork.

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