# Itunes and importation of music from Windows

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-and-importation-of-music-from-windows/625638>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 19, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-and-importation-of-music-from-windows/625638 "2012-06-19T13:33:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omphaloskeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bcef8e/32.png) [@Omphaloskeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omphaloskeptic)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-and-importation-of-music-from-windows/625638/21 "2012-07-07T03:22:43Z")

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A further update, in case you decide to try this:

> [@Omphaloskeptic](#):
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> The artwork is saved at import time in the iTunes/Album Artwork folder as a .itc file, which seems to be a PNG file with some extra data prepended. After this step, the ID3-embedded images are no longer used and can be removed.

It seems this isn’t quite right; the images in the MP3 files are still occasionally checked (e.g., when you Get Info on the MP3 file), and if they go away the album artwork is deleted too. So steps 1 and 4 in my previous post are unnecessary (you can still do step 1 if you want a backup; just don’t overwrite the version that had the new image added).

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