Location of album artwork in Catalina/Big Sur

[P818]

Many people have had issues with album artwork disappearing after updating to Catalina or Big Sur. The new location where artwork is stored is now ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.APMArtworkAgent/Data/Documents

[kirkmc]

That doesn’t help. The format of the files is different, so you can’t just copy over the old files. For most people, all the artwork displayed after a few days. I don’t know why it take so long, but that seems to of been the case for everyone I’ve been in touch with who had problems.

[grinner]

What happens with albums for which Apple Music cannot find artwork? 

 

I have many albums that I had to obtain artwork from (for example) Google images or by scanning the CD insert. There are a lot of albums that fall into this category e.g. older classical or jazz albums, fan club CDs, one-off concert releases, remasterings etc.

 

I didn't upgrade from Mojave (10.14.5) to Catalina because I didn't want to lose all this. 

 

 

[kirkmc]

If the artwork is embedded in your files - you added artwork to them - it won't be lost. There have been some issues with people's artwork not displaying, and,, in most cases, it does display after a few days. Worst case, the artwork is still in the files, and if you remove it and re-add it, it displays. 

[grinner]

Thank you. I think I'll upgrade to Big Sur and see what happens.