iTunes Album Artwork

[waxwings]

Hey guys,

I've searched for an answer to this on a few forums and found the same answer on all of them, but I don't see how it can be right.

I was asking where iTunes stores the album artwork and was told it's embedded in the audio file itself. This cannot be, as when i copy my songs from one machine to the next, the artwork (much of which I painstakingly added myself) does not carry over.

Anyone here know where those album covers are stored or how to transfer them to another machine?

 

[bartelby]

It's kept in the Album Artwork folder that is in the iTunes folder.

Music -> iTunes -> Album Artwork.

 

[waxwings]

Hrm. I've looked in that folder before and not seen anything resembling a picture file. Does anyone have any more detailed information about this?

What are the those '.itc' files nested in numbered folders? How do I figure out how the data in that folder associates to the pictures in my library?