iPod and iTunes Hacks

Save Artwork to a Folder

Copy the album artwork of a selected track as aJPEG or PNG file to a specified folder.

This hack shows how to export the artwork from an iTunes track as a graphic file and save it to a selected folder, so you can start stockpiling your artwork for safekeeping or for use in other applications.

The Code

This script exports the artwork of the single selected track as a graphic file to a user-specified folder:

tell application "iTunes"
  -- get a reference to selected track
  if selection is not {} and (count items of selection) is 1 then
    set theTrack to item 1 of selection
else
  my alert_user_and_cancel("Please select one track.")
end if

-- does selected track have artwork?
if class of theTrack is not file track or ¬
  artworks of theTrack is {} then
  my alert_user_and_cancel("Selected track has no Artwork.")
end if

-- choose folder to save file to
set artFolder to (choose folder with prompt ¬
  "Where do you want to save Artwork?") as string

-- get data and format of track's artwork
try 
  set artData to (data of artwork 1 of theTrack) as picture 
  set artFormat to (format of artwork 1 of theTrack) as string

if artFormat contains "JPEG" then
  set extension to ".jpg"
else if artFormat contains "PNG" then
  set extension to ".png"
end if

-- create name for new file
set theName to (artist of theTrack & " - " & album of theTrack) -- create paths for files set tempArtFile to (artFolder ...