User level: Level 1 (38 points)I only use Apple Music to organise my local files, and always manually add a relevant album art jpeg to the relevant album folder within the Music folder. Today I noticed that ALL those JPEGs have gone! Luckily, I keep two backups of all my albums so I haven't lost those.
Has anyone else noticed this problem?
Posted on Sep 29, 2026 9:35 AM
User level: Level 2 (377 points)Sep 30, 2026 2:15 PM in response to Sloeberry
If Keep Media folder organised is ticked (Music > Settings > Files), Music moves the audio into new artist/album folders whenever those tags change, and a jpeg it doesn't manage can end up stranded in the old folder, so search the Music folder in Finder for .jpg before assuming they were deleted. Embedding the art in the files avoids it for good: Get Info > Artwork in Music does that, or Katalog, a library app that runs alongside Music and writes the art into the files themselves. mine, so grain of salt.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256367325