How to ungray Artwork tab in Get Info?

I deleted the image that was in the Artwork (in Get Info) tab. When I went to add a new one the Artwork tab is now grayed out. It wasn't gray before I deleted the image. It's for a movie that's a m4v that was purchased from the iTunes store. Any hints on how to ungray it?

I am trying to run, for example, TechTool Pro installed on an external HD to check my internal HD. When I attempt to do this I get the message indicated in my July 17 2008 1:36PM post (above). Thus, I cannot run TTP because I do not see the "ignore permissions" option at the bottom of the Get Info window. I must be missing some point here. I unchecked "ignore permissions" for TechTool Pro and DiskWarrior in 10.4 and earlier iterations of the Mac OSX.

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Missing Artwork tab in Get Info?

Recently I've noticed more and more files that don't have the Artwork tab when you go into the info. I like keeping everything organized with DVD artwork, but I can't figure out why it's just some files and not others. If I select multiple files, I can set the artwork that way, so my workaround is to set the artwork on the problem file along with one that does have the artwork tab, then I go back into the "good" one and use Get Info to set that one back to its actual artwork.
Any ideas?

Solution
1) remove the Cache, Download, and Local directories in c:/My Documents/My Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/ then restart iTunes.
2)Next allow iTunes to load all the artwork from the songs in your library.
3)Fix any with missing artwork if you so desire
4)Turn off artwork in music tab, sync, turn on artwork, sync (optimizes album artwork for all songs)

I cannot access the album artwork tab under 'Get Info' within iTunes.

I just manually added artwork for a song, so I know it isn't that I can't add any artwork. After I added it for the first song, I went to do it for another song-different title, also marked as an 'Unknown Album' and 'Unkown Artist' (they both were before I started to add the information in and artwork), but the 'Artwork' tab is grayed and unselectable. They have different artists and albums entirely. Just to be clear, the file is in .wav format before it was downloaded (free and legally) the was opened automatically in iTunes was the download finished. The file extension still says .wav on it. I'm including this information in case it helps. I am looking for a way to fix this and make it work, please help. Thank you in advance!
In case you want to know what the file is to try it yourself, it is the audio track for the following video. The video creator made the song and included a free download to the audio track in the description. It is the 'Extended Cut' version that I am trying to add artwork for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrSaTHsHNsc
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Nevermind! I just had to convert it to an AAC version which can be found under the 'File' drop down menu. The option is under 'Create New Version' then 'Create AAC Version' I don't know what AAC is or means, but it duplicated the song but in a format I could add the artwork for. I found out that to add artwork for .wav files, the first must be converted. Thank you! I hope this helps other people too!

ITunes 8 "Lyric" tab under "Get info" is missing....

iTunes 8 "Lyric" tab under "Get info" is missing....
Now how do I add lyrics to my songs?!
How do I restore the lyric tab? Is it part of iTunes 8 new design?
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Well, it won't show up if it's in WAV format.
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private CoreShowDetailItem tabA;
private CoreShowDetailItem tabB;
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Code snippet from page
<af:showDetailItem text=”Tab 1”
binding="#{backingBeanName.tabA }">
<af:showDetailItem text=”Tab 2”
binding="#{backingBeanName.tabB }">

Code snippet from backing bean
I found solution for this problem and the solution as follows.
private boolean tabA;
private boolean tabB;
Following code will be executed while returning to tab B from other page.
tabA = false;
tabB =true;
Code snippet from page
<af:showDetailItem text=”Tab 1”
disclosed="#{backingBeanName.tabA }">
<af:showDetailItem text=”Tab 2”
disclosed="#{backingBeanName.tabB }">

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If you select get info for any particular track there is a tab called sorting. I can not find anything in the help topics about how you can use this. Looking for somebody who uses this and can tell me what I can and can not do with this function?
Thanks for any help and/or advice.
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Yes. iTunes will alphabetize by whatever's in the Sorting field instead of whatever's in the associated field — if the Album field contains "Dark Side of the Moon" and the Album Sort field contains "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes", Dark Side of the Moon will appear with the A's when sorted by Album.
If you want to apply a Sorting field to other tracks with the same data, control-click it and select "Apply sort field..." from the contextual menu that pops up.

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The info tab in the get info section is greyed out on some of the songs and does not let me change them. What do I need to do? Does anyone know how?
These are songs downloaded from my CD collection.
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You need to make sure that your account has full control or at least write permission for the folder containing your music.
Ther is some microsoft help on permissions in Vista here:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/2464a180-e5dc-45d1-a2b8-3c8a 2b571e9d1033.mspx

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I have already posted the solution twice and you can read it by scrolling up in this topic!

Keyboard shortcuts and tabs with get info box

I'm having several problems with the new get info box - and regret that I can no longer bring up the old version with the shift/right-click/get-info command.
1) No keyboard shortcut to advance from one track to the next, from inside the Get Info box. This used to be handled with Alt-N or Alt-P for Next and Previous. Now it seems to require mouse click on the error.
2) When tabbing through fields, it skips fields toward the bottom (album artist)
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The functions printed in small letters on those keys are accessed by the fn key.
The following work on my MBP (albeit using Word 2008, but IIRC the same shortcuts worked in Word 2004):
Jump to start of document = Command-Fn-LeftArrow (aka Command-Home)
Jump to end of document = Command-Fn-RightArrow (aka Command-End)
Likewise,
Jump to start of line = Fn-LeftArrow
Jump to end of line = Fn-RightArrow
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How to edit file 'Title' in 'Get Info' (More Info)

Hi, I hope this makes sense!
I have several MP3 Audio files saved to my music file in places. When I use the 'Get Info' function the files have a Title. Is there a way to edit this Title. I can see that the 'name & extension' can be edited but when I import into itunes it is the title that is shown.
Thanks

Thanks for the replies K T & V.K.
I can also drop the file into itunes and click on 'name' to change it. What I really want to do is as follows;
The music files all have the same 'title' but different 'name & extension'
When dropped into itunes this application uses it's title as it's name, therefore all files would have the same name in itunes!
Before putting the file into itunes if I can re-title these files it would save me loads of time.
Thanks again.

Album artwork doesn't show up on Get Info window?

I downloaded iTunes 7. Now, when I open the Get Info window and go to the artwork tab, the artwork doesn't show up, even though I can see it in the regular iTunes window! Help? Anyone?

iTunes 7 does some stupid things with the artwork. The artwork tab in Get Info is the artwork that is contained inside the music file. iTunes 7 also downloads artwork for songs but then it doesn't store it inside the song file -- it just puts in in a folder on the computer.

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I don't know how so much of my music got lost by being labled "compilations"? I would like to go back and catagorize it as it should be but the screens are gray and will not let me alter them as to the catagory I wish them to be in (or even the genere they are already labled? On my home machine I can (by individual song) "get info and uncheck "part of a compilation" and when this is finished the album goes to the genere as it is listed? Frustrating bit of hous keeping. Help and Thanks Chuck

The Get Info. fields show up gray if the files is locked and iTunes knows it can't edit the file. Make sure the files are not marked as read only and, if necessary grant both your account and system full access to all files and subfolders of your media folder.
You can set Part of a Compilation for multiple tracks from the Options tab of Get Info.
See Grouping tracks into albums for tips on getting iTunes organized.
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How can I tell? The 'get info' window has no lock and under sharing and permissions, on says 'you can only read'. I did a get info on the Macintosh HD and it had a lock on it but said I could only read, for what that it worth.

How to delete artwork in the new iTunes?

With the new iTunes having been installed a night or two ago, I cannot seem to easily manage the album artwork of my songs anymore.
When I hit "Get Info" and go to the "Artwork" tab, the only way to add art is by clicking "Add Artwork" and manually searching for it in my drives. I no longer can simply copy and paste. I also cannot even do anything with the currently existing artwork; right clicking it does literally nothing. Highlighting and hitting "delete" on the keyboard also does nothing. So, granted these new extremely limited options (again, I can literally only "Add Artwork"), how does one go about deleting already-existing artwork?
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The iTunes 12 Get Info dialog lacks right-click context menus but accepts most standard keyboard shortcuts and drag & drop actions.
Delete Artwork
On the artwork tab of Get Into, tap the image in question, use Backspace or Ctrl+X. Delete doesn't work.
Or, tap the image at the top left of Get Info, this time use Backspace or Delete, it is Ctrl+X that doesn't work.
Add Artwork
Select artwork, press Ctrl+C to copy, tap the center of the Artwork tab, press Ctrl+V to paste.
Or, select artwork, press Ctrl+C to copy, tap the small image area at the top left, press Ctrl+V to paste.
Or, you can drag & drop to, or sometimes from, the same locations.
You can also copy artwork from the Get Info dialog to Windows Explorer with the keyboard shortcuts.
If the source image is on a web page right-click and use Copy Image rather than copy.
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Old Style Get Info Dialog
Select some items, right-click, hold down shift, then click Get Info from the context menu. (Use alt/option on a Mac)
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