ITunes Artwork missing with external library

I have a Seagate GoFlex Home and it happens to have an iTunes Library.
So I started putting some of my music onto the drive and when the iTunes do recoginse it, the album artwork is missing. So far I have only put up few albums that I have because I am very picky about my music and I do need artwork. However, when I play a song, the artwork apears in the playing section, but not in the library.

hi,
it will only work when your library could be available.
beside, if I may suggest, it is more reliable to place your library files on your external drive along with your songs than keeping the library files on the internal drive. that way, you will avoid the issue to mistakenly open your library while your external drive isn't mounted.

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