ITunes Music Library: View (at top right on version 7)

When selecting the third view in iTunes Music Library (to display album covers flip; such as in a juke box) this message is displayed. "iTunes is unable to browse album covers on this computer." Now, what I can't figure out is why ... because I had previously been able to see this feature before. Any thoughts out there would be greatly appreciated.

Have a look at this article in the Apple Knowledge Base and let us know if it solves your problem.

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