Where is the 'display album art on my iPod' option?

I only use my iPod in the car, so I don't exactly need album artwork on it. iTunes used to have an option to display (or not display) album art on the iPod. What happened to that option? My iPod is a classic, so it has a hard drive, and I'm getting tired of the constant disk access whenever it wants to display album artwork. I would prefer to get rid of it altogether.
I don't want to delete the artwork itself, because I also listen to music with my AppleTV at home. I just don't need the artwork *on my iPod*. How can I rig it so the iPod won't display the artwork anymore?

never mind, I found out that the option no longer exists:
http://forums.ilounge.com/ipod-classic-ipod-5g-video/269266-turn-off-album-art-i pod-classic.html#post1404502

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Where's the "Display album artwork on your iPod" preference?

Everything seems to work fine with iTunes 9.0.1 and my iPod Classic 80G, except that it doesn't seem possible to remove album artwork from the iPod. I just read the article "[Viewing album artwork on iPod|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2317?viewlocale=en_US]" and I know that I just have to deselect the "Display album artwork on your iPod" preference in iTunes. The problem is that, after selecting my iPod under the Devices section in the iTunes Source pane, I can't find any such preference in the Music tab. I can see two radio buttons ("Entire music library" and "Selected playlists, artits, and genres") and one checkbox ("Include music videos"), but no "Display album artwork on your iPod" checkbox.
Any idea?

Pierre L. wrote:
The article HT2317, entitled "[Viewing album artwork on iPod|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2317?viewlocale=en_US]", has been last modified on October 11, 2009. Why would it mention that option if it had been removed from iTunes 9.
Since when has the left hand known what the right hand is doing in any organiszation.
Can you give a reference supporting your statement ?
From Apple? No. Plenty of threads in here though, both builds of iTunes 9 released for Mac & PC have been missing this feature and people have given feedback. This is either a policy change and it will remain that way or it was accidentally omitted during the redesign in which case it may reappear in a future build. Either way the control isn't magically missing from just your copy, it's the same for all of us.
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What happen to display album art?

This is going out to APPL! I'm a coder, been one for 30+ years! Put back the display album art! It can't be that hard! I know you dudes can do a classic view or something like that.
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Can you be more specific? Album artwork is still available in iTunes 12, though the UI operations to do so have changed a little. As shown below:
Click on the Playlists button
Select a Playlist (or the complete library)
Select Albums from the dropdown at the top right of the screen
Are you seeing something different? iTunes 12 has also changed how you set/update/delete artwork for albums, groups of songs or individual songs - there are several threads covering this in detail ... since the iTunes 12 behavior seems to be a distinct backward step in terms of usability, there is at least the option to SHIFT-right-click > Get Info to bring up the old-style dialog where the previous functionality for handling artwork is available as it was in earlier releases.
BTW, you are not reaching Apple here - this is a forum for iTunes users. If you have specific bug reports or enhancement requests you can submit them to Apple at http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html.

Won't display album art

i've pasted several album art covers to my albums in itunes. the album covers show when i play them in itunes, but not on my ipod. i've tried using small images and large images, but they still won't display. the show album art option is also checked in ipod options. what should i do to get them to show on my ipod?

Connect your iPod, and uncheck the "Show album art..." option. Disconnect your iPod. Connect it again, and check the option. Disconnect it. Does it show the album art now?

++Displaying Album Art++

Hi, trying to get my albums to also display album art on first gen ipod nano. Does this only work with purchased tracks from the Itunes store?I have set up an account but dont really wish to buy owt from them!Is there a folder somewhere/ address on my computer that i can import pics/jpg/gifs to and then have them displayed?
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Here are a couple of methods.
First off, make sure you have "show album art" enabled in iPod options.
Highlight a song or album in iTunes and use the advanced/get album artwork option in iTunes.
Go to Google Image Search and type in the artist/album name and click on search images.
Double click on a picture you like, then at the top of that page click on "see full size image".
When you get that image, simply copy/paste it into the space for album artwork in iTunes.
Make sure you select the album in the browser of iTunes before you copy/paste.
You'd be surprised what Google Images can bring up. There are literally millions, and even obscure album artwork can be found.
In the unlikely event that Google can’t find an image, you can also get artwork from Amazon.
If you’re happy using images from Amazon, and don’t want to copy/paste, then iTunes Art Importer is a nice free program to do it for you.
And incidentally, you don't have to buy anything from the iTunes store to display album art.
It will add artwork to your songs in iTunes regardless, as long as the album is for sale in the store.

*** How to get Album Art on your iPod Nano: ANSWERED!

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4) Connect your iPod to your computer.
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7) Sync all music files/playlists from your iTunes library.
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