# Overwrite existing cover when importing from Apple Music or iTunes
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overwrite-existing-cover-when-importing-from-apple-music-or-itunes/68111
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 5, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overwrite-existing-cover-when-importing-from-apple-music-or-itunes/68111 "2025-04-05T15:04:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@reason195](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reason195)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overwrite-existing-cover-when-importing-from-apple-music-or-itunes/68111/1 "2025-04-05T15:04:20Z")
thanks for contributing. but i have a question: how can I overwrite the current cover when import tags from Apple Music or iTunes?
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overwrite-existing-cover-when-importing-from-apple-music-or-itunes/68111/2 "2025-04-05T15:32:26Z")
Say no when you are asked if you want to keep it.
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### Author:  [@reason195](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reason195)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overwrite-existing-cover-when-importing-from-apple-music-or-itunes/68111/3 "2025-04-05T15:37:50Z")
there is no warning pop up when import. should i check the box: when import cover
i also found problem: when the original cover is 4000x4000 or higher, it won't import
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overwrite-existing-cover-when-importing-from-apple-music-or-itunes/68111/4 "2025-04-05T16:18:09Z")
Maybe you marked the checkbox "Don't show this message again" and answered in use-cases "yes" before.
AFAIK there is no limitation in resolutions of covers but there maybe restrictions in size.
What file-format are we talking about and which operating system do you use?
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### Author:  [@reason195](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reason195)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overwrite-existing-cover-when-importing-from-apple-music-or-itunes/68111/5 "2025-04-05T16:29:21Z")
thanks for reply, I've solve the cover overwriting problem
i found new thing, maybe when the original cover format is png from Apple Music, it won't import, have to manually convert the format, or change the resolutions of cover
i use windows
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overwrite-existing-cover-when-importing-from-apple-music-or-itunes/68111/6 "2025-04-05T16:32:33Z")
You can import png-pictures but I think the reason might be that png-pictures with this resolution are insanely large. Save this file to a disk and have a look at the storage-size.
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### Author:  [@reason195](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reason195)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overwrite-existing-cover-when-importing-from-apple-music-or-itunes/68111/7 "2025-04-05T16:38:30Z")
maybe you are right. i see the original resolution is 4000x4000, and the format is png, but the size is 28 MB
problem solved, thank you very much
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### Author:  [@Casual\_Tea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Casual_Tea)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overwrite-existing-cover-when-importing-from-apple-music-or-itunes/68111/8 "2025-04-06T11:34:37Z")
I'd be careful with the images from iTunes/Apple Music. Many of the 3000px or 4000px images are upscaled heavily.
If you're unsure if an image is upscaled, you can open it in [IrfanView](https://www.irfanview.com/) for example and press CTRL + H. This zooms in to 100%. If the image is blurry in this view, it's likely an upscale that can be reduced in size without losing visual fidelity.
Often you can convert a 20+MB 4000px png from iTunes/Apple Music to a 1,5MB 1500px jpg without a noticeable loss of image quality.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overwrite-existing-cover-when-importing-from-apple-music-or-itunes/68111/9 "2025-05-06T11:35:23Z")
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