# Retrieve album art from web and save it embedded in files

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-album-art-from-web-and-save-it-embedded-in-files/63964
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [March 2, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-album-art-from-web-and-save-it-embedded-in-files/63964 "2024-03-02T14:08:26Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-album-art-from-web-and-save-it-embedded-in-files/63964/2 "2024-03-02T15:23:44Z")

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> [@t4gg3r](#):
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> like adding embedded album art to an entire collection at once!

You have eventually added pictures to your whole collection if you go album by album - this is the function already available in MP3tag.  
The way it is implemented at the moment lets you pinpoint exactly that release that you really have in front of you and you do not have to rely on some kind of automatism with its own criteria what would be the best hit.  
If you do not really care then 3rd party programs like albumartdownloader can be integrated as a tool.

> [@How to use AlbumArtDownloader in Tools for Cover Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-albumartdownloader-in-tools-for-cover-art/19422):
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> [AlbumArtDownloader](https://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/) is arguably one of the best free album cover art downloaders around. It effortlessly searches a large number of cover art sources with standalone scripts that are constantly updated. And it presents all the found art with previews, sizes, etc. Download and install AlbumArtDownloader from SourceForge: [https://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/](https://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/) In MP3TAG, click on Tools and select Options... (Ctrl-O shortcut) In the Mp3tag Options window, select Tools on the left side,…

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