Using Album Art Thingy

Installation

1. Download the latest version of Album Art Thingy
2. Double-click the .dmg file, then double click the Album Art Thingy drive that appears on your desktop. (Your browser might do this step for you.)
3. Drag the Album Art Thingy icon into your Applications folder.

Running Album Art Thingy

Double-click on Album Art Thingy to start it. You'll see a new icon in your status bar:

Click the icon and select Album Art Thingy to open the preferences panel. You can select whether to run Album Art Thingy at login.

Album Art Thingy runs in the background - you won't normally need to interact with it at all. When iTunes it playing, Album Art Thingy monitors the tracks you're listening. When it finds a track without album art it goes to the internet, retrieves the artwork, and saves it to iTunes for that track and any others from the same album.

Upgrading

If Album Art Thingy is running, click its icon in the status menu and choose Quit. Then follow the instructions for installation above.

Uninstalling

If Album Art Thingy is running, click its icon in the status menu and choose Quit. Then drag Album Art Thingy from your Applications folder to the trash.