iTunes includes a feature which allows the user to automatically download album artwork for selected tracks but this is not a feature which ever feels like it has been properly implemented. At various times, without warning, users experience the error 609: basically that for some reason, iTunes couldn't download what the user wanted. With a complete lack of assistance in the Apple support forums, the company has left the door open for yet another 3rd party fix.

The aptly named FixTunes deals with the 'artwork not found' error, as well as fixing pretty much any tagging error that's afflicting your music library. Simply start-up iTunes and FixTunes, select the tracks you want to find artwork or information for (or just select your whole library) and set FixTunes to work, downloading all the required info with the minimum of fuss. Check the data and then click 'Fix' to apply it to your library.

FixTunes is particularly useful because it does away with the hassle and work which other 'simple' tag-fixing programs always seem to entail. Using a database of over 4 million songs, along with a clever percentage-based accuracy measure, it will only fix what it's certain about, leaving you to decide for anything below a certain threshold. In testing, we found zero false-positives and a reassuring number of 'not identifieds' which just needed a small change to the detected data, and all without typing a word.

An essential, easy to use tool for anyone looking to fix the artwork or tags in a large iTunes library.