Apple Music has some album artwork that may not be suitable for children or sensitive users. If you want to block all album artwork, use the following steps.
- Open the "Terminal" app (or a terminal emulator of your choice).
- Paste in the following command to update your
/etc/hosts
file to map Apple's album artwork traffic to127.0.0.1
. Once pasted in, press "Enter" to run the command. You will be asked for your computer password.
sudo -- sh -c -e "echo '# Hide Apple Music Images\n127.0.0.1 is1-ssl.mzstatic.com\n127.0.0.1 is2-ssl.mzstatic.com\n127.0.0.1 is3-ssl.mzstatic.com\n127.0.0.1 is4-ssl.mzstatic.com\n127.0.0.1 is5-ssl.mzstatic.com' >> /etc/hosts"