Prevent iTunes from starting when iPhone is plugged in on Mac

Question

Is there any way to prevent iTunes from starting on a Mac under OS X Leopard when an iPhone is plugged in?

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '09 at 23:33

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Or open System Preferences -> Accounts -> Login Items and remove the "iTunesHelper" entry.

answered Sep 08 '09 at 23:33

Tiago Veloso

I figured that would do the trick, and it does. But I wondered if there was another way I was missing. – Donald Byrd Sep 09 '09 at 03:09
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The other way would be to plug your iPod/iPhone and choose the device from the side panel. There make sure you are on the "Summary" tab and uncheck the option: "Automatically Sync when this ihone is connected". This method works only for your device and not for any other you might plug in, unless of course you uncheck that option for all of them. – Tiago Veloso Sep 09 '09 at 07:44
I was able to prevent automatic syncing by deselecting the correct option in iTunes preferences, but iTunes itself would still start up (which slowed things down, used up memory, and generally was annoying). – Donald Byrd Sep 15 '09 at 22:34

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 06 '11 at 14:32

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Open iTunes> Preferences>Devices>General tab and check "prevent iPods [etc] from automatically syncing"

edited Dec 06 '11 at 14:32

davetron5000

answered Sep 08 '09 at 23:29

ctzdev

I don't see an 'iPod' preference page, perhaps that is on the Windows version. – Donald Byrd Sep 09 '09 at 02:56
The pane is called "Devices" on a mac. The option is calles "Disable automatic syncing for iPhones and iPods". – Wolf Sep 09 '09 at 10:26
I see. I already did disable synching, but iTunes itself still launched when the device was plugged in. True to its word though, it didn't sync. – Donald Byrd Sep 15 '09 at 22:35
I don't see this for iTunes v.9 on Windows. – Marcus Leon Oct 14 '09 at 18:03
This doesn't actually work; my apologies for editing and upvoting. – davetron5000 Dec 06 '11 at 14:38

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 12 '13 at 21:30

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On OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion this option has moved very slightly. Find it under:

System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Login Items

Then remove the iTunesHelper entry.

edited Mar 12 '13 at 21:30

slm

answered Mar 12 '13 at 20:35

David Waller

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 27 '14 at 09:58

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I prefer it like this:

This should solve this issue.

edited May 27 '14 at 09:58

Andrea

answered May 27 '14 at 08:31

GhostCode

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