How to Stop iTunes, iPhoto and Image Capture from Automatically Launching When Connecting iPhone

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MYt9GJIgf2Y/VSSRhKo2eiI/AAAAAAAAAbw/vSoK6o99kZE/s1600/Launch-corresponding-Mac-apps-when-you_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="271" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MYt9GJIgf2Y/VSSRhKo2eiI/AAAAAAAAAbw/vSoK6o99kZE/s1600/Launch-corresponding-Mac-apps-when-you_shrink.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">\</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’m sure you’re familiar with that icon pop in the Dock. It happens when there’s an error with an app or when you connect your iPhone. iTunes goes crazy and asks you to download and install the latest update. And of course, all you wanted to do was charge the damn thing.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It also happens when you connect your camera. This time either iPhoto</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> or Image Capture pops up. This of course, is a helpful feature. But you might want to disable iPhoto and go with Image Capture, for example, or ditch the default apps altogether and sync with a third party app like Lightroom.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Follow the steps below to disable auto launch for iPhoto, Image Capture, and iTunes respectively.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stop iPhoto or Image Capture from Opening Automatically</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Open iPhoto and go to <em>iPhoto</em> -> <em>Preferences</em>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3XgdjsFWMLE/VSSRhpcJzvI/AAAAAAAAAbs/o3q3178h6qs/s1600/iPhoto-1_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="270" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3XgdjsFWMLE/VSSRhpcJzvI/AAAAAAAAAbs/o3q3178h6qs/s1600/iPhoto-1_shrink.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In <em>General</em> you’ll see an option called <em>Connecting Camera Opens:</em> and by default it will say<em>iPhoto</em>. Meaning right now, when you connect your camera, iPhoto pops open.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3cLaU0uattM/VSSRiTfHeKI/AAAAAAAAAb0/Gk4Ic6aUTxQ/s1600/iPhoto-2_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3cLaU0uattM/VSSRiTfHeKI/AAAAAAAAAb0/Gk4Ic6aUTxQ/s1600/iPhoto-2_shrink.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Click the drop-down menu and select <em>No application</em>. The next time you attach your camera, iPhoto won’t jump up like a happy dog springing to life at the return of his owner at the end of the day.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Choosing the <em>No application</em> option disables both iPhoto and Image Capture from launching automatically. If you prefer Image Capture instead of iPhoto, pick <em>Image Capture</em> from the drop-down menu.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Opening the App of Your Choice When Connecting a Particular iPhone or iPad</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If your photo library is managed by a third party app, you might want that to launch when connecting the iPhone or iPad. You can use Image Capture to specify the app on a per-device basis.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Connect the iPhone or iPad to the Mac and then open <em>Image Capture</em> (either search via Spotlight or look it up in the Applications folder).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uaaR5XQOfTI/VSSRgEoyY_I/AAAAAAAAAbc/IHIEJ3O59dI/s1600/Image-capture-1_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="353" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uaaR5XQOfTI/VSSRgEoyY_I/AAAAAAAAAbc/IHIEJ3O59dI/s1600/Image-capture-1_shrink.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; text-align: start;">Select your device from the sidebar and then </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 800; line-height: 23.4375px; text-align: start;">click the up arrow</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; text-align: start;"> in the bottom-left corner.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V-UlwWiiXIk/VSSRgF2WlAI/AAAAAAAAAbY/5oYV96lABFA/s1600/Image-Capture-2_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V-UlwWiiXIk/VSSRgF2WlAI/AAAAAAAAAbY/5oYV96lABFA/s1600/Image-Capture-2_shrink.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here, from the drop-down menu, select the app from the list. If you don’t see your app here, click the <em>Other</em> button and point to the app in the finder.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0ayUOHrTLG0/VSSRgcJ_5ZI/AAAAAAAAAbo/JHZiLdI_tlg/s1600/Image-capture-3_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="351" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0ayUOHrTLG0/VSSRgcJ_5ZI/AAAAAAAAAbo/JHZiLdI_tlg/s1600/Image-capture-3_shrink.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next time you connect the iPhone, that particular app will launch. It could have nothing to do with syncing photos for example. I tested it with <em>Pixelmator</em> and it worked just fine.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stop iTunes from Automatically Opening</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For many (including myself) iTunes is a menace, partly due to its auto launch feature. To get rid of it, open iTunes, click the <em>iTunes</em> menu bar item and select <em>Preferences</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5_pWWuAfPk4/VSSRi68thXI/AAAAAAAAAcE/6nS_0HeYsp8/s1600/iTunes-1_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="347" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5_pWWuAfPk4/VSSRi68thXI/AAAAAAAAAcE/6nS_0HeYsp8/s1600/iTunes-1_shrink.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></em></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">n this menu, select <em>Devices</em> from the top bar.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iCwalgzu4-Q/VSSRjGMpJ6I/AAAAAAAAAcI/PLa2gLGmlAY/s1600/iTunes-2_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="356" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iCwalgzu4-Q/VSSRjGMpJ6I/AAAAAAAAAcI/PLa2gLGmlAY/s1600/iTunes-2_shrink.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the bottom of this screen you’ll see an option called <em>Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically</em>. Check the box next to it and click <em>OK</em> to save the settings.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next time you connect your iPhone, iTunes won’t launch automatically.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you do want to sync your iPhones and iPads, all you need to do is open iTunes. We’re not disabling the functionality here, we’re just preventing the app from launching automatically. Simply taming the devil.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don’t Auto Run</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can also stop apps from starting up every time you boot up your Mac. Just right-click the dock icon, go to <em>Options</em> and uncheck <em>Open at login</em>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What are some apps that auto launch at startup and get on your nerves? A syncing app like BitTorrent Sync or Google Drive? Share with us in the comments below</span></div>

How to Stop iTunes, iPhoto and Image Capture from Automatically Launching When Connecting iPhone

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