Prevent iTunes from starting when iPhone is plugged in on Mac

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

Donald Byrd

Posted 2009-09-08T23:26:09.453

Reputation: 829

Answers

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

Tiago Veloso

Posted 2009-09-08T23:26:09.453

Reputation: 1 072

I figured that would do the trick, and it does. But I wondered if there was another way I was missing. – Donald Byrd – 2009-09-09T03:09:51.307

2The 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 – 2009-09-09T07:44:13.673

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 – 2009-09-15T22:34:56.810

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

http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=157512

ctzdev

Posted 2009-09-08T23:26:09.453

Reputation: 2 320

I don't see an 'iPod' preference page, perhaps that is on the Windows version. – Donald Byrd – 2009-09-09T02:56:31.623

The pane is called "Devices" on a mac. The option is calles "Disable automatic syncing for iPhones and iPods". – Wolf – 2009-09-09T10:26:22.893

This doesn't actually work; my apologies for editing and upvoting. – davetron5000 – 2011-12-06T14:38:21.227

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 – 2009-09-15T22:35:55.713

I don't see this for iTunes v.9 on Windows. – Marcus Leon – 2009-10-14T18:03:26.883

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.

David Waller

Posted 2009-09-08T23:26:09.453

Reputation: 121

I prefer it like this:

go to iTunes -> Preferences
select Device tab
check the prevent iPods,iPads from syncing automatically

This should solve this issue.

GhostCode

Posted 2009-09-08T23:26:09.453

Reputation: 101