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

15

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

answered Sep 08 '09 at 23:33

Tiago Veloso

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

3

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

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

2

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

0

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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