How to stop iPhoto and iTunes from opening automatically when plugging in an iPhone?

Question

I'm still pretty much a noob in OS X (Snow Leopard, if that makes any difference).

How to stop iPhoto and iTunes from opening automatically when plugging in an iPhone?

Solution 1

Found the answer to how to stop iPhoto from opening here: http://michaelkrol.com/2007/09/13/tell-your-iphone-to-stop-opening-iphoto/

Open Image Capture and go to the Preferences menu (under the Image Capture menu item). Under the General tab, change the option for “When a camera is connected…” to “No Application” instead of “iPhoto”.

This means you’ll have to manually start iPhoto when you connect your digital camera, but you won’t have to CLOSE iPhoto every time you plug in your iPhone (which, for me, is a heck of a lot more often than plugging in a camera!)

Solution 2

iTunes has an option to automatically start iTunes when the iPod is connected ... I assume the same option is there when you connect an iPhone on the Mac. Simply uncheck the checkbox.

Connect the iPhone, click on it in the left hand panel on iTunes, and look for the option over on the right. (Main tab).

Solution 3

For iTunes select your device and uncheck Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected

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For Image Capture, select the up symbol and then select No Application

Solution 4

For iPhoto, do like alxp said.

For iTunes, you can also remove the iTunesHelper in your launching elements. This will not load iTunes when any iPhone is plug.

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Comments

[Jerome Lecoq]

In Snow Leopard and Image Capture version 6 the process is slightly different: select the iPhone in Image Captre and then choose "No application" from the "When I connect this iPhone" dropdown in the lower left.

[Lorin Hochstein]

@blahdiblah Your comment applies to Lion as well.

[Daniel says Reinstate Monica]

Where is that option? Does it still exist?

[cometbill]

I'm sorry, I don't remember, and I don't use iTunes any more.