{"id":334,"date":"2013-03-04T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/?p=334"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:41:15","slug":"stop-iphoto-itunes-launching-automatically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/blog\/stop-iphoto-itunes-launching-automatically\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stop iPhoto and iTunes Launching Automatically"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>iPhoto and iTunes will launch automatically when you connect any iOS devices to computer. This is really annoying when you just want to connect your iOS device to computer to just charge the battery or manually sync files to it. And this problem will happen when you connect iPhone, iPod touch or iPad to your computer. Here is a step by step guide will show you how to stop iPhoto and iTunes launch automatically problem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For iPhoto:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Connect your iOS devices like iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to the computer through the USB cable. Let iPhoto open then quit it<\/p>\n<p>2. Now open \u201cImage Capture\u201d, found in the \/Applications\/ folder. In the lower left corner, click the little pulldown menu next to \u201cConnecting this iPhone opens\u201d and choose \u201cNo application\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/image\/blog\/stop-iphoto-launching-automatically.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Quit out of Image Capture. That&#8217;s all. The next time you connect the your iOS devices to the Mac, the iPhoto app will no longer launch itself automatically.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For iTunes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Connect your iOS device to the computer.<\/p>\n<p>2. Inside iTunes, click on the device and then click on the \u2018Summary\u2019 tab. Scroll to the bottom of the Summary tab selections until you see \u201cOptions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>3. Click on the checkbox next to \u2018Open iTunes when this iPhone is connected\u2019 \u2013 wording will be slightly different if your device is an iPad or iPod or whatever.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mac-dvd.com\/image\/blog\/stop-itunes-launching-automatically.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Close iTunes. That&#8217;s all. iTunes will no longer launch itself automatically when you connect the your iOS devices to computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iPhoto and iTunes will launch automatically when you connect any iOS devices to computer. 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