Hi Peter, To stop iTunes from opening automatically when you connect your iPhone, open iTunes and then go to Preferences by using keyboard shortcut Command-comma or by going to iTunes > Preferences. Next, click the Devices tab and then check the box for Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically
Kind Regards, Ronni Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 28 Aug 2019, at 7:53 am, Amazon CA <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for this Ronni, I have tolerated this default behaviour from Photos > and also iTunes for years and years. I presume the process to stop the > default opening is similar for iTunes. It hasn't been an issue enough to > warrant me doing anything about it because 50% of the time I actually want > both apps (Photos and iTunes) to open when I connect iPhone or iPad. I do > have the "Sync over Wifi" selected in iTunes so the backup auto syncs but > that doesn't bring photos into the Photos library. As I have the "Wifi sync > to iTunes" set on, it is probably only for iTunes I don't want it to > auto-open iTunes. > > Regards > > Pete. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > [email protected] > > To: > <[email protected]> > Cc: > > Sent: > Wed, 28 Aug 2019 06:08:40 +0800 > Subject: > Re: Odd things > > > Hi Stephen, > > How to Stop Photos App Launching Automatically in OS X > Connect the iPhone, camera, SD card, etc to the Mac and let Photos app launch > itself as usual > Under the “Import” tab of Photos app, look in the upper left corner to find > the device name, this will indicate which hardware will no longer > automatically activate Photos app > Click the checkbox so that “Open Photos for this device” is no longer > selected (likewise, toggling this on would enable Photos app to open itself > again automatically when this device is connected) > Quit out of Photos app, the change is immediate for that device – this can be > switched back at any time in the same OS X Photos app screen > > Kind Regards, > Ronni > > Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > > On 27 Aug 2019, at 10:51 pm, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Neil. > How do you set photos to NOT auto open please? > It annoys me too, but I cannot find in preferences. > > On 27 Aug 2019, at 1:05 pm, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Bill, > > > If you want to avoid similar problems in the future you should be able to set > photos to NOT open automatically when you plug in something that would > otherwise trigger it (card/camera/phone/ipad). > > > I remember I did this back when I used to plug my iphone into my iMac to sync > music etc but preferred to use image capture rather than the Photos app to > manage my photos. It used to annoy me that Photos would open every time I > plugged the phone in – so I found the setting to switch it off. > > > Of course, you might prefer photos to open automatically - in which case I > guess you have to remember to unplug when you have finished ;o) > > > We all have our own ways of how we like to do these things – but I just > thought I’d mention it. > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: [email protected] > > > > > From: <[email protected]> on behalf of Juliet > Kitson <[email protected]> > Reply-To: WAMUG <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, 27 August 2019 at 06:31 > To: WAMUG <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Odd things > > > Thanks Tim, > Problem solved I had an SD card with photos on removed left until today no > more automatic photos popping up. > regards Bill > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 10:04 PM Tim Law <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you have a USB or SD card connected that contains photos? > > > Photos may sense there are images on the card/USB and is opening to let you > you know there’s something you might like to import. > > > Tim > > Sent from Tim's iPhone > > > On 25 Aug 2019, at 7:56 pm, Juliet Kitson <[email protected]> wrote: > My spelling mistake I meant it has opened photos. While I was sitting here > ten minutes ago doing nothing photos just opened itself, with no keyboard > stokes. > regards Bill > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 7:05 PM Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Juliet. > > > I don’t know what you mean by “not has opened up photos” ? > > > On 25 Aug 2019, at 8:55 am, Juliet Kitson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > For some reason every now and again when I leave my mac turned on and return > say in 10 mins. not has opened up photos, the same happens If I shut down, > can anyone give me some advice. > Regards Bill > Imac 21.5 late 2013 > Mojave 10.14.6 > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - > Settings & Unsubscribe - > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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