ITunes won't open automatically - no iTunesHelper?

When I plug my iPhone into my Macbook Pro, nothing happens, even though the 'open iTunes when this iPhone is connected' box is checked. Someone said to check that iTunesHelper is available. It is listed in my user login items but there's a yellow triangle next to it with an exclamation mark in it. Under 'kind' it says 'unknown'. I couldn't find iTunesHelper listed in the iTunes package contents either.
If I do a manual synch, it works OK. I just prefer it to happen automatically
I just updated to Mountain Lion (though I had his problem with iTunes not opening automatically under Snow Leopard too) and have iTunes 10.6.3, so not sure what the problem is. Anyone have any suggestions? Thx.

Try this post:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/47040/what-is-the-yellow-warning-sign-i n-the-login-items-tab-under-the-users-grou

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Thanks!
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2256037
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Try this post:
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Hey try this out:
Turn Norton 2005's Personal Firewall OFF, (turn it OFF Permanently until your ready to turn it back on) then click CONFIGURE.
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okay. it's way rarer to get this sort of thing due to NIS 2006 than it is with 2005, but it has been known to happen.
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Hi!!!
iTunes doen´t open automatically when i connect my iphone, the click is where it suppose to be (open while connecting) but nothing happens
Thanks!

This happened to me and what I found out from an Apple Store employee is that you should (make sure you have the "automatically sync" box checked in iTunes) then -
1). Open your system preferences.
2). Click on accounts
3). Select your account and click on login items - if you don't have "iTunesHelper" in the list you need to put it in there.
4). Go into your Application folder and scroll down to iTunes.
5). Do a control click on the iTunes icon and select "show package contents".
6). Double click the "contents" folder, then double click the "resources" folder.
7). Scroll down to the "iTunesHelper" and drag it and drop it into the login in window (what you looked at in number 3 above) and quit System Preferences.
8). Plug in your iphone.

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ITunes does not open automatically when I put my device via the USB cord into my computer. Even though I checked that box in I tunes

1. open up applications, and right click the itunes icon.
2. select 'show package contents'
3. open the contents folder
4. open the resources folder
5. scroll down until you find the ItunesHelper icon.
6. Now open up your system preferences.
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