Disable Image Capture Application COMPLETELY

Title says it all. I want to 100% disable Image Capture. I don't want to have it open under any circumstances. Yes, I know that you can disable it per device, but that pref never seems to stick on my personal machine.
For this workstation in particular, we have many different cards, phones, iPads, cameras, things of that nature being plugged into it (it's kind of a "dump your pictures to this workstation" kind of computer). I just don't want Image Capture from ever opening, ever, no matter what I plug into it the computer.
How is that accomplished? Plist file, some sort of terminal command, hidden preference files, something like that perhaps?

Delete it from that machine. That's the only way I know. When you want to restore it, copy it from another machine running the same OS version.

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Hot to perminantly disable image capture?

Hey all,
I am using a bretford cart to manage 30 iPad's at once. We are having a problem with image capture poping up every time we plug in an iPad. I know people are going to be quick to point out that you can set image capture to do nothing with that device. But the problem is that every time we plug in an iPad it thinks it is the first time it's ever been connected. So no there is way to predifine a selected behavior pattern for it ahead of time. Is there a way to simply disable image capture that has been built in to the O.S. ? We will never need to export photos from a device on this machine so the image capture feature simply isn't needed.

Delete it from that machine. That's the only way I know. When you want to restore it, copy it from another machine running the same OS version.

How do you disable Image Capture

When I insert a SD card in my iMac running OS 10.10, the program Image Capture starts. I find this an irritation. Does anyone know how to turn this off or disable the app?

Not sure but do you get a small triangular icon in the bottom left corner of Image Capture after selecting your SD card under Devices (top left), if so click and chose "No Application" - that's how you control on whether an iPad or iPhone opens Image Capture.

Disable Image Capture app

Since I can't delete the Image Capture App, how do I disable, break, maim or otherwise stop it from starting when I plug in a Compact Flash card?
Bill

Start Image capture and highlight the CF card. Click on the little triangle in the lower left. Select No application in the drop down box.
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Captfred

Image Capture application keeps "losing" my device

Image Capture was telling me that there wasn't a scanner or camera connected. I use an HP Photosmart C4680. The printer aspect has been fine since upgrading to SL. I inserted my SL disk. Opened Optional Installs. Went through the prompts etc. and selected to install the Printer Support. Ejected the disk. Restarted computer. Opened Image Capture and device was listed on left side margin and test worked perfectly.
The problem now is that every 12-24 hours the device disappears again from Image Capture.
Anyone else have this problem or have any ideas how to permanently correct it?

Similar problem with Lexmark X4550.
Printing fine whether or not Image capture recognises the scanner.
Open image capture no scanner listed (ipod and phone are listed).
Unplug USB and pug in - scanner appears and works (there is a bug where the rotation correction is not supported and the scan fails)
Quit image capture and re-launch image Image capture scanner is "lost" (ipod and phone appear as before). Unplug and plug in USB cable and scanner re-appears.
Anyone have any suggestions as how I can make Image capture "remember" I have a scanner attached.
I'm using the bundled Lexmark driver with SL.
Cheers
Ben

I can print to a Lexmark X4550, but not scan (with Image Capture)

Following tips (by "Lexmark Listens" and others) I succeded in printing (via USB and wifi) to a Lexmark X4550.
But when scanning (via USB) using the Image Capture app (included in Mac OS), Image Capture sees the scanner a couple of seconds, then complains that no scanner is connected (although it still is).
This happens with a MacBook (Pro), but not with another MacBook (white).
I tried (not necessarily in this order):
- reboot
- repair disk permissions
- re-installing drivers (both printer driver and "Image Capture Application Scan Driver for for 10.6.8 and later Mac OS") from Lexmark support site.
- running Mac OS software update (which updated the printer driver to version 2.8]
- resetting the printing system: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341
How can I completely remove all files related to Lexmark printers&scanners and try again installing from a clean state?
(I see in other posts that a Lexmark Uninstaller is sometimes located in HD/Library/Printers/Lexmark/YEAR/ ; I used to have one here, but it was removed during previous attempts at getting the scanner working ; and anyway when I run this Uninstaller at the time, it did not completely clean the /Printer/Lexmark)
My problem is very similar to this one described in this bug report in Lexmark knowledge base:
http://bit.ly/MOR9bd
But the patch proposed is "For Mac OS X 10.6 only" and titled "LexmarkPro800-Pro900SeriesQFE1.0.0.dmg" so I don't think it would work for a Lexmark X4550. (Indeed I installed this patch and the problem is still there).
As for the workaround suggested, "When using Apple's Image Capture application, do not use the "Show Details" option [...]", I can't get it to work: as soon as I launch Image Capture, it starts scanning (a preview) and the "Show Details" bouton is grayed out.
I've already spent many hours trying to get this printer-scanner to work with my Mac.
Any suggestion would be very helpful!

Same issue, sort of. After ML upgrade, Lexmark x264dn fails to register as a printer & scanner, there is no scan tab anymore. Also, image capture application is stuck in a crash loop until I disable mDNS (bonjour) on the printer. Still, it does not register as a scanner anywhere (protoshop, image capture, preview...)
I have installed all the package scripts from Lexmark's Mountain Lion support page. No dice.

Trouble Printing PDF's scanned with Image Capture

OK this is a strange problem. I have Macbook Pro and a Lexmark E230 laser printer which prints everything out just fine in safari, word, pages, numbers - anything except PDF's that are specifially scanned with the Image Capture application.
I printed four PDF's that were made from different sources, some just assembled JPEGs, one that was text printed from Pages, and another instruction manual randomly downloaded from the internet. All printed fine.
My wife and I scan a lot for our home business and any PDF that we have scanned using Image Capture prints only the first page, then hangs, and then the rest of the document does not print. If I try to print the second or other pages manually, I get an error printed on the page saying :
ERROR: limitcheck
OFFENDING COMMAND: image
STACK:
And the image partially prints.
I am aware of all driver issues, have tried using old drivers, completely reset the print system using the OPTION and ( - ) key in the printer system prefs. I have also used the most up to date drivers, nothing seems to change this. I am also aware of a printers limitations as far as using images or PDFs with a lot of memory.
The thing that makes me confused is that this all seemed to work perfectly before (in Lion) and even during the inital stages of Mountain Lion. At some point (this is on my wife's computer), I'm not sure when the issues started exactly, I was unable to print PDFs scanned with Image Capture properly.
This used to work, now it doesn't. Printer hasn't changed, types of documents haven't changed. Any ideas?
Thanks so much,
Jim

Welcome to Apple Discussions, bubblebanium!
I have experienced your problem on several occasions and found the culprit to be a corrupt font. Try selecting everything in the document and changing it to a font that you are certain prints. If the problem persists, try copying everything and paste it into a new document. If your document is several pages, try printing one page to hone in on the problem.
If the problem still persists, does your document have bullet items? If yes, and the bulleted items were created with the automatic bullet feature, then the problem may be the default font used for that feature (most likely the Symbol font).
To change to a different font, go to the Format menu, select Bullets and Numbering. Click on the style of bullets your document uses and then click the Customize button. In the next window, click on the shape of bullet your document uses and then click the Font button below. A Font window appears in which you can then select a different font. Afterwards, if the document prints, then the default font is probably corrupt and you may want to replace it with a good copy.
Hope this helps.

Problem:Image capture with Nokia 6020

Hi,
i want an idea about the issue of "Image Capture" from midlet.
I tried my image capture application with SonyEricsson W550 it is working fine, and
I tried the same appliaction with[b] i-mate SP3(Windows CE mobile)and with Nokia 6020 ("Both are MIDp2.0 support "), the application not even loaded and the exception as javax.microedition.media.MediaException
one more thing the value of System.getProperty("video.snapshot.encodings"); become null.
Please tell me what are all the mobiles will support the ImageCapture from Midlet.
some exact (supporting)mobile models please...
Thankyou,

Hi,
The sun article says 3650 will support the MMApi options even its MIDP 1.0, then what about MIDP 2.0 devices(6020).
Somebody said even some devices may MIDP2.0, but it may not be the complete implementation device.
What is mean that .... like either supporting only audio ???

Image Capture and Samsung All-in-One SCX4825FN Preview Delay

I am trying to scan using a Samsung SCX4825FN all-in-one printer, scanner and fax machine. It is installed using an ethernet cable via my internal network. Two Macs see and scan with it without a problem. The third used to, but since I tried installing Samsung's own scan software (just to see if there were any OCR capability in it, which there wasn't), each time I try to open up the flatbed scanning, it takes hours (literally) to do the preview scan, and in the meantime, the computer is almost unusable. The printer (scanner) appears to correctly do the preview scan, then do a more detailed scan (at very high resolution?), which takes it ages, and it uses this to build the preview scan.
Other computers haven't changed, so I assume it is the since Mac that needs fixing. It also doesn't happen with the multi-sheet feeder scan on any of the computers, so it is only the flat-bed scan that causes the problem.
I have tried fixing permissions, removing the Samsung software completely (I then couldn't see the scanner at all) then reinstalling the minimal amount, deleting permissions for Image Capture and for the Samsung Scanning software, changing preferences within the Samsung software, but all to no avail. It still takes a couple of hours to complete the initial preview scan on the one computer but not the others. Has anyone got any other ideas?
I would like to delete the Samsung software off the problem Mac and then copy over the required drivers from another computer to let it scan without a problem using the standard Snow Leopard install, but I am not sure which files to copy over. I am worried that the (not very good) Samsung installation software is taking off more files than it is supposed to when I remove it, but I am not sure what it is supposed to leave on there, or perhaps it is leaving too much on there.
The nice installation software from Samsung forces a restart each time you try and do anything, as well as insisting that no other software is running while it is trying to make changes, so I am already a little unhappy about what kind of changes it is trying to make since most Apple software is not that crazy...

Interestingly here is what I received from Brother. (Note that scanning using the Control Center works fine.):
Dear Brother Customer,
Thank you for taking the time to write to us.
Is your machine able to scan using the Brother ControlCenter software?
If you are able to scan with the ControlCenter, the drivers are
installed and working properly.
Your issue is with Apple's Image Capture software and should be referred
to them for support.
When you open the Apple software, you will need to click DEVICES in the
Menu Bar, then select the disclosure triangle next to TWAIN devices to
reveal the Brother TWAIN device.
Select the Brother TWAIN and click OK.
You should now be able to scan with Apple's Image Capture application.
For any additional assistance with the Apple application, we suggest you
contact Apple for assistance.
We hope this information will be useful to you. If we can be of further
assistance, please let us know.
Best Regards,
MFC Macintosh Support
Brother International, USA
Email: [email protected]
So, who owns the problem: Brother or Apple? If I go to the Apple Store I see Canon and HP scannners for sale but not Brother. Maybe that is part of the problem. Corporate relations between Brother and Apple.

How to automatically crop images in Image Capture for import into iPhoto?

On my PowerBook G4 / Mac OS X 10.4.2, I'm using the Image Capture 3.0.3 application to capture images coming from scanning photographs with a CanoScan 8400F.
Can I get the Image Capture application to automatically set the crop frame on the overview? Other applications do that, but with Image Capture it seems that after I do the Overview (preview), I have to manually set the crop frame by clicking and dragging, before I can click the Scan button to do the scan?
P.S. It seems that iPhoto does not handle scanning, and you do have to use a different application to scan photos before importing them into iPhoto.
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

If you hide the details pane Image Capture will scan immediately to a specified folder. Other way is to open printers and faxing from the system preferences , select the scanning tab of your printer and click Open scanner. It will start scanning immediately without opening Image Capture. To set other software as default you should open Image Capture, select your printer/scanner and click the scanner buttons. It will then let you chose which program should be launched when you scan a document.

Problem with image capture

I am having a weird issue with Image capture. When I connect my digital camera, my computer does not always recognize that there is a digital camera being attached, so I can not get the camera to mount and get the pictures of the camera.
It is not a cable issue. The camera mounts instantly when I use a Win 2000 machine that I have at work using the same cable. I have tried to reformat the SD card several times.
I have OS 10.4.8 on a 17 inch iMac Rev B). I have iPhoto v 5.0.4. This used to work very well initially, and has steadily gotten worse.
Any tips? Thanks
17 iMac Rev B Mac OS X (10.4.1)

Hi, Romulo.
1. What make/model of camera? Is it listed on the Mac OS X Digital Camera Support page?
2. Since you've mentioned Image Capture, I presume you do not mean iPhoto, i.e. you expect the Image Capture application (located in the Macintosh HD > Applications folder) to launch when you connect the camera. Is the camera recognized in iPhoto?
3. Try connecting the camera to a different USB port on your Mac. If you're connecting the camera to a USB hub (and your keyboard is a USB hub), try connecting the camera to a USB port directly on your Mac.
4. Is the camera battery fully charged, or is the camera powered via an AC power supply when you connect it to the Mac?
5. Try deleting the Image Capture preferences. There are at least four preferences files associated with Image Capture:• The file com.apple.ImageCaptureApp.plist in your Home > Library > Preferences folder.
• In your Home > Library > Preferences > ByHost folder, the files:• com.apple.ImageCapture2.xxx.plist
• com.apple.ImageCaptureExtension2.xxx.plist
• com.apple.ImageCaptureCamera.xxx.plist
where xxx is an alphanumeric string.6. You indicated the problem is intermittent: are you using certain other USB peripherals when the problem occurs vs. when it does not?
7. Immediately after the problem occurs, check the ends of these Console logs for clues. Clues might include messages related to Image Capture or USB at the time the problem occurs.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
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Do I still Need IMAGE CAPTURE?

Not sure this is best place to post--sorry if incorrect.
Do I still need the IMAGE CAPTURE application?
I use OS 10.5 and iPhoto 8. I never download right from my camera--I use a card reader.
I do use a Canon Multi-Function Scanner/Printer via Canon's software.
I recall the time BEFORE iPhoto when Image Capture was THE way to get photos into my Mac, but unless it is used in the background, I think it has not been used on my MacBook for years.
Thanks for any thoughts from someone desperate to clear up some much-need HD space.

Hi - I think I deleted Image Capture or portions of it when I was trying to clean up my computer - oops. Now I'm realizing that I want to access Image Capture in order to prevent the automatic launch of iphoto when I connect my camera. SO - does anyone know how to reinstall the Image Capture application?
I tried to reinstall the all the applications from my install CD that I received when I bought my computer, but it didn't seem to work - when I try to open my Image Capture application I still receive a message that states:
"You can not open the application Image Capture.app because it maybe damaged or incomplete"
Help!

Image Capture, upon opening, always reads "No camera or scanner selected" (and the scanner doesn't scan. Why?).

"Image Capture" application, upon opening, always reads "No camera or scanner selected." Scanner does not scan (HP C4680, All-in-one type). Mine is a Mac OS X (Snow Leopard 10.6.7). All connections seem fine. What's wrong? Am decidedly NOT a "techie" and this is first computer ever owned by enquirer. Thank you.

Some additional thoughts.
Does the Preferences have the option to open the Scanner window ticked ?
Does the Scanner appear in the Browse Menu when you Browse for Devices ?
My Epson CX6400 which is of some age now does not show Scanner Ablities in th System Profiler for OS X 10.5.8
The Printer part uses the OS X installed Cups + Gutenprint driver.
I have also installed the Epson stuff that came on the CD which I am sure installed a Twain Driver for the scanner part.
It seems this is what the Browse info tells me is being used.
In Hard Drive/Library/Image Capture/Devices the Epson Scanner.app has been added.
In the same Image Capture folder a Twain Data Source folder is also present and the Scanner .ds file is in there.
9:18 PM Saturday; June 11, 2011
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 MacBookPro 2Gb( 10.6.7)
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How do I save an image using image capture after i scan a document?

How do I save an image in image capture, after I've scanned a document?

Hi, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
The process may differ a bit, depending upon which version of the OS you are using. Open the Image Capture application and click on the Help menu for it.
In Mac OS X 10.6.8, I get this:
Control + click on image and choose to "Open Link in New Tab" (or window) in order to see the full-size image.
According to those instructions, it looks as though the scan should be automatically saved to the folder you've chosen.

How can I reinstall Image Capture?

After doing some houskeeping among partitions on my eMac, my Image Capture application has lost the function for designating a folder to save images to. For one camera, this has meant that it continues to download everything to the last folder used before my housekeeping project - annoying, but workable.
But for another camera, it can't find a folder, but also doesn't allow me to select one. I've tried reinstallling from the CD, hoping that there was a custom install that would allow me to simply reload Image Capture - but I didn't see that option. I don't want to reinstall my OS! It's working great right now!
Any suggestions on this? Is there a download of Image Capture available on Apple's website for registered OS owners?
G4 Powerbook | G4 iBook | G4 eMac Mac OS X (10.4.6)

You might try just removing the plist files for ImageCapture:
"/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ImageCaptureApp.plist"
Plus two more:
"/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ImageCapture2.00039343a1a8 .plist"
"/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ImageCaptureExtension2.000 39343a1a8.plist"
The ones in the By Host folder will have a bunch numbers in them which vary. The first is the pref for "what to do when you plug a camera in"--that is, launch ImageCapture or iPhoto.The ImageCaptureExtensions plist has something to do with sharing, you might remove it too.
The previous download location is specified in the "ICImageDownloadFolder" item of the camera section in the main plist. You can even edit the plist file to change the location if you want...
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