IPhoto Auto Launch

iPhoto automatically launches on my iMac when I connect my iPhone 5s.  How can I prevent this? I'm using iPhoto 12.0.1.

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For Mavericks and Yosemite  go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring up the this window:
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    I looked but I can't seem to find where the preferences are saved. If anyone knows or knows of an easy way to do it let me know. Thanks.
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    It seems to be this file:
    "/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ImageCapture2.00039343a1a8 .plist"
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    HotPlugActionPath String /Applications/Image Capture.app
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    ieure:
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  • Itunes/iPhoto will not auto-launch on non-Admin account

    I have looked and looked and have not see this exact problem.
    Got my wife an iPhone for xmas, and we share an iMac, I have an admin account on the computer and she has a user account. We both share an iPhoto and iTunes Library via an external drive. So the problem come about when the phone is plugged in when her account is active, neither iphoto or iTunes will auto-launch however if my account is active and the iphone is plugged in they will launch.
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    Not much of a relief to you, but I too have the same problem and believe it has to do with iTunesHelper in the login items and an upgrade from Tiger to Leopard. I did some searches and found that iTunesHelper is not in the default login items of new Leopard accounts, but is for Tiger. Since I've upgraded to Leopard, I removed it from my login items and that is when I believe the auto-launch capability stopped. Unfortunately, iTunesHelper isn't a standard application anymore and is buried inside iTunes.
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    Message was edited by: cehoffman

  • How do I stop iPhoto from auto-launching?

    I'm running the latest version of OS X and iPhoto, this has been going on for 2 years or more and I still can't figure out a solution. So I figured maybe something new is out there where someone might have a clue why I'm experiencing this.
    I cannot keep iPhoto from launching on my Mac. I'm not plugging in any peripherals, there is no event taking place that is causing iPhoto to logically launch, I'm not connecting a camera or USB stick or anything. It just launches. It's like an app version of the Walking Dead, I can't kill this **** thing and I have not yet figured out how to put a stake through its brain. I like iPhoto when I actually want to use it, which is rarely. But it loads when I first boot up (even though it is NOT listed in my startup apps), and if I quit it, between 10-60 minutes later I'll be typing away working on something and boom, it just launches again. There's no pattern to it, it just won't stay quit.
    Ayone have any clue why this might be happening? I've really grown to hate this app.

    Frank, it does it at 2 different "times":
    First, EVERY time I reboot, iPhoto launches.
    Second, just randomly, but usually within 20-30 minutes after I've quit the application. In fact, it just did it again.
    So, I went to the Console to see if there was anything there and there was a bunch, but I've no idea what it means. Lots of references of mdworker. I'll paste the relevant sections of the Console below, maybe it means something to someone smarter than me. One line of it that repeats that I find interesting is this:
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    4/6/2014 1:04:35.498 PM sandboxd[364]: ([3265]) mdworker(3265) deny file-read-data /Users/RJM/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Contents/PkgInfo (pre-plugin fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:250000005E diag:0 isXCode:0 uti:public.folder plugin:internalPlainTextImporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 778167)
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    4/6/2014 1:04:35.778 PM sandboxd[364]: ([3265]) mdworker(3265) deny file-read-data /Users/RJM/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Contents/PkgInfo (pre-plugin fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:250000005E diag:0 isXCode:0 uti:public.folder plugin:internalPlainTextImporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 778167)
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    4/6/2014 1:04:35.984 PM sandboxd[364]: ([3212]) mdworker(3212) deny file-read-data /Users/RJM/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Contents/PkgInfo ()
    4/6/2014 1:04:36.052 PM sandboxd[364]: ([3212]) mdworker(3212) deny file-read-data /Users/RJM/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Contents/PkgInfo ()
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    4/6/2014 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(3266) deny file-read-data /Users/RJM/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Contents/PkgInfo
    4/6/2014 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(3266) deny file-read-data /Users/RJM/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Contents/PkgInfo
    4/6/2014 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(3266) deny file-read-data /Users/RJM/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Contents/PkgInfo
    4/6/2014 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(3266) deny file-read-data /Users/RJM/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Contents/PkgInfo
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    4/6/2014 1:04:42.007 PM WindowServer[123]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "iPhoto" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
    4/6/2014 1:04:42.626 PM WindowServer[123]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "iPhoto" after 1.62 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)

  • Disable auto launch of iphoto when iphone is connected to mac

    Hey everyone, anyone know how to prevent iphoto from launching when I connect my iphone? Thank you.
    Ken

    Of course, as anyone who has needed to Restore their iPhone, discovered that their backup was corrupt (happens quite often), and thus lost the pics they snapped with the iPhone, can tell you - you may be better off letting iPhoto launch, importing then deleting the pics from the iPhone, and syncing them back via iTunes so they're not lost for good. Just my 2¢.

  • STOP auto-launch of iPhoto when Mem card connected

    How do I stop iPhoto from launching when I plug in my cellphone?
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    STOP iPhoto, Stop !

    **** WHOOPS !!! ****
    Now when I try to eject the cellphone, it says "<item> in use and cannot be ejected"
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  • How do I turn off auto-launch of iPhoto when the iPhone is connected

    I hate it that whenever I connect my iPhone to my MBP iPhoto automatically launches. Any help is appreciated.
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    To do that follow these steps
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  • Suppress auto-launch of iPhoto on device connnection

    quite annoying - auto launches on my MBP whenver I connect my iPhone.
    How to stop this behavior ? I only want to sync... I will launch another app when I want to. Im in charge dammit.
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    this is the start of when computers become our masters... Bow down and yield to the iPhone...
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  • How do I stop iTunes from auto-launching when connecting iPod.

    I have found one method of doing this set out below.
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  • How can I prevent iPhoto from launching when I insert an SD card

    I recently upgraded to a new iMac retina and am having trouble disabling iPhoto from launching when an SD card is inserted.
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  • Help, iTunes refuses to not auto launch when iPhone connected to computer

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