ITunes 10.5.3.3 installation - disable auto sync

I have tried everything to disable the AutomaticDeviceSync. I have created the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\iTunes\Parental Controls\Default\AdminFlags
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\iTunes\Parental Controls\UserFlags
I have tried every value and it still sets the Default iPhone/iPad Sync to on.
I even tried creating the DontAutomaticallySyncIPods = 1 in HCKU_Software\Apple Computer, Inc.\iTunes\Preferences. When iTunes starts the first time, it will revert to 0.
Please help!

Yes I restored for complete wipe for it to be a new iPod. I tried again today to sync and this time I got results, it re-snyced all videos and some pictures. After that snyc was done I added in about 3 pictures. I tried it and this time it failed. I tried once more and the same thing. Oh and one more thing, whenever I now open iTunes it says' ApplePush has stopped working'
Could this be the main problem? Is ApplePush ceasing to operate the cause?

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It seems odd that everytime I make a change to a single song on my iPod, iTunes performs a sync.
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Can I disable automatic syncing after each change to a song or podcast on my shuffel?
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single song on my iPod, iTunes performs a sync.
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on my shuffel, but iTunes performs a sync after each
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Thank you, but it hasn't told me how to make it so that when I plug in, it wont automatically sync, or how I can stop it from auto sync before it does so. at least I don't think it did, tech savy I am not.
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Hi,
Whenever I connect my or my wife's iPhone with my Laptop, iTunes start syncing it without my permission.
Can you please help me to disable it?
Thank you in advance?
Regards,
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Just so everyone here knows,
I had an iPod mini which I managed manually. I got the new iTunes, and plugged in my ipod. It said it was "updating", and I couldn't figure out how to make it stop. I thought it was going to delete my music and sync it with the library, so I stressed out a little bit.
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As we all know that the database file is committed when the cache is filled, i.e auto commit happens.Is there any way to disable this auto commit feature apart from increasing the cache size
Regards
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Hi,
I would like to thank you on behalf of our team for your valuable suggestions.
1)With the TDS approach, I will start buiding my application on TDS and test its performance including mem_trickle
2)Regarding the crash during the sync, yes you are correct and we are in trouble in case of crash at this point.
3)This is the readings of db_stat during the drip in performance on a load test carried out using HASH access method and Cache size of 500MB
500MB     Total cache size
5     Number of caches
100MB     Pool individual cache size
0     Maximum memory-mapped file size
0     Maximum open file descriptors
0     Maximum sequential buffer writes
0     Sleep after writing maximum sequential buffers
0     Requested pages mapped into the process' address space
6848119     Requested pages found in the cache (92%)
581096     Requested pages not found in the cache
122467     Pages created in the cache
532998     Pages read into the cache
619356     Pages written from the cache to the backing file
26768     Clean pages forced from the cache
565731     Dirty pages forced from the cache
0     Dirty pages written by trickle-sync thread
62745     Current total page count
61790     Current clean page count
955     Current dirty page count
81905     Number of hash buckets used for page location
8075897     Total number of times hash chains searched for a page
36     The longest hash chain searched for a page
11M     Total number of hash chain entries checked for page (11001641)
2208     The number of hash bucket locks that required waiting (0%)
4     The maximum number of times any hash bucket lock was waited for (0%)
1996     The number of region locks that required waiting (0%)
0     The number of buffers frozen
0     The number of buffers thawed
0     The number of frozen buffers freed
655397     The number of page allocations
1249322     The number of hash buckets examined during allocations
9     The maximum number of hash buckets examined for an allocation
592572     The number of pages examined during allocations
2     The max number of pages examined for an allocation
11     Threads waited on page I/O
Pool File: /CDR/vol1/1/FragmentFile7.db
8192     Page size
0     Requested pages mapped into the process' address space
972938     Requested pages found in the cache (92%)
83856     Requested pages not found in the cache
17854     Pages created in the cache
76608     Pages read into the cache
89083     Pages written from the cache to the backing file
Pool File: /CDR/vol1/1/FragmentFile6.db
8192     Page size
0     Requested pages mapped into the process' address space
986504     Requested pages found in the cache (92%)
82072     Requested pages not found in the cache
17725     Pages created in the cache
74929     Pages read into the cache
87985     Pages written from the cache to the backing file
Pool File: /CDR/vol1/1/FragmentFile2.db
8192     Page size
0     Requested pages mapped into the process' address space
961590     Requested pages found in the cache (92%)
83302     Requested pages not found in the cache
17541     Pages created in the cache
76242     Pages read into the cache
88397     Pages written from the cache to the backing file
Pool File: /CDR/vol1/1/FragmentFile1.db
8192     Page size
0     Requested pages mapped into the process' address space
988376     Requested pages found in the cache (92%)
83576     Requested pages not found in the cache
17080     Pages created in the cache
77228     Pages read into the cache
89664     Pages written from the cache to the backing file
Pool File: /CDR/vol1/1/FragmentFile4.db
8192     Page size
0     Requested pages mapped into the process' address space
978263     Requested pages found in the cache (92%)
82870     Requested pages not found in the cache
17557     Pages created in the cache
75985     Pages read into the cache
88119     Pages written from the cache to the backing file
Pool File: /CDR/vol1/1/FragmentFile3.db
8192     Page size
0     Requested pages mapped into the process' address space
985921     Requested pages found in the cache (92%)
82795     Requested pages not found in the cache
17151     Pages created in the cache
76320     Pages read into the cache
88019     Pages written from the cache to the backing file
Pool File: /CDR/vol1/1/FragmentFile5.db
8192     Page size
0     Requested pages mapped into the process' address space
974527     Requested pages found in the cache (92%)
82625     Requested pages not found in the cache
17559     Pages created in the cache
75686     Pages read into the cache
88089     Pages written from the cache to the backing file
Page size is 8K(OS default on Solaris 9)
File system info
nsect=720,ntrack=8,bsize=8192,fragsize=1024,cgsize=8,free=1,rps=167,nbpi=1026,opt=t,apc=0,gap=0,nrpos=8,maxcontig=128 /dev/dsk/c2t5d0s0 286732800
Key : Integer
Data : An object of size 200 bytes
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I HAVE IT UNCHECKED BUT IT STILL UPLOADS EVER FILE THAT's OPEN. Sorry about the caps.
Nick

Yes it is extremely annoying isn't it?
To turn it off you go to Edit Preferences and then Site.
Then in Dependent files take the tick out of Prompt on get and Prompt on put. Apparently this turns off the automatic sync as per this help note in the forum:
Dependent Files
Displays a prompt for transferring dependent files (such as images, external style sheets, and other files referenced in the HTML file) that the browser loads when it loads the HTML file. By default, both Prompt on Get/Check Out and Prompt on Put/Check In are selected.
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If you deselect these options, your dependent files are not transferred. Therefore, to force the Dependent Files dialog box to appear even when these options are deselected, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) while choosing the Get, Put, Check In, or Check Out commands.
https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/set-site-preferences-transferring-files.html
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I would sincerely appreciate it if someone could answer my question:
I want to know if I can disable the iTunes default were it "automatically copies the songs and playlists in your iTunes library to your iPod, and deletes songs from your iPod that aren't in your library" when you connect your iPod to your computer. I know that you can do this from the iTunes preferences, but this requires you to connect your iPod and therefore lose all the songs on the iPod that aren't in the library before you would be able to change the setting. (my library has changed a lot and I don't want to lose all the songs that are only on my iPod).
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**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT1818S Analog [VT1818S Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: VT1818S Digital [VT1818S Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 2: VT1818S HP [VT1818S HP]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
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numid=42,iface=CARD,name='Front Headphone Jack'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=on
numid=44,iface=CARD,name='Front Mic Jack'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=off
numid=46,iface=CARD,name='HDMI Phantom Jack'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=on
numid=45,iface=CARD,name='Line Jack'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=off
numid=40,iface=CARD,name='Line Out CLFE Jack'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=off
numid=38,iface=CARD,name='Line Out Front Jack'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=on
numid=41,iface=CARD,name='Line Out Side Jack'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=off
numid=39,iface=CARD,name='Line Out Surround Jack'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=off
numid=43,iface=CARD,name='Rear Mic Jack'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=off
numid=47,iface=CARD,name='SPDIF Phantom Jack',index=1
; type=BOOLEAN,access=r-------,values=1
: values=on
numid=37,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
: values=on
numid=36,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=42,step=0
: values=23
| dBscale-min=-63.00dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=13,iface=MIXER,name='Headphone Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=12,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=11,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0
: values=31,31
| dBscale-min=-34.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=28,iface=MIXER,name='Front Mic Boost Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=3,step=0
: values=0,0
| dBscale-min=0.00dB,step=10.25dB,mute=0
numid=24,iface=MIXER,name='Front Mic Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=23,iface=MIXER,name='Front Mic Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0
: values=31,31
| dBscale-min=-34.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Front Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Front Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=42,step=0
: values=42,42
| dBscale-min=-63.00dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='Surround Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Surround Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=42,step=0
: values=42,42
| dBscale-min=-63.00dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=6,iface=MIXER,name='Center Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
: values=on
numid=5,iface=MIXER,name='Center Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=42,step=0
: values=42
| dBscale-min=-63.00dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='LFE Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
: values=on
numid=7,iface=MIXER,name='LFE Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=42,step=0
: values=42
| dBscale-min=-63.00dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=26,iface=MIXER,name='Line Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=25,iface=MIXER,name='Line Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0
: values=31,31
| dBscale-min=-34.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=16,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=18,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch',index=1
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=15,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0
: values=0,0
| dBscale-min=-16.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=17,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume',index=1
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0
: values=0,0
| dBscale-min=-16.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=14,iface=MIXER,name='Loopback Mixing'
; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
; Item #0 'Disabled'
; Item #1 'Enabled'
: values=0
numid=35,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Default PCM Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
: values=off
numid=31,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
; type=IEC958,access=r-------,values=1
: values=[AES0=0x0f AES1=0xff AES2=0x00 AES3=0x00]
numid=32,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Pro Mask'
; type=IEC958,access=r-------,values=1
: values=[AES0=0x0f AES1=0x00 AES2=0x00 AES3=0x00]
numid=33,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Default'
; type=IEC958,access=rw------,values=1
: values=[AES0=0x04 AES1=0x00 AES2=0x00 AES3=0x00]
numid=34,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
: values=off
numid=30,iface=MIXER,name='Dynamic Power-Control'
; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
; Item #0 'Disabled'
; Item #1 'Enabled'
: values=0
numid=29,iface=MIXER,name='Independent HP'
; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2
; Item #0 'OFF'
; Item #1 'ON'
: values=0
numid=19,iface=MIXER,name='Input Source'
; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=4
; Item #0 'Rear Mic'
; Item #1 'Front Mic'
; Item #2 'Line'
; Item #3 'Stereo Mixer'
: values=1
numid=20,iface=MIXER,name='Input Source',index=1
; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=4
; Item #0 'Rear Mic'
; Item #1 'Front Mic'
; Item #2 'Line'
; Item #3 'Stereo Mixer'
: values=0
numid=27,iface=MIXER,name='Rear Mic Boost Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=3,step=0
: values=0,0
| dBscale-min=0.00dB,step=10.25dB,mute=0
numid=22,iface=MIXER,name='Rear Mic Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=off,off
numid=21,iface=MIXER,name='Rear Mic Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0
: values=23,23
| dBscale-min=-34.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=10,iface=MIXER,name='Side Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=9,iface=MIXER,name='Side Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=42,step=0
: values=42,42
| dBscale-min=-63.00dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=49,iface=PCM,name='Capture Channel Map'
; type=INTEGER,access=r----R--,values=2,min=0,max=36,step=0
: values=0,0
| | TLV size error (257, 8, 0)!
numid=50,iface=PCM,name='Capture Channel Map',index=1
; type=INTEGER,access=r----R--,values=2,min=0,max=36,step=0
: values=0,0
| | TLV size error (257, 8, 0)!
numid=48,iface=PCM,name='Playback Channel Map'
; type=INTEGER,access=r----R--,values=8,min=0,max=36,step=0
: values=0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
| | TLV size error (257, 8, 0)!
numid=51,iface=PCM,name='Playback Channel Map',device=1
; type=INTEGER,access=r----R--,values=2,min=0,max=36,step=0
: values=0,0
| | TLV size error (257, 8, 0)!
numid=52,iface=PCM,name='Playback Channel Map',device=2
; type=INTEGER,access=r----R--,values=2,min=0,max=36,step=0
: values=0,0
| | TLV size error (257, 8, 0)!
If I read the Alsa kernel docs right, the VIA driver simply does not provide any option to disable auto-muting: http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-ker … xt;hb=HEAD.
I would be glad if I had misread/misunderstood something or there were any other means of achieving what I am after? All I found so far is lots of posts where auto-muting did not work but very few people seem to want the opposite. FWIW, my old installation of Ubuntu 11.10 was working fine in that regard, i.e. it probably did not support auto-muting for my hardware.
Last edited by fax (2013-03-24 20:20:19)

Solved, well, good enough for me anyway. In alsamixer, I enabled "Independent HP". Independent HP means that two of the six surround channels get diverted to the headphones. Alsa creates a second device, one for line out and the other one for the headphones. It is a very neat feature that is meant to allow you to e.g. do a voice call with your headphones while you play music through the speakers at the same time. I can now choose in PulseAudio whether I want output to my headphones or the speakers. It required that in /etc/pulse/default.pa, I added the line "load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:0,2" after this paragraph:
### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
load-module module-udev-detect
.else
### Use the static hardware detection module (for systems that lack udev support)
load-module module-detect
.endif
# Take Independent HP into use.
load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:0,2
All this really is a work-around for two bugs:
Call it a bug or a missing feature, but it does not look like the Alsa snd_hda_codec_via driver allows to disable auto-muting.
Before the change to default.pa, PulseAudio already allows me to switch between two output devices - "analog output" and "analog headphones". "Analog headphones" however does the same thing as "analog output" and plays sound on the external speakers and not the headphones. I suspect that the PulseAudio module-udev-detect detects both Alsa devices but wires them wrongly.
The above still doesn't give me what I originally asked, i.e. sound on both speakers and headphones at the same time, but I realized that I don't really need that. I just need a way to switch on speakers occasionally while my headphones are plugged in.
Last edited by fax (2013-03-24 23:06:27)

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