ITunes keeps opening and playing by itself

iTunes keeps opening and playing by itself even after being force quit. This has now been happenning regularly for the past 1-2 weeks.

Sooo annoying. And STILL not fixed.

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ITunes 12.1.0.50 keeps opening and playing music on its own

Hi.
Someone please finally help me with this, it's getting extremely annoying and to the point where I basically would rather not even use my computer anymore. My iTunes (12.1.0.50) keeps opening and playing the first music on the list automatically, on its own. No, I do not press any buttons, I do not have remote control for it, I don't have bluetooth turned on and I don't have anything plugged into my computer besides my headphones (Apple ones). I have tried quitting iTunesHelper, but to no avail.
My computer is a mid-2012 13.3" MacBook Pro.
Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I thought I had fixed it, but five minutes later, it reopens and plays a random song. I also turned off Genius, which also fixed nothing. Maybe Apple is punishing me for using Spotify?
I fixed this by turning off home sharing. Go to File > Home Sharing > Turn Off Home Sharing.

How do I stop iTunes from opening and playing a song every time I unplug my headphones?

I noticed today that iTunes was opening automatically and playing the first song in my library. Through some searching in the community here, I figured out it has something to do with when I jiggle the cable on my headphones, plugged into the headphone jack. I have an old late 2008 MacBook with all of the latest OS and iTunes, and I need to stop doing this. I flipped through the settings and the community and didn't find a solution other than "don't jiggle the cable".
I need to do some screen recording for work later on today and I don't want iTunes to keep opening and playing audio while I'm doing this. Does anyone know of a way to stop this from happening software side instead of hardware side? It seems ridiculous to me that iTunes would just open up because my headphone jack moved a little.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Hello Garrett,
Thank you for providing the details of the issue you are experiencing with iTunes launching unexpectedly. I recommend reviewing the following article to see if any third-party plug-ins could be causing the problem:
iTunes: Troubleshooting issues with third-party iTunes plug-ins
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3430
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

How can I stop iTunes from launching and playing by itself?

iTunes launches and plays by itself, which is very annoying, given that there is no discernable reason for it to do so.
Nothing in preferences should allow this. No device is connected. The library is not being shared.
Has anyone found a solution to this?

Check Dashboard to see if you have any iTunes-related widgets running. If so, close them and see if that makes a difference. Similarly, look for any third-party apps that may be related to iTunes, such as apps that copy "now playing" information to a web site.
Another possibility is external speakers, if you have them. Another user here found that a loose speaker connection may cause random launching and playing on iTunes. Try wiggling the speaker plug and see if that causes iTunes to launch. If so, unplugging and reconnecting the speakers may cure the problem. If not, you may have a defective speaker jack or an off-size plug on the speakers.
Hope this helps.

ITunes keeps opening and iMac wont sleep...help!!!

My iTunes keeps opening after I close it and my computer will not sleep. I have an iMac 24" with Snow Leopard and everything is up to date as of 3/26/12. Does anyone have a solution?

check system preferences, go to accounts, log in items, see if there is an iTunes stuff there, if there is higlight it and click the - button.
for the the sleep part you can go to system preferences, energy saver, make sure wake for network is un clicked.
turn off bluetooth when not in use, the persson who lives next to has either her BT headset or mouse that wakes mine, have our stuff apart by a thin wall 2ft

ITunes repeatedly opens and plays songs at random

I don't know what's going on, but iTunes is just opening at random and beginning to play music. Frequently it will open again as soon as I quit, but other times it takes a few minutes.
I've been made aware that iTunes Helper occasionally will strike a false positive, think it's detected a new device, and cause iTunes to open. Quitting out of it in Activity Monitor doesn't help; within a few minutes, both iTunes and iTunes Helper will open again.
Sometimes the selection of music will change WHILE I'm trying to legitimately use iTunes to listen to music.
24 hours ago I didn't have this problem. Can someone please tell me what is going on here? Is somebody else's wifi signal interfering with mine, or is that even possible?

Note: Sure enough, it happened again. At least it didn't start autoplaying this time. I checked Console to see if anything iTunes-related cropped up, and here's what I found:
5/2/14 12:42:04.367 PM iTunes[497]: Entered:_AMMuxedVersion2DeviceConnected, mux-device:3
5/2/14 12:42:04.378 PM iTunes[497]: tid:2107 - unable to query device capabilities
5/2/14 12:42:05.471 PM com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: LOCKDOWN_V2_BONJOUR_SERVICE_NAME is _apple-mobdev2._tcp,93b907e6
5/2/14 12:42:07.023 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100031 created
5/2/14 12:42:08.649 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100032 created
5/2/14 12:42:49.522 PM iTunes[497]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_WRITE] delete: "No such file or directory" - 0x2
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Why does my itunes keep freezing and give me the rainbow wheel of death?

Whenever I am doing stuff on my computer it will randomly freeze up and I am almost positive it only happens when iTunes is open and playing. I have a lot of free space on my hardrive even though I have around 6000 songs and a bunch of movies on there. I just downloaded a bunch of games form the app store too that could be taking up space. Please let me know if you can help!

what model year make computer do you have what os are you on how much ram do you have?
go to launchpad (yeah I said it) utilities> system information.
on the left hand side, hardware should be highlight and you will have all the information you need to give us.
Feel free to exclude your serial number. you can do so in preview. But it doesn't really matter, and it would be nice to have a reference of it somewhere should it ever get stolen. it your choice.

Re: iTunes keeps opening by itself and starts playing music

I have something really strange going on.
My iTunes keeps opening by itself and starts playing music. I cannot figure this out. I turned off the "Sync Via Wireless" on all my gadgets, but this continues to happen. This has woken me up in the middle of the night until I got so tired of it I just shut my Mac down.
Anybody hear of this? Know what to do?

I had the same problem - and as well as opening by itself iTunes was skipping from track to track like crazy. But then I found a post from a few years ago that fixed this.
Connect your iPhone to your iMac and uncheck the box that says 'Open iTunes when this iPhone is connected'. Problem solved!
Hope this works for you.

My iTunes keeps opening arbitrarily and starts playing. How do I stop that?

My iTunes keeps opening arbitrarily and starts playing. How do I stop that?

You don't. That is how it works. It is a verification process. Would you like anyone that picked up your phone to be able to make purchases? I don't think so.

ITuns keeps opening itself

Hi guys!
my problem is just as the subject says!
Itunes keeps opening itself
I tried everything but can't get around this. NOTE: didn't have ituneshelpper to open at login in the first place.
First i tried deleting itunes preference files - didn't work
Tried removing every app i could think of that could be interfering with iTunes - didn't work
Tried to trash ituneshelpper app from itunes package contents - nothing changed
At this time i think i had itunes 10.7 installed for a while i.e. i think it wasn't since upgrading that this problem began
then i tried uninstalling iTunes and do a fresh install - kept opening itself at login and periodically if i closed it
tired removing itunes preference files again to no success
tried to remove itunes helper at this time because it appeared at login items - no luck! even tough i removed it from login items several times it kept appearing there and even at exhaust (a login items app) all this after trashed the itunesHelper from itunes package contents again!!
At this time decided to re-install Lion again form HD recovery drive!
After this iTunes stopped opening at login only to find that i had to install the latest version (10.7) because the library was created by a newer version and as such it wouldn't open!!
after updating iTunes it started all over again!!!
And now for a little side problem - might mouse center and side buttons stopped working as well as secondary button!!! can't get around that also!!!
Help, please!!!
i'm running lion 10.7.5
Sorry fort the long post and thanks!!!

Hi,
I bought a new core i5 macbook pro a couple of days ago and started getting this problem about 2 hours ago and didn't know what was happening. Everything was disabled, including taking the battery from the remote out, yet itunes was still starting up.
I just found something but not sure if it's the cause of the problem. My audio cable was not connected properly and when i moved it, itunes would start up again, and kept moving it and kept starting up, and while open, i would move it again and it would play songs. I disconnected it and plugged it back in, tried moving it and it would not start itunes. I think this has to do with the port supporting the apple earphones with remote on them. Lets hope this fixes it and if so, hope it helps others.
Luis

ITunes starting and playing by itself?

I recently upgraded my mac mini to OS XMavericks. now my ITunes stars up and starts playing by itself every 3 to 10 minutes. Does any one know if there is a setting i could turn off to stop this? I would really apreciate any feedback

Oh no! You have a ghost. Haha. Just kidding.
Do you have a pair of Apple Headphones connected or have a Apple Remote nearby? If you press the button on the headphones, iTunes will launch and play music. The remote could also cause iTunes to launch and play music. If not, reinstall iTunes. Click here: https://www.apple.com/itunes/ > Download iTunes > Just install the file when it's done downloading.

After the update iTunes keeps crashing and won't play any of my music and keeps restarting my phone.

After the update iTunes keeps crashing and won't play any of my music and keeps restarting my phone.
Anyone else have this problem and resolved it?
Thank you!

Well, I hadn't rebooted after the 7.1.1 upgrade, but obviously I had to restart iTunes. After I rebooted my iBook iTunes worked... Maybe the 7.1.1 update should be marked with a must reboot?

Upgraded to iphone 4 and now itunes keeps opening up on my HP computer all the time?

I upgraded to iphone 4 & now itunes keeps opening up on my hp. I turned off find my iphone from an article I seen on here, but the problem still continues. Help please advise.

okay. it is very easy. just kill your itunes application (it will not uninstall or pemanantly remove it from your compter.) just open task manager to open it, (for vista and 7) click start->search ''run''->then in the run window, type ''taskmgr''. (and for xp) click start->run->type ''taskmgr''
in the task manager window(for both xp, vista and 7), go to applications tab, then click itunes, then click end process button. if there is not any itunes option in the applications tab, click processes tab, cick itunes.exe, then click end process (or) right cick itunes.exe and click end process.
one thing to note. if you are syncing your iphone and you are trying to kill itunes, it would be a problem so don't do it. to open itunes again, just click in the shortcut or icon you used to open it.

My itunes keeps opening on its own without me opening it, it will happen again and again even after i close it. how do i fix it to make it stop doing this as it is extreemely annoying

my itunes keeps opening on its own without me opening it, it will happen again and again even after i close it. how do i fix it to make it stop doing this as it is extreemely annoying

If it is doing it while your device is plugged in, it is because it is set to automatically sync. Please go to: Preferences>Devices, and select the option to "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically." Also, I hate to be "that guy", but you spelt extremely wrong. Just a pro tip.

ITunes keeps opening and playing by itself

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