ITunes Opens Automatically - Please make it stop

Upgraded to Lion a couple of weeks ago. Now iTunes opens by itself and starts playing music. When I quit iTunes, it opens again in a few seconds.

Assuming you have a device that syncs with iTunes, view that device in iTunes and go to Summary>Options and uncheck "Open iTunes when this iPod is connected".

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    ok i have 10.5.6 on a mac pro i am not new to GB and have done quite a lot of work with it.
    http://losackmd.posterous.com/
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    Chris
    it happens no matter what i do.
    i appreciate your response.
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    i am not a complainer. maybe i need to reinstall it. I am using 10.6.5. And there are now crashes
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    Whenever I download an MP3 file from any source, iTunes opens, showing an empty playlist for that date. How do I keep it from opening?

    jpgirard wrote:
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    Ewwww... how slimily corporate. Take away a feature from software we've all paid for without disclosure; a feature that allows private people to decide whether or not they want to have their home enjoyment of music scanned by an anonymous corporation. Great...
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  • ITunes opens automatically after file downloads - HOW TO FIX?

    Hi all,
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