Itunes opens itself at will

itunes opens itself at will

Don't know the specifics of your issue, but I was having the same problem. Just a zombie iTunes that would launch by itself every 15 min or so. After research, found the issue to be the iTunesHelper ap, which launches at boot and is designed to launch iTunes whenever an iPhone or iPad is detected. Must be a bug, but my Macbook swore it was seeing an iPhone or iPad. I've also heard of similar issues with 3rd party keyboards, etc. I believe the culprit was an iPhone emmulator for web design.
Through Activity Monitor, I quit iTunesHelper and have had no problem since.
These articles helped find the cure:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/02/cant-install-xcode-because-itunes-fix/
http://osxdaily.com/2009/09/10/ituneshelper-what-does-itunes-helper-do/

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P.S.: Excuse my bad english, I'm German.;-)

Do you have an iTunes related Widget running?
It could be the reason of iTunes opening by itself.
M

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The title asks the questions.

Found the solution to the problem. Probably not the best fix, but it works.
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