.mac sync also opens iSync

Is there a way to turn this off? Whenever I sync .mac it opens iSync and looks for my phone, if my phone is connected it syncs it and when it's done, most of the time my phone wont mount till I restart the computer. So I'd like to prevent my .mac sync from opening iSync.
Thanks!

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
I'm surprised that you didn't notice this behavior before, as it has been the manner in which the Sync Now icon in the menu bar has operated ever since the release of iSync 2 and Mac OS X 10.4.
Julian Wright wrote a small application to restore such functionality, not to the icon in the menu bar, but to a replacement for the iSync alias in your Dock. More about that issue and his application can be found here:
http://mobile.feisar.com/syncnow.html

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I'm surprised that you didn't notice this behavior before, as it has been the manner in which the Sync Now icon in the menu bar has operated ever since the release of iSync 2 and Mac OS X 10.4.
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Replying to myself as the one long discussion about recent .Mac sync problems has been locked!!
Just to say that NOW .Mac on the web says:
".Mac sync services are currently intermittently unavailable to some users. Changes made to synced information will be reflected when the problem is resolved. All other .Mac services are unaffected.
Last Updated: 6/1/06"
So the MANY people who have been posting problems in the last 24+ h MAY find it resolves and is not their end. But, customer care suggestion to apple:
- IF you think .Mac syncing has a problem POST the info IMMEDIATELY
- Possibly even email .Mac members as many use sync all the time without logging on the .Mac web services
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