This tutorial will show you how to stop iPhoto from launching each time you plug in your iPod Touch (or iPhone, or any device with a camera) – and still allow iPhoto to automatically launch when you plug in your digital camera.
The application Image Capture was recently updated to include much awaited functionality – the ability to choose which application launches – or none at all – when you plug in a specific device. This means that you can set your digital camera to automatically launch iPhoto when it’s plugged in, but have nothing happen when your iPod Touch is plugged in.
To set your preferences by device, follow the instructions outlined below.
- Launch Image Capture by going to your Applications list and double-clicking it. With no devices (cameras, scanners, iPods, iPhones etc) connected, it will look similar to the screen below.
- Now plug in a device (or three, as I have in the image below). Select that device from the DEVICES menu in the left column. Now choose an action for that device by selecting the Connecting this xxxxxx opens: drop-down list. In the case of my camera, I want iPhoto to launch when it’s plugged in.
- Now select (or plug in) another device. In the example below, I don’t want anything to happen when I plug my Android phone in, so I selected No application from the drop-down list.
- And I repeated the above step for my iPod. Note: iTunes will still launch when you plug an iPod or iPhone into your Mac if you have that preference set in iTunes itself.
- That’s it! Now you can have individual settings per device.
My version of Image Capture doesn’t look like that, and doesn’t offer individual choices for each item you plug in. I’m getting really annoyed with iPhoto opening instead of iTunes when I plug my ipod in.
Worked like a glove.. I have been searching on Google for nearly 25 minutes and this one worked for me… I am working on Snow Leopard and wanted to prohibit iPhoto from automatically launching when I plugged in my iPhone.
Thank you for taking away this headache.