Sunday, May 13, 2007

Stop iPhoto from Launching when you Connect your Camera

It took me a bit of digging to find this, so I thought I may as well spread the word here. I've started using Adobe Lightroom for managing my photos, but every time I connect my camera or card reader to import photos, iPhoto would launch, and I couldn't figure out where I could change that. I finally discovered that the setting is in the Image Capture application. Run that, then go to Preferences and you'll find it there. Why they wouldn't also put it in iPhoto, Lightroom, or even on a preferences panel is beyond me.
Posted by Brad Greenlee at 3:19 AM
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16 comments:

  1. MishaJuly 10, 2007 at 6:56 AM

    THANK YOU!!! IT HELPED ME A LOOOOT!!!
    Thanks!

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  2. leeJuly 16, 2007 at 1:47 PM

    thank god for google and for you. that auto launch was driving me mad.

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  3. CodyAugust 11, 2007 at 1:59 PM

    That was quick to find this thread and kill the auto iPhoto import! Thank you from me too!!!

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  4. PhilipSeptember 18, 2007 at 12:02 AM

    OS X thinks the iPhone is a camera and was launching iPhoto every time I synced. Thank you for finding this.

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  5. JoeOctober 7, 2007 at 4:49 AM

    OMG thank you soo much I was so sick everytime I plugged my camera in bloody iPhoto popped up :D

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  6. anonymousOctober 20, 2007 at 11:13 AM

    Thank you so much! I sure wish the people who designed iLife had made this easier, it's a big nuisance.

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  7. Jean-SebJanuary 8, 2008 at 3:27 AM

    So many thanks !
    It almost save my life :-)

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  8. Andrew ScrivenMarch 25, 2008 at 6:34 AM

    Perfect! Thank you for having a quick answer to this issue.

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  9. Greg LeeMay 6, 2008 at 1:37 PM

    OH MY GOD! Thanks!

    The iPhone auto-launch thing was so irritating, I thought I was going to have an aneurism. Thanks for digging this one up!

    thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou

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  10. JohnOctober 17, 2008 at 2:52 PM

    Thanks so much for posting this info. Apple should make it easier, especially with the iPhone.

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  11. BillFebruary 2, 2009 at 12:03 PM

    awesome thanks!

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2009 at 3:55 AM

    w00t!

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  13. BenJuly 10, 2009 at 11:14 AM

    Thanks super helpful...... I hate iphoto.

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  14. Elizabeth WeltinApril 9, 2010 at 8:33 AM

    So does anyone know why the camera doesn't come up on my finder under devices? I've turned off the auto launch and it is still not showing.

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  15. AnonymousApril 10, 2010 at 12:58 PM

    Thank you, thank you, thank you! That was driving me nuts!!!

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  16. alex GarnettMay 10, 2010 at 2:26 AM

    thank fuck for that!I hated that soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much. Thanks!

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