Getting stuff NOT to start automatically

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in macOS edited January 2014
Hi there.



How can I get apps NOT to start when you plug something in?



For example, when I plug the digital camera in, iPhoto pops up. I wouldn't mind except iPhoto is slower than all hell. Can I get it NOT to start?



When I turn iSight on, iChat starts. I never use iChat. Can I get that not to happen?

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  • Reply 1 of 9
    lundylundy Posts: 4,466member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by jethro1138

    Hi there.



    How can I get apps NOT to start when you plug something in?



    For example, when I plug the digital camera in, iPhoto pops up. I wouldn't mind except iPhoto is slower than all hell. Can I get it NOT to start?



    When I turn iSight on, iChat starts. I never use iChat. Can I get that not to happen?




    It's all in the Prefs for those two apps, dude. EDIT: actually, the camera controls are in the Image Capture app prefs.
  • Reply 2 of 9
    Thanks!



    That's the last place I'd think to look... I mean.. .you'd think that it'd be at the OS level. Which it probably is, but with a menu option somewhere weird...



    I guess if I try to think like a Mac, it makes MORE sense...
  • Reply 3 of 9
    Quote:

    Originally posted by jethro1138

    Thanks! I guess if I try to think like a Mac, it makes MORE sense...



    Fink proper

    The first place to look for something like that is Preferences.
  • Reply 4 of 9
    *grins* Well, coming from the UNIX world, I assume that:



    - The OS sees iSight connected.

    - The OS goes "Hmm, what do I do with this?" and looks through some database, and starts whatever you told it to.



    Since the prefs are in iChat... it kinda looks like:



    - The OS sees iSight is connected.

    - The OS starts iChat to check whether iChat wants to use iSight...



    ...which is probably NOT what's happening. (:
  • Reply 5 of 9
    lundylundy Posts: 4,466member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by jethro1138

    *grins* Well, coming from the UNIX world, I assume that:



    - The OS sees iSight connected.

    - The OS goes "Hmm, what do I do with this?" and looks through some database, and starts whatever you told it to.



    Since the prefs are in iChat... it kinda looks like:



    - The OS sees iSight is connected.

    - The OS starts iChat to check whether iChat wants to use iSight...



    ...which is probably NOT what's happening. (:




    I think there was a "Digital Hub" group of system prefs sometime - Jag? Early Panther?... but now, Apple seems to have made it harder to NOT use their included apps.



    To change the default browser, use Safari's Prefs.

    To change the default mail app, use Mail's Prefs.





    And the example of iSight/iChat and Image Capture in this thread.



    I can't think of a logical reason for this except to make it hard for users to change away from Safari, Mail, iChat, and iPhoto.
  • Reply 6 of 9
    So THAT'S how you change the default browser! Excellent!



    Now if only we could get Apple to make iPhoto not be so SLOW...
  • Reply 7 of 9
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by lundy

    I think there was a "Digital Hub" group of system prefs sometime - Jag? Early Panther?... but now, Apple seems to have made it harder to NOT use their included apps.



    To change the default browser, use Safari's Prefs.

    To change the default mail app, use Mail's Prefs.





    And the example of iSight/iChat and Image Capture in this thread.



    I can't think of a logical reason for this except to make it hard for users to change away from Safari, Mail, iChat, and iPhoto.




    You can use internet prefs to change that, too.
  • Reply 8 of 9
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Placebo

    You can use internet prefs to change that, too.



    Wrong.
  • Reply 9 of 9
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    Correct.



    With 10.3 this has been moved to the respective apps from apple.
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