iTunes starts up whenever I connect my bluetooth headset

Here's a workaround that I use.

Basically it's substituing a Do Nothing App(DNA.app) for the iTunes App.

So when your Bluetooth Audio device connects, the system starts what it thinks is iTunes but instead starts a Do Nothing app that runs and exits without any actions so you don't notice it.

Sorry I can't provide you with the DNA.app you'll have to find/make your own.

If someone out there finds a good one from a trusted source, please post it in this thread!

1) Get some kind of DNA.app.

I made my own by making a Java application that does nothing and then bundling it as per these instructions:

http://www.bartbusschots.ie/blog/?p=296

So I end up with DNA.app

2) Rename iTunes using this command in a Terminal Windows

sudo mv /Applications/iTunes.app /Applications/iTunesBACK.app

3) Copy over your DNA.app from wherever you have it to /Applications.iTunes.app

sudo cp -R ~/DNA.app /Applications/iTunes.app

4) Fix your dock so that it points to iTunesBACK.app and reassociate any files types

like mp3 to point to iTunesBACK

Good luck!

Also this workaround does leave iTunes installed just renamed and I have used this

workaround on Snow and Lion.

Alternatively you can substitute other behaviors ( like starting Skype ) using the same basic method above just use your app or choice, or a link to your app, instead of the DNA.app.

Maybe Apple will one day realize the following statement:

Bluetooth != iTunes

;-)

Well, since it's blaintantly obvious that Apple is either A) refusing to fix this, or B) doesn't give a ****.

I'm leaving the thread and seriously thinking about where my next upgrade will come from.

Same problem here with Arctic P311 bluetooth headset

I want to use them for SKYPE

whenever I start them up and chose "use as audio device"

ITUNES pops up, it is VERY annoying

APPLE PLEASE FIX THIS ASAP!

Go to sytem preferences

Go to bluetooth

Highlight the RF-MBA2

Click Advanced

Check reject incoming audio request. This should do it.

System preferences/Advanced/etc. did not work.

I am using Logitech H800 bluetooth headset. I also am tired of iTunes autorunning when I hook up my headset. I am not opposed to iTunes itself, but I will endeavor to uninstall it from my work computer if I do not find a solution to this problem.

Even though I have 8GB of RAM, I have to carefully manage my memory. I often have running several Adobe Creative Suite applications, a web browser, plus Parallels Desktop with 4GB of memory assigned to it. Having to often reboot anyway, I hate the fact that an additional program has to be factored into the equation-- with no benefit to me at that time.

I am a die-hard Apple fan from longer than many of you have been alive. When stuff like this happens, it makes me doubt my loyalty. I bleed in six colors!

Steve

Same here with the Logitech UE 9000 Bluetooth Headphones. This is driving me nuts.... payed 400 bucks for these headphones. funny as logitech says they were 'built for apple'.

how could this even happen? who does the programming for apple, steve ballmer or what?! even connecting the headphones is a tough job if they were connected to another device before.

i wonder why apples product and service quality decreases more and more but their prizes don't. other companies use to decrease in both ways.

You can use an app called Bluetooth Proximity to run an apple script whenever your headset goes out of range. Then, at least, restarts won't trigger iTunes and shred whatever's left of your RAM on older machines.

One catch: you need to find or write the script that stops iTunes from launching.

I'm using a SoundFreaq bluetooth speaker and have the same issue and it drives me crazy. I must say that since upgrading to Mountain Lion it has been as if Apple was trying to give me a Windows experience. Takes much longer to boot up the computer, I have had lots of compatibility issues, cannot get my Sonos music library to update, had to buy the new MS Office for Mac as my previous version became obsolete and on and on. I upgraded mainly to get Apple TV with mirroring capability but have been really disappointed with that as well. I cannot mirror DVDs unless I buy a program that coverts and stores the movie on my hard drive, when I do mirror the streaming is jerky.

Past upgrades have been seamless and impressive. This has been pathetic.

Copy this into a plain text file called "killitunes".

Right before you connect headphones, go to terminal. Go "perl killitunes".

If anything launches iTunes (including you), this program force-quits it.

This program auto-quits, or you can quit it with ctrl-C.

#!/usr/bin/perl

my $endtime = time + 300; # will quit in 300 seconds. Change at will.

while (time < $endtime) {

foreach (`ps -aef`) { # read each line into special variable $_

next if (not m=/iTunes.app/=); # skip if not part of iTunes app

next if (not m=/iTunes =); # skip if not the main iTunes program

my $pid = substr ($_, 6, 5); # parse out 5-digit process ID

system "kill $pid"; # force quit that process ID

print "Killed $pid $_\n"; # tell user. \n is return

} # end foreach

sleep (2); # wait 2 seconds to avoid overload

} # end while time

If it runs at all, that is unacceptable.

Easier would be to just manually quit iTunes.

Or am I missing something here?

Steve

I don't have any way to test this, but you could try removing ituneshelper from system preferences >> users and groups >> login items, then rebooting. I'm guessing that may be what's listening in the background, since that's used to recognize ios devices being plugged in.

I do believe that you have solved my problem! I am having trouble believing it was something that simple, but I applaud your Mac OS knowledge, sir!

I will report back if the problem returns, but I consider this solved. Kudos!

Steve

First of all, does anyone still have a Users and Groups category in the System Preferences Menu? Second of all, killing startup items was the first thing I did when trying to snuff iTunes. Unfortunately, iTunes Helper doesn't appear among selectable items under the System > Accounts > Login Items menu. I've killed it manually in the Activity Monitor, but iTunes still resurrects every time my headset reconnects after I've walked just out of range.

"First of all, does anyone still have a Users and Groups category in the System Preferences Menu?"

Yes. Anyone running Lion or Mountain Lion. If you see accounts, you're running an older version of the OS.

If my suggestion doesn't work for you, oh well. I'm glad it helped someone else.