Q: iTunes opening automatically
I have seen other people are having this problem, by the way.
This is seriously irritating, because iTunes is opening randomly, but not only that but also it's like something is hitting "play" without any clear pattern and that is what is irritating, but even worse it's suspicious (i'll have to check later if it's malware because I don't really have the cash for anti-virus right now and I'm not so sure about the freeware virus scanners...)
So, to try to fix it, this is what came up...
=Forget all remotes: (Didn't work)
=Turn off bluetooth: (Didn't work)
=Turn off sharing: (Didn't work)
=Suspend process "iTunes Helper": (Didn't work)
The extreme I had to go to was to set iTunes to "No Access" under "Sharing and Permissions".
If you can explain what's happening, rule out these:
=iPod/iPhone set to Wi-Fi sync (nope, it's off and even if it was on, why is it forcing it to play/pause at random? It's not a remote!)
=Other software is making it run (unlikely, because I don't have anything of that kind)
=Item is in "login items" (I removed everything from it and it wasn't there to begin with)
=Type in "msconfig" in Command Prompt and uncheck "iTunes" from startup items (I'm on a Mac!!)
Until an explanation or fix can be made, iTunes will have to remain under "No Access"... :/
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Posted on Apr 14, 2012 7:36 PM