iTunes just starts up by itself and it plays 1st song on my list

I am having the same problem for weeks; Since Installing Snow Leopard. Used Apple support 4 times with no permanent Fix. Apple has to come up with a software update to correct this.

It's probably last.fm. Try disabling it and see if the behavior stops.

How do you disable Last.FM

I was replying to the original poster, who stated that they have last.fm. I've never used the program and don't know exactly how to disable it. I've just read that it can cause iTunes to keep relaunching.

Happening to me too; 10.6.1 with iTunes 9.0.2 and no iTunes add-ons.

me too, noticed it since i installed 10.6.2. I am running 9.0.2 of iTunes as well... what is going on, it's doing it as I type this message, any other thoughts to solve this issue?

It only happens as I use the computer, if I leave the machine running all day, it won't launch iTunes or start playing music by itself, only as I use the machine. Has to do with keyboard or mouse settings?

Anyone else upgrade to a magic mouse recently? That's the only other thing that has changed for me recently besides the 10.6.2 update.

solved.

opened console.app and looked at what was going on(below). Boxee was installed but did not completely remove itself. It kept trying to launch a helper every 10 seconds:

09-11-14 1:23:04 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[127] (tv.boxee.helper[469]) posix_spawn("/Applications/Boxee.app/Contents/Resources/Boxee/bin/boxeeservice" , ...): No such file or directory

looked up how to uninstall boxee on google and found the following, try it out, see if it works:

- open terminal and enter the following command:
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/tv.boxee.helper.plist

and then:

/bin/rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/tv.boxee.helper.plist

(info from: http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=732
and: http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=3860)

this will only work if you're having the same problem as me- as logged in console.app.

I've had the same thing happening on first my iMac, then my wife's dual G5 tower desktop, then yesterday my MacBook Pro! When I looked at console it showed:
11/14/09 12:01:25 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.google.Desktop.Daemon[27960]) posix_spawn("/Library/Google/Google Desktop/GoogleDesktopDaemon.bundle/Contents/MacOS/GoogleDesktopDaemon", ...): No such file or directory

and

11/14/09 12:01:28 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[533] (com.google.Desktop.Agent[27961]) posix_spawn("/Library/Google/Google Desktop/GoogleDesktopAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleDesktopAgent", ...): No such file or directory
11/14/09 12:01:28 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[533] (com.google.Desktop.Agent) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

11/14/09 12:01:28 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[533] (com.google.Desktop.Agent[27961]) Exited with exit code: 1

I thought I had completely uninstalled Google Desktop long ago. I found an uninstaller button in System Preferences for Google Desktop; it requires a system restart so I'm posting this now and will add an addendum after restart if that fixes the iTunes problem.

This just started happening to me too. Kinda freaky when The Beatles suddenly start playing Come Together at 2 in the morning!!

I've checked Console, and it doesn't show any events at the time it starts.

I've also checked (and removed) Itunes and all other dashboard widgets.

I've also downloaded a fresh copy of iTunes, but still no luck.

My latest thought is that perhaps some Ipod Touch app is interfering. (I was downloading some apps n the day the trouble began.) But the other night I turned off the Ipod completely, and iTunes still started up on the mac...

Anyone got any more ideas? I'm all out.

hey, I've been having the same issue. Freakin' iTunes keeps opening every time I close it. It started happening after a stint where I'd asked too much of my 3 year old laptop, ran it out of RAM and had some crashing. I fixed the problem by plugging in my iPhone, checking the box (it had been unchecked) that says "Automatically Sync When iPhone is Connected". Hit Apply. Then uncheck the box and hit Apply.

haven't had a problem since.

I'm having same problem with iTunes spontaneously starting up, but in my case random songs play, and only for a short time, usually between 10 seconds and a minute. Then the music freezes. Sometimes it will start up again on its own. Clicking on the play button will start the music, but again only for a short time.

I've tried downloading iTunes again, with no resolve.
This is a new iMac. I hope I don't have to hall it into the Apple Store.

I have been having this issue as well, for a few months now it will start up automatically, sometimes at night, sometimes during the day. Quitting usually results in it launching again, and after a few seconds to minutes it starts with whatever is on the top of the open window in itunes. And then it stops mid song, and starts again.

There are a few threads on this board describing this as far back as august of 2009. None of the fixes listed in any of these threads proves a permanent fix. It's not last.fm, it's not iTunes Helper in the login items. It's not the CD/DVD pref pane settings. It doesn't seem to be the shockwave flash plugin, since uninstalling doesn't fix it, although the error messages on the console are more frequent with it installed. But, it just launched while i typed this message and there's nothing new on the console. Here's a sample from earlier in the day, and last night though, and i'm not sure it's even relevant:

1/26/10 6:33:39 PM [0x0-0x23a23a].com.apple.iTunes[3881] Child process initialized.
1/27/10 8:40:01 AM com.apple.WebKit.PluginAgent[3719] Debugger() was called!

The debugger was called message is repeatedly posted, and the child process initialized is there a few times a day, but not necessarily when iTunes relaunches.

Just a tip for those of who who are going crazy with this: make a blank playlist, select the playlist in the left column and close itunes, or just keep it open. At least music won't randomly play.

Do any of you who are having this problem have parallels installed?