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happyjunk Author

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127 points

photos app opens at startup

Every time I log in to my Mac, the photos app starts automatically. I have no explanation for this, but i'd like it to stop doing this. As the screen shots below will show:

"Open at login" is NOT checked on the app icon
Photos is NOT in my Preferences / Users & Groups / Login items list
I cannot find any launch daemons in either of the 'library / LaunchAgents' folders. There are a handful of other launch daemons in those folders but nothing related to Photos.

Despite the above, Photos faithfully launches automatically each and every time I log in. Argh. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Mac mini, macOS 11.5

Posted on Sep 9, 2021 8:59 AM

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léonie

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Posted on Sep 9, 2021 9:15 AM

Photos will launch automatically, if a camera is connected, a card inserted, or any device connected, that may be considered to a camera, like an iPhone or iPad. When Photos is launching automatically, look at the sidebar in Photos, if it is showing a camera device and disable the checkmark "Open Photos for this device".

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