iTunes starts up whenever I connect my bluetooth headset

Au contraire, madam... in fact, this is officially STILL a problem in 10.9 Mavericks. I am using an LG HBS-730 headset, and the iTunesHelper fix most certainly did not make a difference. Before I invest some phone time, have any of you fine folks tried calling Apple Support to speak with a tech? If so, what was the result?

Somewhat simple workaround with no negative side effects that I'm aware of:

Open Terminal and (If you aren't already logged in as an admin) su to your admin user:

-su myadminaccount

-[enter password]

Still in Terminal; Go to your applications directory and rename iTunes.app:

-cd /Applications

-mv ./iTunes.app MyiTunes.app

Do not connect a bluetooth device just yet. This prevents iTunes from opening but allows you to still put MyiTunes.app on your dock so you can open it yourself. When you connect a bluetooth device, you'll still get a message that asks "Where's iTunes". To get past this, do the following:

Open Spotlight and search for "AppleScript Editor". This shows a blank area for entering your script. Simply go to File>Save, Enter the file name as something like "DoNothing", select the directory you want this file to reside and change the File Format to "Application".

Lastly, connect a bluetooth device which should bring up the dialog mentioned above. Click browse and select the "DoNothing.app" that you saved in the previous step. That's it!

Works for me, good luck.

I would suggest that everyone in this thread call support, chat with support online and/or go to the genius bar. If it costs Apple money by taking up support time they'll make a change. Complaints in the "support" forums don't cost them anything.

A simpler solution: put your laptop or desktop to sleep; activate the bluetooth device and itunes will not be seen by it.

I use my iphone to play my Spotify Premium on a Bose Minilink; putting the laptop to sleep worked perfectly.

Tried this, and also modified "CDs & DVDs" setting percrystalship

One/both seems to have finally worked for me, but after I changed the settings and logged out (then back in).

Problem :

While using bluetooth headphones on a call, iTunes would autostart and autoplay whatever content I'd last selected manually (movies, podcasts, etc). Was driving me CRAZY, particularly when on a conference call. The autostart would set itself off 5x, meaning I'd have to cancel or stop play multiple times before I could shut down iTunes, meaning I'd lose minutes of whatever conference call I was hosting or contributing on. BAD iTUNES! Why isn't this more readily customizable???

(Running into this lately, as the headphones are a recent purchase. Was using standard earphones prior to purchase.)

Gear :

headphones / Bose SoundSport bluetooth

desktop / iMac (mid-2011) on Sierra 10.12

phone / iPhone 5S

I've seen my problems solved by removing execution rights from the remote control daemon, by doing:

sudo chmod -x /System/Library/CoreServices/rcd.app/Contents/MacOS

Apple aren't listening here. Use Feedback - iTunes - Apple.

tt2

Does anyone know how to keep iTunes from launching when you turn on your bluetooth headset? It looks like this question remains unanswered and I am really interested in a solution as the default behavior of launching itunes just because I enabled a bluetooth device is extremely irritatiing.

I also have the same issue with my Rocketfish RF-MAB2 headphones. Is anyone there at Apple going to address this? I have looked in the preferences and can't find anywhere to change this behavior, which is really annoying.

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

;-)

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!

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.