Is there a way to disable iMovie 11's auto iPhone importer? As soon as I plug my iPhone in, iMovie asks me if I want to import footage. It's really annoying and I really don't use my iPhone for video making. Any idea how to disable this funcion??
Franchesca
iMac, iPhone OS 3.1.3
This is really frustrating, I've been trying to disable iMovie from opening every single time I connect my iPhone & I can't find a solution. It's so simple to disable iPhoto from auto opening :( Apple help?!
Not sure if it will work for everyone, but i guess worh a try if you are as frustrated as i was 🙂
this process worked on my mac, just to prove, i tried the steps again, and it worked.
it's the same process outlined by whosten, but with an additional tweak.
1. open image capture
2. connect the phone (imovie will open - one last time) close the import dialog, and imovie app. on my Mac, imovie crashed😟,
3. change the auto-open app for the device to image capture application)
4. if you like to keep image capture to open ( i actually dont mind the image capture to open), do nothing
5. connect phone again, select do nothing when connecting this device (same as step 3 in the earlier post.
Launch iMage Capture from your applications folder.
1. Connect your phone to your computer.
2. Select your phone in the Devices list at the left of the Image Capture window.
3. From the “Connecting this [device] opens” pop-up menu, choose nothing.
If you don’t see that pop-up menu, click the “Show device settings” button in the lower-left corner.
I already tried that. It was already set to "nothing" but it still opens iMovie as soon as it's connected. Thanks for trying though!
Yep, doesn't seem to be any way to disable this behavior. Extremely annoying. Guess we have to wait for an app update.
A year later... still nothing? +1 very annoying!
Another year later, and still nothing. Ditto.
Disable iMovie auto import for iPhone?
