iPhone won't auto launch iTunes anymore

Hi there,

Well, this thread certainly seems to have some life left in it.

Here's a screen shot of my (now Mountain Lion) System Preferences, you can see Users and Groups highlighted under System.

If you can't see it, try clicking and holding on the Show All button at the top of the dialog and a list of the preferences will drop down. Users and Groups should be right at the bottom.

Hope that helps,

Sim

I'm having a similar problem, but I don't have a Mac with those user options.

I have the newest iTunes now, version 11. I don't have the option to "automatically start iTunes when I plug in my iPhone" at all in the summary page. That option and checkbox don't exist.

Any ideas?...

Thanks very much!

Same problem here ... I hate being a PC user 😟

Same here and I'm on a Mac with latest versions of Mtn Lion and iTunes.

Well, this all started because I was trying to transfer an audiobook from OverDrive to iTunes. It couldn't get iTunes to open. It took a few different tries, but they finally figured out the problem... and now iTunes opens when I plug in my phone. It had to do with the administrator settings.

My PC is set up with four different users, but only two of us are administrators (Windows 7).

Here is what I had to do:

Open the iTunes folder in your Program Files folder (in is under x86).

Right click on the .exe file, and click on Properties.

Under the Compatibility tab, I had to uncheck the box next to "Run this Program as an administrator."

I actually had to first click the "Change settings for all users" first.

After I restarted the computer, it was working! Maybe this will help you.

Thank you Sim

Worked ike a charm.

Regards

Miguel

Another for Sim.........

Thank you Sim for the advice on how to get iTunes to launch when I plug in my iPhone 5. (on previous page) I agree with Peter Reznikoff, no one provided as clean an answer as you…it worked a treat! 😎

No problem, I'm surprised that this is still an issue!

I know this is an old thread but the issue has resurfaced.

This solution worked for me, "adding iTunesHelper to startup items" Thanks.

iPhone 4s with iOS 7.0.2 - iMac 10.6.8 (the last true Mac OS!) iTunes 11.1.1 (11)

Okay just noticed that my iTunes doesn't automatically launch when I plus my iPhone or iPad. I've done everything Sim mentioned. Checked the ituneshelper in the user & Group, it there. Tried to open iTunes helper but it said it couldn't open the application. I'm running iTunes 11.1.4 on OS X 10.9.1 Any suggestions?

Decided to reboot my computer and now iTunes launches when I plug my iPhone in.

AAARRGGHHH!!! This can be so frustrating at times. My iPhone 6 was syncing fine a few days ago. Today it wouldn't. Tried various steps listed above and still no luck. So I looked in "Programs & Features" and saw that some apple updates will installed 2 days. So I uninstalled these. Restarted my PC and started iTunes and now its working again. Phew

Ricky