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Math Otter Author

Level 1

15 points

Stop Facetime loading at startup

How can I stop this? It's not a login item under system preferences/user account/login items. There is no option to disable the startup launch in preferences in the app itself. I can obviously delete the app, but thought I'd see if anyone knew a less dramatic route.

Why do you do this Apple? It was a security update for a particularly egregious problem. Was there any need to sneak something people didn't want into it and then give them no way to undo it?

MacBok, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Feb 28, 2014 6:21 AM

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on your bike

Level 1

5 points

Posted on Apr 10, 2014 7:17 PM

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the help and am now all sorted and am not afraid to admit that as in most cases it's just a case of being new to Mac and completely duh !!

First .. my name was not in the Finder Sidebar .. so, after some research, went to top left corner next to the apple logo to 'Finder' then 'Preferences' 'Sidebar' and ticked my name to add it. Of course I'm not saying all this for your benefit but for the next duh bloke like me who comes along.

So, once I'm in there I can follow your trail and delete the files in library. Unfortunately, just like tplen 1 above it didn't help :-(

However.. good news.. all is now fixed .. how.. just examine how duh I think I am and study. Open Facetime.. go back up to the top left next to the little apple logo and click on 'Facetime' and then .. wait for it ... yes.. 'turn off facetime' :-) done.. as easy as that..

Hope this help some other newbie in time to come and hope you will help me in time to come.

Cheers.

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watts300

Level 1

36 points

Feb 28, 2014 11:34 AM in response to Christos P

Have you actually looked in the FaceTime menu?

Feb 28, 2014 6:36 AM in response to Math Otter

I don't have Facetime running, have you tried to turn it off in Facetime /Prefences?

Math Otter Author

Level 1

15 points

Feb 28, 2014 6:47 AM in response to rack0 tack0

See second sentence. There is no option to disable under preferences in the app itself. You can turn off facetime, but it will reload next time you reboot.

Math Otter Author

Level 1

15 points

Feb 28, 2014 7:00 AM in response to rack0 tack0

See final sentence of above: You can turn it off in preferences, but it will reload on next startup.

Feb 28, 2014 11:27 AM in response to Math Otter

I also have had this problem since updating earlier today.

Trying to sort it out but not sure how!

Feb 28, 2014 1:04 PM in response to Math Otter

Hi Math,

Did you try removing the plist file?

Math Otter Author

Level 1

15 points

Feb 28, 2014 1:13 PM in response to rack0 tack0

Found where?

Math Otter Author

Level 1

15 points

Feb 28, 2014 3:43 PM in response to watts300

Yes, that was the path I was looking for. Thanks!

Eric Root

Level 10

684,729 points

Mar 1, 2014 7:21 AM in response to Math Otter

You are welcome.

Apr 4, 2014 7:47 PM in response to Math Otter

Hi Eric .. thanks for your fix but unfortunaly I just can't seem to follow it .. new to Mac.. went to finder but no user/home folder on it.. .. any guidace very much appreciated. Thanks

Eric Root

Level 10

684,729 points

Apr 10, 2014 11:37 AM in response to on your bike

Look in the Finder sidebar where there should be a folder with you user name on it. It has (among other things, Pictures, Documents, Desktop, and Music folders in it.

Apr 10, 2014 7:20 PM in response to tplen1

See my above to Eric :-) hope it may help.

Jinja1

Level 1

0 points

May 6, 2014 2:53 PM in response to Math Otter

A big thank you to whoever said - you have to log into it once before you can turn it off. I did this and restarted, and it has stopped coming up when i turn on the computer

Math Otter Author

Level 1

15 points

May 8, 2014 6:02 AM in response to leeprice1

Go to the finder window and delete the following file - replace "[your account]" with whatever your login is:

/Users/[your account]/Library/Preferences/com.apple.facetime.plist

Reboot.

BrianNC

Level 1

0 points

Jul 3, 2014 5:34 AM in response to chap66

I simply opened up FaceTime and turned it off. When I rebooted, it didn't start back up.

Stop Facetime loading at startup