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Q: 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

by Eric Root,Solvedanswer
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Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J.  When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder.

 

Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

 

You might need to redo the View settings after an update.



Posted on Feb 28, 2014 2:18 PM

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  • by on your bike,

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

  • by tplen1,

    tplen1 tplen1 Apr 10, 2014 2:59 AM in response to Math Otter
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    Apr 10, 2014 2:59 AM in response to Math Otter

    I've got a fresh install of 10.9.2 with no inhertited preference settings. I've never logged into Facetime either.

     

    I keep getting the same issue (original firewire iSight opens Facetime whenever plugged in or the privacy iris is unlocked).

     

    Deleting the preference files (in ~/Library) as discussed here does nothing. There isn't a camera setting in Facetime, Image Capture or System Preferences (so far as I can tell), and 10.3 and 10.4 era suggestions of looking at iChat AV preferences are obviously outdated.

     

    Does anyone else have other ideas?

  • by Eric Root,

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

  • by on your bike,

    on your bike on your bike Apr 10, 2014 7:17 PM in response to Eric Root
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    Apr 10, 2014 7:17 PM in response to Eric Root

    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.

  • by on your bike,

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

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

  • by Jinja1,

    Jinja1 Jinja1 May 6, 2014 2:53 PM in response to Math Otter
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    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

  • by leeprice1,

    leeprice1 leeprice1 May 8, 2014 2:53 AM in response to Math Otter
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    May 8, 2014 2:53 AM in response to Math Otter

    I am also having this problem once i updated the apple security software, i cant seem to get rid of this at all everytime i turn my mac on it asks for my facetime password without me even loading the app. is this a bug with the update? or an easy way of getting rid of this?

     

    I updated my software lastnight, just wondering if this is a bug? as you may have this crop up alot

  • by Math Otter,

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

  • by GABarber,

    GABarber GABarber May 15, 2014 8:57 AM in response to Math Otter
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    May 15, 2014 8:57 AM in response to Math Otter

    I also found after a recent Mavericks update that Facetime was starting automatically - I never used Facetime and didn't remember ever configuring or being asked a question about it.

     

    Turning off Facetime and removing it from the Preference LIbrary as decribed above did not solve the problem.

     

    What I did find was that somehow it was added to my Login Options ??

     

    Removing it from Login Options solved it...

     

    Glenn Barber

  • by chap66,

    chap66 chap66 Jun 19, 2014 5:26 AM in response to Math Otter
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    Jun 19, 2014 5:26 AM in response to Math Otter

    Hi Math

     

    I've also followed the instructions about removing the plist file, but after I've removed it and rebooted, it just returns, and the file "com.apple.facetime.bag.plist" has returned to the preference folder. I can't even login to facetime with any passwords connected to my mac mini, or my email account. My HP monitor doesn't even have a **** camera! Any ideas?

    Mark.

  • by BrianNC,

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

  • by tomfromtooele,

    tomfromtooele tomfromtooele Jul 9, 2014 9:22 PM in response to BrianNC
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    Jul 9, 2014 9:22 PM in response to BrianNC

    I did the recommended things many different ways and it is still popping up on restart and user switching. I tried to remove the app and I was not allowed and got a warning that facetime is required by OSX.

     

    Is there some detailed steps of how to actually stop this or how to remove FaceTime all together.

  • by washeemr,

    washeemr washeemr Nov 6, 2014 9:17 PM in response to Math Otter
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    Nov 6, 2014 9:17 PM in response to Math Otter

    You see Facetime at the dock, right click there and go to options and uncheck open at login. Hope this helps.

  • by lmen,

    lmen lmen Feb 17, 2015 1:02 PM in response to Math Otter
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    Feb 17, 2015 1:02 PM in response to Math Otter

    i tried both of these solutions as well, and i am still getting a pop up, both for iCloud and FaceTime, each time I sign in to our home computer.  Any new suggestions?  Thanks in advance.

  • by immy10,

    immy10 immy10 Mar 17, 2015 1:38 PM in response to lmen
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    Mar 17, 2015 1:38 PM in response to lmen

    Go to Finder, Applications.

    Then in the search box for Applications type in FaceTime.

    The FaceTime application will appear.

    Click twice to open.

    Go to the top bar of the screen reading FaceTime and click on it.

    The dropdown will give you an option to sign out.

    Click sign out.

     

    Ditto for iMessage but you have to hunt for the "sign out" option

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