Turning off Bluetooth speaker, triggers iTunes App to open

Same thing for me. what gives

Still no workaround for the persistently annoying glitch. Apple really need to address this issue before my Soundlink ends up in the bin and I return to cabled audio devices.

Taking my laptop out in public has become a nerve racking experience when I'm never sure whether it will wake with the sound of my iTunes belting across the library or the subway...

A highly embarrassing experience that seems to be 50:50 these days. If I forget to silence or switch off iTunes before I leave the house without my headphones the situation cannot be avoided either.

Same problem here, very annoying!

As I don't use iTunes at all, I fixed it changing its folder permissions. Now, no scripts or triggers can open iTunes (me neither!)

sudo chmod 000 /Applications/iTunes.app

same here... don't know which one i should throw out first... the speaker or the computer... 😠

I have the same trouble. I own the Bose Sound Link speaker 3 and it triggers itunes to play. What I do is that I change the input source in the speakers to aux and then I turn off the speakers.

Got still the same Issue! With MacBook Pro 13 Retina Late 2013 and Bose SoundLink Mini.

Same problem here. It's very, very annoying

Does Apple EVER respond to these forums? Im having the same issue and its driving me MAD!

I have exactly the same issue.

iTunes opens when I turn off my Bose Soundlink Mini (or when it turns itself off after not using it).

I'm on a MacBook Air (mid 2012) running OS X Yosemite - If Apple pays any attention to this :/

Ok, so i've found a sort of fix via this link: iTunes starts up whenever I connect my bluetooth headset

All credit to mritunjai

"I've got this figured out.

On OSX, the "RCD" (remote control daemon) is responsible for the naughtiness. It has hard-coded list of actions to do when it detects certain "events" - one of them being connecting to a bluetooth headset.

To disable this behaviour (minimal loss of functionality, possibly your apple remote won't work):

1. Open Terminal

2. Enter (these are two separate commands)

launchctl stop com.apple.rcd

launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.rcd.plist

This should stop rcd from being launched by OSX. No rcd - no auto-magic multimedia. Your volume keys should continue working, but things like play key (or bluetooth) auto-starting iTunes should stop."

It'll stop iTunes opening, and music playing when my Bose Soundlink mini turns itself off, but as stated the play, back and forward keys stop working on the keyboard. It's a small price to pay to be honest.

That is true. Disconnecting the computer first does stop it from happening. When streaming shows/movies, I keep the iTunes volume muted to avoid the blaring music from my computer in case I fall asleep while watching.

Has anyone reached out to Bose for answers/solution?

If you go in and manually Quit iTunes (Apple menu, Force Quit), that seems to solve the issue for me. I didn't realize programs stay open once opened.

Looks like this is a universal problem. Hopefully Apple fixes this problem.

http://gizmodo.com/the-worst-mac-feature-you-cant-turn-off-1694529130

any fix this yet ???

Same here. Please, Apple. take care of this. i am not a programmer!