I don't want Photos opening when I inserts an SD card. How to prevent this?
I am a full grown person and figure I should be the one deciding what app/program opens when. Never used iPhoto and I have no intention of ever using Photo.
Thanks!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.1.x)
Insert the card and let Photos open and show you the import pane. Then uncheck the box at the top:
You can also do this with Image Capture (in the Applications Folder)
This is truly hilarious. I expect to have to go to the command line when working on Linux, but Apple????? I pay premium prices for a superior user experience on Apple. I don;'t think this is it.
Larry, I raised a message to Apple, but what does it mean? If they didn't consider the use case of people buying Photoshop, the worlds most popular photograph editing software I think, from their own app store, it's not a good sign, given the importance Apple has historically placed on use by creatives. This issue was all over social media when Photos came out, and they have done nothing. I left it alone, assuming they would address it. They haven't. It seems as bad now as it was on day 1.
As well as raising a message to Apple, I've started looking into a Windows-based solution for my photography. We'll see where that leads.
You can temporarily disable System Integrity Protection in order to delete the Photos.app package contents or whatever else you want to do.
I know we can, but I would not do it to be able to modify or remove a part of the system. Other applications and parts of the system may be relying on the presence of Photos, because it is a part of the system.
This works amazing! Being a professional photographer Photos is the worst program ever. Why Apple wouldn't make a short cut to disable it for people who don't use it is beyond me.
This does not address the question and is out of context. Disabling a single device does not disable photos from accessing any memory card
This works perfectly. Connect device or insert card, open Image Capture, select device or card, click the icon at the bottom of the column to choose what aplication should open, select 'no application'. Many thanks
That works really well... until you reformat the card, then it's back to square one.
Thanks for this. Just the bit of code I've been looking for... Photos has done more damage to my view of Apples interface than just about anything else.
Very helpful, thank you so much!
Thanks so much! This was just the help I needed. It works on 10.11.6 El Capitan.
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