how do I stop iTunes from opening every time I plug in my iPhone?

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how do I stop iTunes from opening every time I plug in my iPhone?

I basically never want to use iTunes. But every time I plug my phone in to charge it, whatever computer I'm on seems to think I want to sit and wait for a program I never use to open. Even more annoying, it overrides the F7-F8-F9 music player keys to function in iTunes instead of Spotify, where I actually listen to music. Is there some way to make iTunes never open automatically, or uninstall it completely? I can't find any settings that seem to disable this fascism. Help.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), work computer

Posted on Sep 29, 2015 11:48 AM

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Jan 23, 2017 8:39 PM in response to kayduzzo

This item should not be marked as solved. I want my phone to continue syncing. But I don't want iTunes to open up everytime I connect my phone via USB or switch between hotspot and WiFi network. This issue has been happening for years, and still Apple has yet to come up with a solution that doesn't either limit iPhone functionality or otherwise drive users completely crazy.

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Limnos

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Sep 29, 2015 1:03 PM in response to kayduzzo

Re: iTunes keeps opening itself

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kayduzzo Author

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Oct 19, 2015 11:49 AM in response to Limnos

Okay but that solution is for iTunes 10.5, 4 years ago. This computer has iTunes 12.3 and there's no lefthand menu that references my iPhone in any way. Does anyone have a solution for 2015?

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