how can i disable photo?

how can i disable photo?

Posted on Sep 11, 2016 4:44 PM

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Sep 12, 2016 1:19 PM in response to matfinish

Larry has been referring to this Terminal command, I think:


A brute-force method to stop any application from launching at all when you insert a card or connect a camera is a Terminal command:


This Terminal command will disable the auto start of any photo application, not just Photos. So Lightroom or any other application will not launch either and you will have to launch the application of your choice manually.

  • Quit Photos and disconnect any camera.
  • Open a Terminal and paste this command into it and hit return:

defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ImageCapture disableHotPlug -bool YES

defaults -currentHost write com.apple.Photos disableHotPlug -bool YES

Restart the Mac . it should not be necessary, but it only worked for me after restarting. I found this fix in a post by JadedEye

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