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matfinish
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Q: how can i disable photo?

how can i disable photo?

Posted on Sep 11, 2016 4:44 PM

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Q: how can i disable photo?

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  • by LarryHN,Helpful

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 11, 2016 8:16 PM in response to matfinish
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    Sep 11, 2016 8:16 PM in response to matfinish

    Not easily - just ignore it

     

    LN

  • by matfinish,

    matfinish matfinish Sep 11, 2016 8:17 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Sep 11, 2016 8:17 PM in response to LarryHN

    If you know how, the answer would be appreciated. I like challenges

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 11, 2016 9:48 PM in response to matfinish
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    Sep 11, 2016 9:48 PM in response to matfinish

    achalle ge -read teh many, many responses to this question in these forums - you can use a terminal command which you can find just as easily as I can to disable all applications from automatically opening but at this time not singularly Photos

     

    LN

  • by léonie,

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