Can I safely disable or uninstall iTunes?

[kc2ine]

hi,
since I never use iTunes and it interferes with my remote media keys I'd like to disable it or removed.
thanks

[chrise2]

Originally Posted by kc2ine

hi,
since I never use iTunes and it interferes with my remote media keys I'd like to disable it or removed.
thanks

I found this on the Google. Still not sure why you'd want to do this. Probably because I don't know what a remote media key is.

http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/06/delete-itunes-mac-os-x/

[kc2ine]

Originally Posted by chrise2

I found this on the Google. Still not sure why you'd want to do this. Probably because I don't know what a remote media key is.

http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/06/delete-itunes-mac-os-x/

thanks for link - by media keys I meant apple remote keys which when I press play button by default always opens iTunes but I use VLC.

[blueroom]

Try Better Touch Tool (it supports customizing the IR remote)

[kc2ine]

Originally Posted by blueroom

Try Better Touch Tool (it supports customizing the IR remote)

that's what I'm using but still on button play/pause only iTunes responds whether it's on or off...

[ybz90]

I don't know if this will help because it's rather old, but here's something: http://lifehacker.com/5651055/free-y...cking-required

[kc2ine]

unfortunately that fix doesn't work on mountain lion - bad file error.

[hasenpfeffer]

Did you try removing iTunesHelper from the login items under Users & Groups preferences (and then reboot)?

[kc2ine]

Originally Posted by hasenpfeffer

Did you try removing iTunesHelper from the login items under Users & Groups preferences (and then reboot)?

thanks, I did that and now itunes doesn't launch when I press play button,
although still VLC won't respond to that.

[nzreg]

I removed itunes on my 2011 mac mini for the same reason last year, didn't cause any problems, this is the link to how I did it.

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=4045

[iamsen47]

My buttons respond to VLC when VLC is on and iTunes is off. Though if both are off iTunes will start when I press play. Maybe you could just leave VLC turned on the whole time?

[kc2ine]

Originally Posted by iamsen47

My buttons respond to VLC when VLC is on and iTunes is off. Though if both are off iTunes will start when I press play. Maybe you could just leave VLC turned on the whole time?

for me it doesn't matter if iTunes is off or not and vlc is on - iTunes will start anyway. When I killed the Itunes helper iTunes won't start any more but vlc doesn't respond to the remote buttons although I added to BTT actions. How did you configure BTT for VlC?

[kc2ine]

well, I have removed iTunes, installed BTT but play/pause button or next.prev still don't work with VLC.