Can I safely disable or uninstall iTunes?

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kc2ine

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jan 15, 2013

• #1

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

 

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chrise2

macrumors 6502a

• Jan 15, 2013

• #2

kc2ine said:

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

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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/

 

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kc2ine

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jan 15, 2013

• #3

chrise2 said:

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/

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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

macrumors 603

• Jan 15, 2013

• #4

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

 

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kc2ine

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jan 15, 2013

• #5

blueroom said:

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

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

 

ybz90

macrumors 6502a

• Jan 15, 2013

• #6

I don't know if this will help because it's rather old, but here's something: http://lifehacker.com/5651055/free-your-macs-media-keys-from-itunes-no-manual-hacking-required

 

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kc2ine

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jan 15, 2013

• #7

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

 

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hasenpfeffer

macrumors newbie

• Jan 15, 2013

• #8

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

 

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kc2ine

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jan 15, 2013

• #9

hasenpfeffer said:

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

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

 

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nzreg

macrumors member

• Jan 15, 2013

• #10

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

 

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iamsen47

macrumors regular

• Jan 16, 2013

• #11

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?

 

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kc2ine

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jan 16, 2013

• #12

iamsen47 said:

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?

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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?

 

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kc2ine

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jan 19, 2013

• #13

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