iPhoto launches when thumb drive is inserted

[iCheese]

Is there any way to disable iPhoto from launching when I insert my thumb drive into my macbook?

Thanks

 

[puckhead193]

i think it happens cause its reads .jpeg or whatever..delete the photos from your thumb drive, i had this issue and i deleted my pictures

 

[gr8tfly]

Try Image Capture preferences>General. You can tell it what to do when a camera is connected. Depending on content, it will ID flash memory as an input device.

Hope that helps.

 

[iCheese]

i think it happens cause its reads .jpeg or whatever..delete the photos from your thumb drive, i had this issue and i deleted my pictures

That's what I was thinking as well, but I just set up an account for one of my family members to use on the imac, and iPhoto didn't launch when I inserted my thumb drive. It launches iPhoto for both my account on the macbook and the imac however; it's pretty annoying. Any other thoughts?

 

[Unorthodox]

In the CD & DVDs system preference pane, change the drop down menu that says "When you insert a picture CD", to something besides iPhoto.

This is just a guess.

I think gr8tfly suggestion is probable right.

 

[iCheese]

wrong quote

 

[iCheese]

Try Image Capture preferences>General. You can tell it what to do when a camera is connected. Depending on content, it will ID flash memory as an input device.

Hope that helps.

This works! Apple needs to put this choice under iPhoto Preferences or System Preferences.

Thanks for the help everyone.

 

[gr8tfly]

Excellent!!! This fixed the problem, for anyone else who experiences it. Apple needs to put the same setting choices under preferences for iPhoto, or system preferences somewhere.

which suggestion? (CD/DVD or Image Capture)

I've always taken "photo CD" literally (if it's CD/DVD). At least, it's easier to find than Image Capture.

Glad one of them worked, though.

 

[iMeowbot]

That's what I was thinking as well, but I just set up an account for one of my family members to use on the imac, and iPhoto didn't launch when I inserted my thumb drive. It launches iPhoto for both my account on the macbook and the imac however; it's pretty annoying. Any other thoughts?

I'm guessing that your flash drive may have folders on it that look like a DCF arrangement. Do you have a folder named DCIM on there?

 

[iCheese]

which suggestion? (CD/DVD or Image Capture)

I've always taken "photo CD" literally (if it's CD/DVD). At least, it's easier to find than Image Capture.

Glad one of them worked, though.

The Image Capture suggestion is the one that solved my problem. I actually have it set to Ignore photo CDs under System Preferences

 

[iCheese]

I'm guessing that your flash drive may have folders on it that look like a DCF arrangement. Do you have a folder named DCIM on there?

Yup I sure do

 

[gr8tfly]

Thanks. Glad it worked. I'd also guess the system is seeing the DCIM folder.