iTunes Keeps Opening By Itself

[marka87uk]

Since upgrading to Lion, iTunes keeps mysteriously opening by itself!

Any ideas on how to fix this issue? 😕

I don't have any iTunes widgets, no iPod is plugged in (or ever has been), and the play button on the keyboard is not being pressed...

 

[iVeBeenDrinkin']

At start up or randomly?

 

[marka87uk]

Randomly... At first I thought it might be me hitting the play button by accident or something, but nope I was just sitting here and it loaded up by itself again. It doesn't begin playing anything; it just opens and stays behind the other windows.

 

[Prodo123]

Go to Users & Groups under System Preferences.
There, select your account and switch to the "Login Item" tab.
Deselect iTunes, but not iTunes Helper.

 

[Icy1007]

Go to Users & Groups under System Preferences.
There, select your account and switch to the "Login Item" tab.
Deselect iTunes, but not iTunes Helper.

You obviously didn't read his posts.

 

[iVeBeenDrinkin']

Hmmm, try a reboot?

 

[kreach]

A question first : Does it happen when you are in front of the mac or at other times too?

One problem i faced was with the ext speakers connected; My foot was hitting the connecting wire which was dangling, and that seemed to start itunes;
The ext mic or speaker wire if loose, does create this problem.

Other reports have been made with USB Hubs and other attachments;

 

[adder7712]

Un-plug and replugging in your external speakers/headphones seem to work for me. iTunes has a weird tendency of opening randomly if the 3.5mm audio jack is disturbed in a certain way.

 

[Prodo123]

You obviously didn't read his posts.

Oops, mistook it for "at boot up"

Try reinstalling iTunes.

 

[marka87uk]

Cheers guys, actually that make sense as I just recently replaced the output cable to my amplifier for a splitter cable in order to use headphones too, so I guess that was the cause! 😎