iPhone and iPod touch: Disabling digital camera notification in Mac OS X
Symptoms
This document is for Mac OS X. Click the appropriate link below if you have a different operating system: Windows Vista or Windows XP.
When the iPhone or iPod touch is connected to Mac OS X, a dialog is presented with choices for connecting as a digital camera and working with the digital pictures stored on the iPhone or iPod touch.
This is the default behavior under Mac OS X for digital imaging devices. Mac OS X provides a way to disable this notification.
Products Affected
iPhone, iPod touch, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.6
Resolution
Mac OS X 10.6
To disable this notification:
- Connect the iPod or iPhone.
- Open Image Capture (located in Applications).
- Select the iPod or iPhone in the Devices list.
- Click the "Show Device Settings" button (
) in the lower left corner if Device Settings are not visible. - Select "No Application" in the pop-up menu in the Device Settings.
![[No Application Screenshot]](http://km.support.apple.com/library/APPLE/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/TS1501/TS1501_2-image_capture106-no_application-001-en.png)
Mac OS X 10.5
To disable this notification:
- Open Image Capture (located in Applications).
- Choose Image Capture > Preferences.
- Choose No application from the "When a camera is connected, open" menu.
- Quit Image Capture.
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