wlaidlaw Posted February 5, 2016 Share #1 Posted February 5, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I really dislike the new Photos App that arrived with Yosemite, mainly because it does not permit the use of an external editor such as Photoshop, unless you go through the very laborious process of exporting, altering and then re-importing. I therefore still use iPhoto as my JPEG library, for which it does a good job and is very easy to use. I also use iPhoto Library Manager to move events between different iPhoto libraries. However Photos has a dreadful habit of starting itself, every time you put a new or reformatted SD card containing images, into the SD slot on a Mac. You then have to go into Photos and then un-tick the box "open Photos for this device" and close photos down. I assume this is then saved as an instruction on the SD card, as if you reformat, you have to go through the same process again. Does anyone know of a Terminal or Automator sub-routine that will permanently disable this auto-open feature on Photos? Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/256516-every-time-after-formatting-an-sd-card-photos-app-opens-in-mac/?do=findComment&comment=2983592'>More sharing options...
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Manoleica Posted February 5, 2016 Share #2 Posted February 5, 2016 Hi, google -> photos - auto open photos - auto open | Apple Support Communities Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted February 5, 2016 Share #3 Posted February 5, 2016 This worked for me. go into Terminal paste the line below defaults write com.apple.ImageCapture disableHotPlug -bool YES if that does not work, paste the following defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ImageCapture disableHotPlug -bool true To revert to the standard setting paste this defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.ImageCapture disableHotPlug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted February 5, 2016 I have been doing some further research and found a very old mini-app called RC Default App (it still works in El Capitan), which you have to install into ~/library/preference panes, after disabling the app developer police in System Preferences Privacy and Security. Then restart System Preferences, go to the Media page of the RC default App on the bottom line of System Preferences and select ignore for Cameras. That seems to work and stop the horrible Photos opening. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/256516-every-time-after-formatting-an-sd-card-photos-app-opens-in-mac/?do=findComment&comment=2983625'>More sharing options...
mreddington Posted February 5, 2016 Share #5 Posted February 5, 2016 Try this http://lifehacker.com/prevent-photos-on-os-x-from-opening-up-automatically-1754586297 Edit: I see Pico already suggested this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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