One particularly annoying thing about plugging in my iPhone is that it always launches Aperture and prompts for permission to import photos. While you should be able to turn this off (in the preferences of the Image Capture application), what if you still want iPhoto (or Aperture, Lightroom, etc.) to launch when you plug in your camera or memory card? Capitalizing on the fact that Image Capture lets you choose any application to run automatically, Sam Stephenson over at 37signals has cooked up a fancy AppleScript to do just this. Once set up it looks to see what you’ve plugged it; if it’s your camera it will launch iPhoto, etc.; if it’s your iPhone it won’t. The script is slightly complicated and must be customized for your particular camera model, but if you want the convenience of auto-launching your image management application for your camera, without the annoyance of the iPhone, it’s worth a look.

via http://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/21/stop-your-iphone-from-auto-launching-iphoto-or-aperture-etc/

Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by admin
Filed under: iPhone Tips