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Posted on May 1, 2016 at 01:33:59
Maxxwire1
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 I have started using an external optical drive with my mac mini with OS 10.10.5 along with JRiver Media Center to rip my cd collection. Unfortunately I have discovered that as soon as I insert a disk I get a popup from iTunes wanting me to accept it's EULA which I then find myself having to decline before I can proceed with the ripping process. Then, during every single rip there are several more popups asking about everything from file naming conflicts to whether or not I want to import the files into the iTunes library which I do not.

These persistent and unwanted popups have become such a nuisance that I'm looking for some advise on how to prevent them from appearing on my computer while I am ripping discs with the software of my choice which is JRMC and not iTunes which I never plan on using for any purpose whatsoever.


PS- I'd also like to know if there is any way to prevent the iPhoto splash screen from appearing every time I insert an SD card containing photos???

 

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Change inserted CD/DVD behavior in System Preferences... , posted on May 1, 2016 at 08:38:13
AbeCollins
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 What happens when you insert a CD or DVD.
Go into system preferences (from the Apple icon in the upper left of your screen) and click on CD&DVDs.

System Preferences. Click CDs & DVDs



Change "when you insert a music CD" from "Open iTunes" to "ignore".

Before: Default Setting



After: In this example I went to extremes and disabled everything..
OR you can choose to launch a different Application, like JRMC



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iPhoto

Open iPhoto.
- In the menu bar, go to iPhoto > Preferences.
- In the General menu, you'll see an option for "Connecting camera opens". In the drop down box you'll see iPhoto is selected - change this to "No application".
- Close the Preferences window and you're done.



 

RE: Change inserted CD/DVD behavior in System Preferences... , posted on May 1, 2016 at 13:51:29
Maxxwire1
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Abe: Thank you so much for yet another comprehensive solution to one of the few difficulties that I have had with my late 2014 mac mini. Unfortunately it appears that the one and only icon that it's Yosemite system preferences pane does not have when compared to your screen grab is the one for Cd's and DVD's. Do you have any suggestions as to here can I go from here?

 

Give this a try..., posted on May 1, 2016 at 22:01:03
AbeCollins
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While System Preferences is open, click on the View pull-down menu. Check Customize... This should bring up all of your System Preferences icons with a check box next to each icon. Make sure the CDs&DVDs icon is checked. Once you check it, click on Customize... again. Is the CDs&DVDs icon now in your Systems Preferences?




 

RE: Give this a try..., posted on May 2, 2016 at 00:27:21
Maxxwire1
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 Abe- Unfortunately enabling the 'customize' feature in Preferences only checked off the icons that were already showing and did not reveal a hidden Cds and DVDs option as hoped.

I tried to follow your suggestion about disabling the Photos splash screen, but since I have not yet accepted it's EULA nor have I downloaded and installed the Photos software the Preferences option remains greyed out.

I want to thank you very much for all of your help. I've learned several things from your suggestions that I already know I will find very useful in the future.

 

RE: Give this a try...You should post the issue in JR, posted on May 2, 2016 at 03:44:36
fmak
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 forum to see if they can help, and if you don't use iTunes, why not disable/uninstall it? In my Windows systems some intrusive programs can be sorted by finding the appropriate exe file in the program folder and renaming it.

A lot of this do this do that cure is a waste of time and my experience is that it is ultimately a lot easier to do some web searching for a possible solution.

 

A couple more things worth trying..., posted on May 2, 2016 at 09:06:33
AbeCollins
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 We've tried the most logical steps first but a couple other things to try if you want to pursue it:

1) Do you have the CD/DVD drive attached? I don't know if this is the case with Yosemite but in El Capitan the CDs & DVDs icon no longer appears in System Preferences unless the drive is actually attached.

2) It may appear if you unplug then replug the CD/DVD into a USB port. If not, with the CD/DVD plugged in, try doing a Spotlight search. From Spotlight search in the upper right of your screen, try searching on "CDs & DVDs" and launch it from there. Did it work? If not try....

3) System Management Controller (SMC) Reset: Power down the Mini and unplug the power cord for 2 - 3 minutes. Plug-in the USB CD/DVD. Plug-in the Mini power cord, wait 5 seconds or so, then power up the Mini. (These steps will do a SMC reset). Can you find the CDs & DVDs icon now?

4) Try the above steps again.

5) You can also try PRAM Reset. See the link below.

6) Of course you CAN unistall iTunes but it's not as straight forward as deleting it from the Applications folder.... but it's pretty easy. Even if you uninstall iTunes that does not open up features available to you on how the CD & DVD drive can be configured to act when it senses different media types or is launched from other applications.

 

"A lot of this do this do that cure is a waste of time", posted on May 2, 2016 at 09:27:12
AbeCollins
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 A lot of this do this do that cure is a waste of time and my experience is that it is ultimately a lot easier to do some web searching for a possible solution.

And what do you think web searching will result in? Various things to try! Duh!

You obviously have no troubleshooting skills preferring to instead "shotgun" a problem rather than taking methodical steps toward solving the issue.

 

RE: "A lot of this do this do that cure is a waste of time", posted on May 2, 2016 at 11:05:04
fmak
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 web searching is preferable to useless try this try that advice which is being offered..

 

RE: "A lot of this do this do that cure is a waste of time", posted on May 2, 2016 at 11:06:48
AbeCollins
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 web searching is preferable to useless try this try that advice

You're an idiot. What do you think a user will do after a web search? He will "try this and that" recommendations supplied from the search results!

Do you have any contributions other than web searching? No, I didn't think so.



 

RE: "A lot of this do this do that cure is a waste of time", posted on May 2, 2016 at 11:50:36
fmak
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 An idiot is someone who posts to promote Apple products and interfaces and who offers advice that don't work.

I guess that you are trying to establish some form of web credibility by posting count.

This is the sad face of some in the IT business.

 

RE: "A lot of this do this do that cure is a waste of time", posted on May 2, 2016 at 12:45:56
AbeCollins
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Instead of being critical of my efforts, why don't you solve the problem for the O.P. with your brilliant technical prowess. Suggesting that he simply search the web is of no help here.... but I guess that's the best we can expect from you.







 

Suggesting that he simply search - another untruth, posted on May 2, 2016 at 22:55:05
fmak
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 to add to your long list of falsified reinterpretations of posts.

 

That has been the theme of your posts. Go back and read -nt, posted on May 3, 2016 at 05:18:44
AbeCollins
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 .

 

Three suggestions in my post, posted on May 3, 2016 at 07:06:33
fmak
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 1. uninstall/disable iTunes

2. Disable pop-up in program folder if possible

3. stop wasting time on try this try that posts like the ones you posted.

You chose to call me an idiot by deliberately misconstruing what was said
You won't enhance your web audio/computer standing by twisting a discussion in any attempt to discredit another inmate.

 

Give it a rest . You are as annoying as a gnat, posted on May 3, 2016 at 08:32:37
AbeCollins
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 1. uninstall/disable iTunes
Your destructive 'shotgun' approach to "problem solving" is well known.

2. Disable pop-up in program folder if possible
What are you talking about? There are no pop-ups in a programs folder, and there are no .exe files which you mentioned in one of your posts. This is not a Windows machine, in case you haven't noticed.

3. stop wasting time on try this try that posts like the ones you posted.
Why haven't you solved his problem then? My course of action included steps that would normally work but revealed other problems on his system and taught him some new things. It's called methodical troubleshooting but you would have no concept of that with your shotgun approach to everything you do, including your disorganized PC tweaking.

You chose to call me an idiot by deliberately misconstruing what was said. You won't enhance your web audio/computer standing by twisting a discussion in any attempt to discredit another inmate.

I have no need to enhance my "audio/computer standing" but you have done a great job of publicly discrediting yourself over the years many times.

 

this post exposes your own character to all, posted on May 3, 2016 at 08:46:58
fmak
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 nt

 

RE: You were 100% correct all along Abe!, posted on May 3, 2016 at 13:16:52
Maxxwire1
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 Abe- I've done some more searching and confirmed that your original advise about solving this problem in system preferences on my mac mini is indeed the classic solution and the same advise as provided on apple.com:

"Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click CDs & DVDs. (If you don't have an optical drive built into or attached to your Mac, CDs & DVDs preferences aren't available.) Use the pop-up menus to choose an action for the type of inserted disc."

For some as yet unknown reason the CDs & DVDs option is just not showing up in my mac mini's Yosemite OS preferences file as it should, but I want to thank you again for providing the best possible answer to my original question on how to use it to prevent the iTunes popups when I rip Cds using JRiver.

 

RE: You were 100% correct all along Abe!, posted on May 3, 2016 at 17:15:25
AbeCollins
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 Thanks Maxxwire1.

It seems very odd to me that the CDs & DVDs icon is not available to you. And I wonder if you can launch it from the Spotlight search. In any case, I hope you get it resolved.

You CAN uninstall iTunes if all else fails but that normally would not be necessary. You would first have to change permissions on iTunes in order to Trash it. (Right click iTunes, Get Info, then change permissions from Read Only to Read & Write). If you go that route, you may first want to copy iTunes to another folder or a thumb drive before Trashing it from it's original location in Applications. Or you can always download it again later.



 

RE: You were 100% correct all along Abe!, posted on May 3, 2016 at 20:18:34
Maxxwire1
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 Abe- I have Yosemite installed on 3 different drives including 2 SSD's so I may just decide to uninstall iTunes as you suggested on the external Thunderbolt SSD that I am currently using for my mac mini.

My moniker and date joined are somewhat misleading in that my original Maxxwire moniker was first registered in 2000, but had to be reset after I changed computers, lost my old email address and ended up misplacing my original password. The only reason that I even bring this up is that after 16 years of participation here at the Audio Asylum I have I have gotten a lot of great advise from members such as Duster and Todd Kreiger, but all in all You Da Best!

 

You CAN uninstall iTunes , posted on May 3, 2016 at 21:22:02
fmak
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 This is the first thing to do since he doesn't use it, and you objected to this.

Perhaps some inmates prefer the 'classical' route in sorting computers, which in my estimation, is often the blind way to do it.

 

Shoo fly. I mean annoying little gnat, posted on May 4, 2016 at 12:36:50
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- Were you dropped on your head as a child?

- Or were you beat up a lot in elementary school?

BTW, deleting iTunes would not have been the proper course of action had his system been working properly. We already discussed that but maybe you didn't get it which is why I asked the questions above.



 

Thank you. Thank you very much, posted on May 4, 2016 at 17:28:09
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RE: Give it a rest . You are as annoying as a gnat, posted on May 6, 2016 at 07:24:13
DSG
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 Abe, I have nothing to add to this thread other than to express my appreciation to you for always being constructive and helpful.

 

RE: iTunes Resurects Itself!, posted on May 9, 2016 at 20:36:38
Maxxwire1
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Abe- Fasten your seat belt as the most recent iTunes shenanigans reveal themselves on my late 2014 Mac Mini. I finally took your suggestion and followed your directions on how to uninstall iTunes. Afterward I tried once again to use JRiver to rip some of my CDs and guess what, the iTunes popups came back as intrusive as ever to the point that iTunes has already prevented me from typing to this post 3 times and may do so again if I don't hurry to finish. Currently I must shut a total of 6-8 of these iTunes popup screens and sometimes as many as 12 each time I rip a single CD.

I also tried restarting the Mac Mini after iTunes was uninstalled only to get these same disappointing results.

I'm now wondering what kind of sorcery is keeping iTunes alive after being uninstalled and emptied in the trash???

 

RE: iTunes Interference Finally Defeated..., posted on May 12, 2016 at 14:00:29
Maxxwire1
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 Determined not to let iTunes win this battle for the hassle-free rip I decided to make one last attempt to vanquish the seemingly unbeatable iTunes interference. Fortunately after I disconnected and then reconnected the Asus optical drive from my Mac Mini the CDs and DVDs icon then momentarily appeared in System Preferences after powering up the external optical drive. I was then able to quickly set JRiver as the default software when inserting music cds before the CDs and DVDs icon then disappeared once again after the optical drive was then powered down.

Even though I still have no explanation as to how iTunes could still function after it was uninstalled that will not be a concern any longer.

 

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