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iMac with OS X 10.11.5. iTunes opens with no prompting from me. I can close it all day and it keeps re-opening. I rarely want to use it. How to stop this from happening.

Thanks for the advice.

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    Do you have an iPhone or iPad connected to the computer when this happens? – TMHahn Jun 04 '16 at 23:12
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    iTunes will open up if you press the play/pause media button on your Mac or if you plug in an iOS device to your Mac. – owlswipe Jun 05 '16 at 13:10
  • No, I do not have any phones or pads connected to my iMac. And, no, I never use the play/pause (F8) button. I've tried all of the suggestions I've gotten here and elsewhere from other sources and nothing seems to help. – jiminkirkland Jun 11 '16 at 20:24
  • None of the suggestions here had made any difference. But, I kept looking and scouring the web and found (I don't remember where) what I thought was a half-assed suggestion that seems to have done the job. – jiminkirkland Jun 17 '16 at 17:57

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None of the suggestions here had made any difference. But, I kept looking and scouring the web and found (I don't remember where) what I thought, at first, was a half-assed suggestion that seems to have done the job. The suggestion was that a "dirty" or misaligned speaker jack could be the issue. Well, some days ago I removed the speaker plug from the iMac and, lo and behold, the constant opening of iTunes ceased. I will eventually experiment to see if that was really the issue, but at least temporarily I'm satisfied with using the internal speakers.

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Try checking out the links below. Others have seen similar issues so they might help you out.

Stop iTunes from opening when a device is plugged in?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6078492?tstart=0

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  • Tried all of the schemes recommended in these links and none of them have any effect on the issue. iTunes opens on it's own no matter what I do. Sometimes after I've re-booted it will stay closed for a day (or maybe a few hours) but then it opens by itself. And, this happens even if I'm far from the iMac (not typing or pressing any keys). I can't imagine what's initiating this unwanted opening but the best I seem to be able to do is "hide" iTunes; at least it's not annoyingly taking up screen real estate!! – jiminkirkland Jun 11 '16 at 20:32
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We had the same issue. It turns out that it was the Apple TV controls that was causing it.

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