iPhone 101: Stop automatic synchronization

Sometimes you want to connect your iPhone to your Mac just to give it a charge. However, iTunes launches each time and starts a time-consuming synchronization. How can you prevent this?

The solution is pretty easy. First, connect your iPhone to your Mac and launch iTunes. Next, click on your iPhone in the sidebar and then de-select the "Automatically sync when iPhone is connected" option in the first tab. The next time you connect your iPhone to your Mac, you won't initiate a whole ordeal. Ahhh.

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Rosie B

My IPhone has recently started freezing on me. More often now as usual. I tried the reset using the SLEEP and HOME key but it is still freezing. on the home page.
I called for assistance but they told me to RESTORE my phone but I know that would mean I would lose some of my info and settings on my phone. Is there a way of getting around this where I am not losing my settings and other important info on my phone?

August 19 2007 at 3:51 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tone

Or how to disable Photoshop from being launched everytime (event when automatic sync is disabled in iTunes).

July 23 2007 at 8:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ricosuave

Anybody know how to disable iPhoto to load automatically when I plug in my iPhone?

July 23 2007 at 1:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Yohannes Wijaya

@Dave the cmd+opt option will work on the iphone as documented on iphone's manual

July 22 2007 at 3:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chris

Okay, but how do I delete the leftover Bookmarks Bar and Bookmarks Menu folders in iPhone Safari now that I've deselected bookmarks syncing?

July 21 2007 at 8:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dave A

If you are in a hurry and only want to prevent the auto sync once, you might also be able to hold Cmd+Option (Ctrl+Shift on a Windows machine) when connecting it. (This tip works for iPods, haven't tested it on an iPhone).

July 21 2007 at 8:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply