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• In Windows. When you attach a camera (or an iPhone), a dialog box
pops up that asks how you want its contents handled. It lists any photomanagement
program you might have installed (Picasa, Photoshop
Elements, Photoshop
Album, and so on), as well
as Windows’ own cameramanagement
software
(“Scanner and Camera
Wizard” in Windows XP;
“using Windows” in Vista).
Click the program you
want to handle importing
the iPhone pictures. You’ll
probably also want to turn
on Always do this for this
device, so the next time,
it’ll happen automatically.
Shutting Down the Importing Process
Then again, some iPhone owners would rather not see some lumbering
photo-management program firing itself up every time they connect the
phone. You, too, might wish there were a way to stop iPhoto or Windows from
bugging you every time you connect the iPhone. That, too, is easy enough to
change—if you know where to look.
• Windows XP. With the iPhone connected, choose StartÆMy Computer.
Right-click the iPhone’s icon. From the shortcut menu, choose Properties.
Click the Events tab; next, click Take no action. Click OK.
• Windows Vista. When the AutoPlay dialog box appears, click Set
AutoPlay defaults in Control Panel. (Or, if the AutoPlay dialog box is no
longer on the screen, choose StartÆControl PanelÆAutoPlay.)
Scroll all the way to the bottom, until you see the iPhone icon. From the
pop-up menu, choose Take no action. Click Save.
Macintosh.
• Open ApplicationsÆImage Capture. Choose Image
CaptureÆPreferences. Click CDs & DVDs. Where it says When a camera is
connected, open:, choose No application. Click OK.
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