Disable iTunes on macOS High Sierra

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Disable iTunes on macOS High Sierra 如何停用 iTunes

Why do I want to disable iTunes?

I don’t have an iPhone/iPad. And I listen to the music on Youtube. The most annoying thing is that iTunes often pops-up and I do not want it to interrupt my working. I searched on Google and realized lots people encounter the same problem due to using earphone on Macbook. So I decide to disable my iTunes.

Step 1: Disable SIP on High Sierra

  1. Power off your device
  2. Power on your device while maintaining ⌘ and R pressed
  3. Once you reach the recovery system, select Terminal from the Utilities menu
  4. Type $ csrutil disable and then reboot

If you want to enable SIP, type $ csrutil enable.

Step 2: Removing the “executable” property on iTunes.app

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$ sudo chmod -x /Applications/iTunes.app

If you want to enable iTunes, run the following:

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$ sudo chmod +x /Applications/iTunes.app

Make sure you have disabled SIP, otherwise you will see operation not permitted.

All Done!



Reference

Is it possible to uninstall or disable iTunes