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Daniel
Asked: 2013-02-11 12:52:21 +0800 CST

How can I prevent iOS devices from being mounted when I connect them?

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I connect my iPod and iPad to my computer to charge them. I do not want them to automatically mount on the desktop.

How can I keep using my computers many USB ports for charging without being bothered by auto-mounted devices?

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2 Answers

  1. Configuring Automounting

    To enable or disable automount open a terminal and type dconf-editor followed by the [Enter] key.

    Browse to org.gnome.desktop.media-handling.

    The automount key controls whether to automatically mount media. If set to true, then Nautilus will automatically mount media such as user-visible hard disks and removable media on start-up and media insertion.

    There is another key org.gnome.desktop.media-handling.automount-open. This controls whether to automatically open a folder for automounted media.

    If set to true, then Nautilus will automatically open a folder when media is automounted. This only applies to media where no known x-content/* type was detected; for media where a known x-content type is detected, the user configurable action will be taken instead. This can be configured as shown below.

    Taken directly from the ubuntu help page.

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  2. A good way to do that is perhaps to block device recognition in udev... Maybe with a rule like this (see this blog post)

    SUBSYSTEM==”block” ATTRS{model}==”Apple device XXX ” OPTIONS==”ignore_device”

    The con is that you won't be able to mount your device without removing the rule...

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