If you have an Apple device like iPod, iPhone, or iPad, you will need the process installed by the applemobiledevicehelper.exe file. This serves as the PC support needed to connect your Apple devices to iTunes. In other words, the file enables your devices’ Operating System to connect to iTunes via your laptop or computer. You can find the file in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\applemobiledevicehelper.exe. Average private memory usage is 5.5 MB, while committed memory for virtual memory is around 92.11 MB. You may choose to disable the process so it will not launch when you boot-up your PC, but you need to enable it before plugging in your Apple device; otherwise, your computer will not be able to synchronize your device with iTunes. Uninstalling the file is only recommended if you no longer wish to plug in any type of Apple device. The file is automatically installed when you install thee iTunes software on your computer.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. applemobiledevicehelper.exe. is used by Apple Mobile Device Helper, If you shut down applemobiledevicehelper.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop applemobiledevicehelper.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Apple Mobile Device Helper, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed applemobiledevicehelper.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Apple Mobile Device Helper, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if applemobiledevicehelper.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that applemobiledevicehelper.exe, belongs to, in this case Apple Mobile Device Helper