Audacity Forum

Posted by **getstew** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:36 pm

Hi-

I'm hearing that the new version 2.0.6 is not compatible with Yosemite. Is this correct?

To be clear, if I stick with the previous Audacity version and upgrade to Yosemite, will I be alright?
Also, I'd hope that work is being done to make 2.0.6 and Yosemite compatible?

Thanks for any info. I'm fairly new to the Mac world, not real fond of Garageband, and don't want to lose the ability to record my podcast.

Thanks!

Stew
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Posted by **kozikowski** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:46 pm

I'm not a Garageband fan, either.

This is an actual broadcast sound shoot with Audacity.

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/ ... dShoot.jpg

If you are upgrading an earlier OS-X, I would generate a very compelling reason to do so. Blindly upgrading "because it's there" can be a very poor decision. I'm still recovering from the software that stopped working from the Mavericks upgrade.

Koz

Posted by **Gale Andrews** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:57 am

getstew wrote:I'm hearing that the new version 2.0.6 is not compatible with Yosemite. Is this correct?

Correct. Audacity support ends at OS X 10.9.x.

getstew wrote:To be clear, if I stick with the previous Audacity version and upgrade to Yosemite, will I be alright?

Your risk. There is no official support for Yosemite. We believe that Apple Audio Units will not appear when you request them from the Audacity Effect Menu.

getstew wrote:I'd hope that work is being done to make 2.0.6 and Yosemite compatible?

None at all directly, because we don't have the resources at present.

It's thought many of the problems with Yosemite are because it is making greater use of Cocoa. Cocoa has very little support in the version of the wxWidgets interface toolkit that we currently use. So the first task (which is being worked on) is to upgrade Audacity to the current stable version of Widgets which has better Cocoa support. That in itself needs a lot of work.

Nonetheless, if you do decide to use Yosemite when released, please feel free to let us know of any issues you find.

Gale

Posted by **getstew** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 2:45 am

Thanks very much for the info! Appreciated....

Posted by **kozikowski** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 6:45 am

He wasn't joshing. This is a forum where you can share experiences and if you do have any experiences with that combination, good or bad, it would be nice to know about them. Koz

Posted by **Lixx** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 4:36 pm

I don't use any "Apple Units" in my audio recordings that I know of. I use Audacity quite a bit when recording my dj sessions from vinyl records, or simply digitizing a track from a vinyl record to make a mp3. Will I be ok to that to do if I upgrade to Yosemite? Digitizing vinyl isn't really using Apple units. I guess the larger question would be after I save as mp3 will I still be able to import them into my itunes library.

Posted by **Gale Andrews** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 8:39 am

Lixx wrote:I don't use any "Apple Units" in my audio recordings that I know of. I use Audacity quite a bit when recording my dj sessions from vinyl records, or simply digitizing a track from a vinyl record to make a mp3. Will I be ok to that to do if I upgrade to Yosemite? Digitizing vinyl isn't really using Apple units. I guess the larger question would be after I save as mp3 will I still be able to import them into my itunes library.

As stated, there is no official support for Yosemite. It would help us if you report behaviours you encounter (what works and doesn't) but the risk is yours.

Gale

Posted by **Lixx** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:39 pm

Gale Andrews wrote:As stated, there is no official support for Yosemite. It would help us if you report behaviours you encounter (what works and doesn't) but the risk is yours.
Gale

I'm torn. I love the simplicity of Audacity (I have 2.0.5) and I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.8. I've resisted upgrading to any new OS X for years but as you probably already know Snow Leopard users are a dying breed. At some point I'm going to have to upgrade as support is long gone. I just use your program quite a bit and would have to not be able to use it to record and digitize vinyl anymore. It's a case of "it's not broken why fix it?" but for how long. If I do upgrade I'll let you know.

Posted by **Gale Andrews** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:00 pm

Lixx wrote:
Gale Andrews wrote:As stated, there is no official support for Yosemite. It would help us if you report behaviours you encounter (what works and doesn't) but the risk is yours.
Gale

I'm torn. I love the simplicity of Audacity (I have 2.0.5) and I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.8. I've resisted upgrading to any new OS X for years but as you probably already know Snow Leopard users are a dying breed. At some point I'm going to have to upgrade as support is long gone. I just use your program quite a bit and would have to not be able to use it to record and digitize vinyl anymore. It's a case of "it's not broken why fix it?" but for how long. If I do upgrade I'll let you know.

Apple are going to make it hard to find Mavericks now, but you could upgrade to that. You would do Apple Menu > Software Update to make sure you have all the latest Snow Leopard updates then see if you can find an update installer for Mavericks. I think http://www.techspot.com/downloads/downloadnow/6268/?evp=578885deedf4258426360011f53f4aff&file=1 would work, but it's your risk, and I would ask on any of the Mac specialist support forums online if you are unsure.

Gale

Posted by **pdaviesoz** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 3:20 am

I tried to edit and save an existing recording. as soon as the export is pressed its spins forever.......

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