Audacity Forum

After several days of using Audacity without incident, I now cannot save a file. I have fixed permissions and restarted a dozen times. I notice that when I open a new project and start recording, that the .aup and .bak files no longer appear on the desktop, nor does the data file appear. When I atte...

THANK YOU. I never would have figured this out. The missing piece of information: PRESS THE SPACEBAR. As I read the instructions, this is merely an optional way of starting "play." I never used it however, using the "play" button instead. I did not understand that its use is OBLIGATORY for my purpos...

A little more information: I CAN move the cursor in playback/edit mode, but only if (1) I've just opened the file and not played any of the file at all, or (2) if the entire file has been played all the way through. When the file has been played through, I can move the cursor to where I want it, but...

Thanks for your interest. Could you please tell me how the cursor SHOULD work? I still have no clue--all I know is that I can't move it. I still don't know things should proceed is all is working correctly. I have some other oddities. Perhaps these are normal in this program, but, for example, when ...

When I open a file and click on the "play" button, wherever I may set the starting point, form that moment on, I can find no way to move the cursor except by hitting the "close" (X) button that is in the upper left corner of every Macintosh file in every application, saving the file, and reopening i...

I want to be able to listen to various parts of my file and pinpoint specific locations for later editing, but I can't figure out how to move the cursor. Once I have opened the file and placed the cursor to listen, I cannot move it again and must close the file and reopen it to try another location....

I wish permanently to change the levels, both up and down, of a series of files, and then save the files and burn them to a CD. After three hours going through tutorials etc., I still have not a clue. Please help! Thank you.