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to a partition

Wait. A partition??? So your machine is running on C:\ and Audacity is installed on D:\, for example?

Koz

when I return to the machine a day or two later But when you're working in any one 8-hour period, it's OK? the application has been uninstalled! Uninstalled as in the desktop launch icon vanishes, or you go into your personal \app folder and there's no sign of the program or any of its folders? Is ...

You can force Macs to hide filename extensions and that can cause many of the same problems it does on Windows.

Are you set to show the whole name? (attached).

From the desktop > Finder > Preferences > Advanced.
Koz

Here's a couple of notes on how to use Acx-check. It's not magic and you can mess it up if you're not paying attention.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 06#p345506

We published an audiobook mastering document. Post back if you have problems.

Koz

Try this one. This is my installed copy.

Acx-check.ny is the file's real data name. Sometimes Macs will try to add ".txt" to the name and it won't install.

Koz

That and it's ACX Check . (attached). If you're planning on reading for audiobooks, you should know ACX Check will get the background noise reading wrong if it can't find about a second of background noise without performance or any other sounds . This is harder than you think. No shuffling or takin...

I like the single silent track approach because it lets me change my mind and move a track. If I do move with the other solutions, I have to remove the “fake silence,” and I can’t depend on UNDO. I can’t just shove left because Audacity will complain about “sound before zero.”

Koz

The export doesn’t match the timeline graphics or the timeline playback. That’s an unfortunate feature.

Koz

You can also create one long silent track starting at 0 and export that plus the target track. Audacity will mix them at export.

Koz

Usually, when this happens

Usually, when this happens...?

Do you have it set to go to sleep after a period of inactivity?

Time for a new battery pack?

Koz