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OK, Gale,
One more try with Gatekeeper set as you suggested to Mac Apps and others (certified). Result: "damaged file, trash it"

But I'll be fine with the one I successfully launched with Gatekeeper off.

Thanks again.

-Bill Everdell

I should add that when the thing finally worked, I had downloaded the zip file, opened it, right-clicked on the Audacity application in Finder, chosen "Open", and finally chosen "Open" in the dialogue box that appeared.

Thanks again.

-Bill Everdell

That didn't change the damaged-and-trash-it message. Is Apple Security (Preferences, Mountain Lion) discriminating against LAME? ...[snip]... You could open FInder, Go > Utilities > Disk Utility > then run "Verify Disk" and "Repair Permissions". I didn't try this. I think this probably is a Gatekee...

Having extracted Audacity from the zip or DMG, try right-click or control-click on the Audacity application in Finder, choose "Open", then in the dialogue box that appears, choose "Open". Gale Trying that didn't change the damaged-and-trash-it message. Is Apple Security (Preferences, Mountain Lion)...

That didn't change the damaged-and-trash-it message.
Is Apple Security (Preferences, Mountain Lion) discriminating against LAME?

WEverdell

Tried with everything deleted in the Download list and previously downloaded dmgs trashed. Same message. Twice. What next?

Downloads can get interrupted and damaged that way. That doesn't mean there is anything wrong with the file on the server. If that is the problem you need to clear the download list in your web browser or download manager. Otherwise they may just keep giving you the damaged file from their cache. T...

billw58 wrote:Are you trying to run Audacity from the disk image?
-- Bill

Nope.

What can I say? I could suggest that you folks are in denial, but I won't. Since I'm a historian, I'll just quote my machine, which has been exhaustingly repetitive these past 5 weeks. popup from Mac OS10.8.4 (Mountain Lion) System Preferences>Security for the dmg of Audacity 2.0.3 "Audacity is dama...

Please tell me how I can send a message to the Forum that all Audacity 2.0.3 downloads for Mac OS X 10.4 or later are now (30July2013) damaged and will not boot on my Mac OS10.8.4.

-Bill Everdell