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I figured I’d check file permissions for the entire path and list them here: ~/Library = drwxr-xr-x+ ~/Library/Application Support = [email protected] ~/Library/Application Support/audacity = drwxrwxrwx Audacity folder contents drwxrwxrwx 2 useraccount staff 68 Oct 7 09:03 AutoSave drwxrwxrwx 2 useraccoun...

That direcory: ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/SessionData is created by audacity on the first attempt to run the app Here is what gets created: ~/Libtatry/----| Application Support ------| audacity -----| audacity.cfg SessionData-----| nothing else exists in the audacity folder.

Alright, I found a workaround: So, yes, there is some kind of issue with the SessionData folder, even though there doesn't seem to be a problem with writing the audaicty.cfg and creating the SessionData folder as indicated by others seeing these being created after a reinstall. Here is what I did to...

is there a console log file that we can check?

I wouldn't think there is if it hasn't been mentioned by now, just thought I'd ask.

The ~/Library/Application Suport/audacity folder and its contents are set to
me ->read and write
Staff -> read only
everyone -> read only

the contents of the audacity folder
audacity.cfg
SessionData

FWIW: I am having the same issue: MBP early 2011; user drive is on a second drive that resides in the superdrive slot. The issue is with the user on my machine because Audacity runs fine on the admin account that resides on the boot drive. both users currently have admin access. I did reinstall: del...