Audacity Forum

I don't use Launchpad so I don't know why Audacity would fail to launch from there. The Audacity DMG window looks like this: AudacityInstall.png Once you have dragged the Audacity icon onto the Applications icon, there should be an Audacity icon in your Applications folder. Once you have verified th...

Thank you for the prompt replies. I believe I have 'dragged' Audacity into the applications folder. I have also put previous Audacity downloads into the trash and re-downloaded, both Audacity 2.1.3 and 2.11 and tried to follow steps 'verbatim'. All to no avail. The latest attempt, Audacity appears i...

billw58 wrote:I see you have the Audacity installation DMG mounted. You're not running Audacity from the DMG, are you?
-- Bill

And what Bill is getting at here is that you really should be dragging Audacity from the DMG to you Applications folder

WC

I see you have the Audacity installation DMG mounted. You're not running Audacity from the DMG, are you?
-- Bill

Following the instructions as per above email. The attached file screen shot shows /Library/Application\ Support/audacity/libs/libmp3lame.dylib
It shows the library in the correct location (I think)

The file I received did indeed come from a mac. However, I have gotten similar audio files from the same source before and they imported just fine till now. The file extension clearly shows .m4a The files are coming from online download. Specifically, the files are produced from an acquaintance reco...

... to do is verify that the libraries were installed in the correct location. Please look in /Library/Application Support/audacity/libs to see if the FFmpeg libraries are indeed installed there. The easiest way to get to that folder is to click on the Go menu in the Finder and choose "Go to folder..." ...

it is an advanced audio coding file. AAC? Did you get it from a Mac? Prior to, .m4a import was working just fine. Maybe you should back out a little. Where are the files coming from and what's your job? Do you have Windows showing you file extensions? Is it MyMusic.aac or MyMusic.m4a? Are any of th...

... reinstalled every possible thing needed to import .m4a files, including: The most recent edition of audacity (by .zip installation) and the ffmpeg (version 2.2.2) library (both .exe and .zip. Currently using the zip version however). However even when locating the avformat-55.dll file, I ...

... Sierra Version 10.12.6 After many failed attempts, it has led me here. It seems I cannot program Audacity 2.1.3 (both .dmg and zip) to locate LAME FFmpeg libraries in the system. Numerous attempts to locate the library manually have also resulted in the same issue. Always 'Library not found'. Any ...