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Don't quit Audacity - you may lose the blockfiles that are in the temp directory. Or they may be gone already. Go to <yourhome>/Library/Application Support/audacity/ and open the "audacity.cfg" file in TextEdit (you can do this while Audacity is open). Look for the line TempDir=/var/folder...

It used to read: <recordingrecovery channel="0" numchannels="2"> <simpleblockfile filename="e00099c9.au" len="262144" min="-0.17631" max="0.184941" rms="0.0381"/> </recordingrecovery> <recordingrecovery channel="1" numch...

I need to see more of what's above that. The structure is complex and deeply nested. For example: <project> <wavetrack name="xxxxx" channel="0" linked="1" offset="0.00000000" rate="44100" gain="1" pan="0"> <waveclip offset="x...

I've deleted some of the alst bits so that instead of:

<recordingrecovery channel="1" numchannels="2">
<simpleblo</project>

It now reads:

</project> only.

It recovered but the whole thing is silence. Anything I can do?

(it's the last line of code)

The line reads:

<simpleblo</project>

It crashed whilst recording, so it looks liek it's about to add another simpleblockfile. What's the correct way to end the code instead of this?

... to a reasonable level. What computer and operating system do you have? What version of Audacity? When we know these things we'll be better able to help you, and we'll also move this thread to the appropriate forum for your operating system and version of Audacity. -- Bill

We don't know yet what you're looking for. In TextEdit choose Edit > Find > Select Line and type in 7093. What do you see?

-- Bill

Thank you for your help! I've found the file and have duplicated it, opened it in textedit. Am I looking for literally the 7093rd line of code? And then seeing if there are any unusual characters in that line?

Go to <your home>/Library/Application Support/audacity/ In there you should find a folder named "AutoSave" and in there a file with name ending in ".autosave". Make a duplicate of that file, then open the original in TextEdit. Find line 7093 and then try to fix whatever has gone ...