2.0.3 fails to run on launch[SOLVED]

Audacity Help Forum macOS
1

I use 10.6.8…203 will NOT run. I installed both DMG and ZIP. what to do…any ideas.

2

Did you have a previous version that ran? If so, your settings may be messed up.

Even if you never ran Audacity before, plug-ins on your system may be interfering with Audacity launch.

To investigate and correct either case, see here:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/User:BillWharrie/Resetting_Preferences_on_Mac .

If the problem is that Mac says Audacity is not from an “identified developer”, right-click or control-click on the Audacity application in Finder, choose “Open”, then in the dialog box that appears, choose “Open”.


Gale

3

I have used Audacity for a long time…years. I HAVE recently added WAVES plugs for Logic. Maybe they are the culprit. I’ll see if I can remove them. Thanks for the tips.

4

Waves will be the problem. You have the choice of disabling Audio Unit plug-ins in Audacity (by editing audacity.cfg) or moving Waves out of

/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/

or

~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/

(which may stop other programs using them).


Gale

5

Gale, thanks for the info. It worked. I wrote an Applescript to move all plugs in both those folders to be relocated to the parent folder. All plugs I added I gave a red index color. Here is the Applescript code in case anyone else has this same problem.



tell application "Finder"
	set x to display dialog "Audacity...what to do" buttons {"Open", "Quit"}
	
	
	if button returned of x is "Open" then
		tell application "Finder"
			-- Plugs in Shawn Library
			set shawn_library_plugs to "Macintosh HD:Users:Shawn:Library:Audio:Plug-Ins"
			set shawn_library_plugs_components to "Macintosh HD:Users:Shawn:Library:Audio:Plug-Ins:Components"
			set MacHD_library_plugs to "Macintosh HD:Library:Audio:Plug-Ins"
			set MacHD_library_plugs_components to "Macintosh HD:Library:Audio:Plug-Ins:Components"
			
			set x to every item of folder shawn_library_plugs_components whose label index is 2
			move x to shawn_library_plugs
			
			set x to every item of folder MacHD_library_plugs_components whose label index is 2
			move x to MacHD_library_plugs
			delay 1
			
			tell application "Audacity" to launch
		end tell
		
	else
		
		if button returned of x is "Quit" then
			tell application "Audacity" to quit
			delay 1
			
			tell application "Finder"
				
				set shawn_library_plugs to "Macintosh HD:Users:Shawn:Library:Audio:Plug-Ins"
				set shawn_library_plugs_components to "Macintosh HD:Users:Shawn:Library:Audio:Plug-Ins:Components"
				set MacHD_library_plugs to "Macintosh HD:Library:Audio:Plug-Ins"
				set MacHD_library_plugs_components to "Macintosh HD:Library:Audio:Plug-Ins:Components"
				
				set x to every item of folder shawn_library_plugs whose label index is 2
				move x to shawn_library_plugs_components
				
				set x to every item of folder MacHD_library_plugs whose label index is 2
				move x to MacHD_library_plugs_components
			end tell
		end if
	end if
	
end tell
6

Thanks for your contribution.


Gale