2.1.1 won't launch, stickied fix won't work [SOLVED]

Audacity Help Forum macOS
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Audacity version: 2.1.1
OS: 10.10.4

I just got a new MacBook pro with yosemite and decided to upgrade my version of audacity that I’ve been using (1.3.12) to the latest version.
I download the .dmg version and installed it, but when I try to run it (from the application folder, not the mounted disk) it bounces on the dock for a second or two and then closes.
I tried looking for the audacity.cfg file to fix that, but there isn’t even an audacity folder in my application support folder.

Any thoughts on how I can fix this? I still have the 1.3.12 version, so I can always use that for now, but it’s irritating not having the newer version work.

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Did you get the graphic where you drag a picture of the Audacity folder into a picture of the Applications folder? I think you can instead drag the Audacity folder into your own actual Applications folder rather than use the graphic.

I can’t think why the installer wouldn’t work.

Koz

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I did. I was trying to open audacity from the applications folder and it is in there. It’s the audacity “application support” folder that’s missing.

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The application support folder cannot be missing if you were running 1.3.12 before.

Follow the instructions in the sticky to use Go > Go to Folder in Finder then paste the following in:

~/Library/Application Support/audacity/

Delete that “audacity” folder. Don’t forget the tilde at the start. It is your user Library, not the system Library.


Gale

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I’m an idiot. I found it this way and folowed the instructions, it seems to be working now. Thanks