2.4.2 on Catalina 10.15.7: no sound on recording

[ricardo57]

Hello, I have been trying everything I’ve found around to make run Audacity 2.4.2 under Catalina 10.15.7 but seems to be no way to make it record or play back any sound. I need to use it to play back my audio files, and nothing is working; and if possible to make the microphone run too.

I’ve tried with Terminal many times and nothing happens, only errors.
I have been using Audacity for many years in other MacBooks before and neve had a problem with it. I used it to compose and process and mix my compositions.Please, any help is welcomed!!! Thanks.
Ricardo

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Hello, I have spent two days trying everything posted in the previous messages and my Audacity 2.4.2 is not recording or playing back anything on MacOS 10.15.7
It always shows me the -9997 error and nothing else.
I have tried using the Terminal workaround and nothing (only a long list of errors)
And after many tests with different versions of Audacity, now Audacity is not showing anymore in the Security & Privacy > Privacy > Microphone pane … it was there before, but even installing the application again and again, it doesn’t show up there now.
Suggestions are welcomed. Thanks.

[steve]

I’ve tried with Terminal many times and nothing happens, only errors.

What are the errors?

What are you trying to record from? (Example: “recording from a Blue Yeti Pro USB microphone”)

[rachalmers]

I’m running Catalina, and the latest 2.4.2 no issues.
What sort of Mac are you running?
Have you got it running yet?

[jademan]

Hello, I have been trying everything I’ve found around to make run Audacity 2.4.2 under Catalina 10.15.7 but seems to be no way to make it record or play back any sound. I need to use it to play back my audio files, and nothing is working; and if possible to make the microphone run too.

Also, make sure Audacity has permission use your microphone. See here: Control access to the microphone on Mac – Apple Support (UK).