Audacity 2.3.3 Won't Open on Mac Mojave

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I used Audacity all day yesterday with no problems and then today the application won’t open. When I click on the icon, it will bounce for a second and then rest again. I also tried right clicking and selecting “open.” I restarted my computer and re-downloaded the software and I still have the same problem.

I searched other forums suggesting that I go to Library > Application Support > Audacity. There wasn’t an Audacity file so I created one, and uploaded a audacity.cfg code. No difference. It still won’t open.

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It looks like you got the wrong “Library” folder (macOS has two “Library” folders).

Ensure that Audacity is not running (not even in the background), then:

Open Finder, use the Go menu, choose Go to Folder and then copy and paste:

~/Library/Application Support/audacity

(the squiggle at the start is important)

In there you should see three files:
audacity.cfg
pluginregistry.cfg
pluginsettings.cfg

Delete those three files, then see if you can Launch Audacity.

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Hi, I’m sorry to revive an old forum post, but I could not make it work even after deleting the two files. I’m on Mojave 10.14.6

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Which two files? The instructions say to delete three.
– Bill

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Same problem, following recommended fix but also find only 2 of the 3 files:

audacity.cfg
pluginregistry.cfg

(Searched and do not find pluginsettings.cfg)

I have run Disk First Aid, and safe-booted. Still the same.

Should I de-install and re-install Audacity?

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