Audacity 2.3.3 won't save settings

Launch from terminal, opens projects but changing settings for example, default view as spectrogram or writing keyboard shortcuts, don’t stick if I close and reopen.

Version 2.3.3 is about 8 years old… Current version is 3.7.7.

Sure, just so happens I like my macbook with Catalina. Idk, maybe need to make room for memory, but I’d like for it to just work with the settings I prefer like it always has.

That implies something has recently changed.

FYI, settings are stored ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/audacity.cfg

You didn’t mention anything about your computer / perating system… Audacity 3.5.1.0 works for me on a MacBook Air with 4 MB of RAM and macOS 10.13 “High Sierra”.

On my iMac with Sonoma (macOS 14) I use Audacity 3.6.4.

Why are you “launching from Terminal”, as you write?