Every move I make, I get the beachball. It never used to be this way. If it were, I would not have worked with Audacity so many years. Now I have all these templates that are borderline unworkable because Audacity has slowed down my workflow so much. I am reaching out here in the hopes that there is a remedy, before I start rebuilding in a different program.
I just want you to knowL I am experiencing exactly the same thing! The slow UX is driving me insane. I’ve been using Audacity since, sheesh, I can’t even remember - probably going back to late noughties (2006-08 or so), starting with Windows, then when I moved to Mac. I think I may have even used it on a Linux Netbook once in 2010, but that can’t be confirmed.
I bought a second hand MacBook Pro 13" 2017 model (no touch bar), 16gb RAM, 2.3ghz i5 running Catalina - and installed Audacity 2.4.2 - I cannot believe the slow response of the UX. I tried to delete the app and rolled back to 2.4.1 but that was even worse. (But I actually fear not all root files were deleted from 2.4.2 so there may be some conflict - you know Mac and their uninstalling of software headache).
Anyways, I came around searching the forums to see if anyone else has experienced this, and saw your post! And due to the shrugs you seem to be getting from other Mac Audacity users, I thought I’d add my voice and let you know you’re not alone! Haha!
For me? I guess I’ll keep trying previous versions of Audacity. Your story confirms for me that something is not quite right here.
OH MY GOODNESS STEVE! THANK YOU! THIS SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM. Fantastic! I will report back if the lag does ever return, but so far I think that is exactly what the problem was.