Audacity failed to read from a file in /<path>

Audacity Help Forum macOS
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Hello,

I tried to open the Audacity file today that I have been working on for several days now, and it didn’t open this morning. The only thing I can think of is the file size increased when I versioned up. It went from 2.82 gigs to 3.74gigs, but I don’t think should be a problem because I have more than enough space. I have over 500gb left on storage. I can open the previous 19 versions but not the most recent 20th version. I also updated to the latest Audacity version today. I’ve searched the forum but they don’t give a solution to MAC file errors.
My OS is Ventura 13.1
Here is my file error Problem Details:
{
“timestamp”: 1681501864,
“event_id”: “d27a8b5f176e44cd94757da1069bd55d”,
“platform”: “native”,
“release”: “audacity@3.2.5”,
“contexts”: {
“os”: {
“type”: “os”,
“name”: “Macintosh”,
“version”: “10.16.0”
}
},
“exception”: {
“values”: [
{
“type”: “File_Error”,
“value”: “Audacity failed to read from a file in /.”,
“mechanism”: {
“type”: “runtime_error”,
“handled”: false,
“data”: {
“sqlite3.rc”: “101”,
“sqlite3.context”: “SqliteSampleBlock::Load::step”
}
}
}
]
}
}

Any ideas and thank you?

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See: Audacity failed to read from a file in C:

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jademan, thank you for you response. I don’t know code to well, but I’ll give it a shot.

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Were you trying to open a file from File > Recent Files?

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No, I was opening it directly from the folder on the desktop of my Mac.

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Per jademan’s post, it appears the file is corrupted. The file is probably gone.

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Actually, people using the recovery tool have been having a good chance of a successful recovery. So change that to “probably recoverable”.

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I wonder if people using Mac computers are being able to recover their corrupted files also.
It seems like I need to install a C++ compiler and then run the
“$ audacity-project-tools -recover” line.

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Yes. Well, actually I don’t think that is going to work. I don’t believe the tool runs under MacOS at all.

So the way this is done is to find a good friend with a Windows computer and let them help you. I used to help MacOS users a while ago, but I am not doing that anymore. :frowning_face: There is/was a gguzman over at Audacity who might be able to help you out if you ask nicely. Otherwise it is your Windows friend. :grinning:

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jademan, thank you for your answers. It seems like it was going to take me just as long, so I redid the work I lost. If it happens again, I now know to find a friend :smile: I really appreciate your help.

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