Making the jump to audacity from other sw. Not a newbie, already scoured the forum…
Mac 0s 10.12.6
New Install AUD 2.3.3
New install FFMpeg and Lamel
When I go to save a project, I get this: "“Save Project” is for an Audacity project, not an audio file.
For an audio file that will open in other apps, use “Export”
To be clear: I am VERY aware how to export sound files, what to do. I am not trying to save an audio file. That is not my question. I am not querying exporting sound files.
I am simply trying to save a new AUD project. “Save As Project” to work on.
No matter whether I create a new blank project. Quit and open a new blank, Or open an existing project - absolutely nothing will save without getting this error message.
That’s not an error, just a warning that you are not saving/making a “regular” audio file. If you click “OK” you should be able to proceed an save your project. (But I’ve never tried saving a blank project.)
Empty projects can be saved. This is a useful feature if for some reason you Audacity to write it’s temp data to a non-standard location (if the project has been saved, temp data is written into the project’s “_data” folder).
Thank you Thank you Thank you. I actually figured this out 2 minutes after posting this. “duh” haha
In my own defense, it wasn’t completely apparent, and since there’s several other threads on this - but no answer, I’ll just leave this here for others having a brain fart like me.
