Crashes every time I try to record

Audacity 3 Help Forum
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Bug? For the first time ever, when I tried to record two tracks I got a message (first time ever) asking me if I wanted Mac to access microphone. I said yes, although I do not need it yet. Now every time I hit record it creates a new audio track that is recording audio. There is no way to turn it off. (I turned it off in Mac settings but it does nothing). Then it crashes; every time.

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  1. Accessing the microphone. That’s macOS asking you if you want to grant permission to Audacity to access the “microphone” (Apple’s catch-all term for any audio input device).

  2. In Audacity > Preferences > Recording there is a checkbox for “Record on a new track”. Uncheck that.

  3. If you turned off microphone access in the Mac Privacy & Security Settings that may be why Audacity is crashing.

– Bill

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Thanks so much Bill for the rapid reply. I ended up downloading the new version and it got rid of the problem. But now I know what to do if it happens again. (In the new version when it asked me if I want Mac to access the mic, this time I said no and it solved the problem.

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That’s not Audacity asking to access the “microphone”, that’s macOS. How can you record anything if Audacity is not allowed access to any audio input devices?
– Bill

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