'Cut' button doesn't work and 'Cut' in Edit is missing

Audacity Help Forum macOS
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After highlighting a section of the wave form, I can’t cut or delete it, because the Cut button has no effect and Cut is absent from the Edit menu.
I am using MAc OS X 10.7.5. What’s wrong?!

Malcolm GC

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The Cut menu option is in “Edit menu > Remove Audio or Labels > Cut” http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/edit_menu.html#cut
Note that playback must be stopped (not playing, recording or paused).

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I am having the same problem. I have highlighted the clip I want to use and saved it as an Audacity file on my desktop. I can open it from there using Audacity, and only the edited clip plays. But I can’t cut the unwanted part off as the scissors and the “cut” option under “remove audio labels” are both greyed out.

I saved it as a WAV file using the import button as suggested, but it saved the entire track, not just the selected clip. I need to know how to save just the selected clip in a format I can email. Can anyone help?

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Playback must be stopped (not playing, recording or paused).

I don’t think anyone suggested that.
“Import” does not save files, it “reads” files (imports them into the current project).

File menu > Export Selection.

Note that for MP3 export you will need to install LAME: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#lame
For WMA and some of the other fancy formats you will need to install FFMpeg: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown

For exporting in WAV, OGG, FLAC, AIFF formats you don’t need to install any additional software as these are open formats supported natively by Audacity.

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Thank you. The downloads seem to have fixed it.

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What downloads?
– Bill