the panel with record, play etc. has separated from the screen. It won’t record. I can’t move it. Nothing happens when I click on it; no options or anything come up. I have tried uninstalling audacity and downloading a new version, but it comes up the same way; without the ability to record.
What version of Mac OS X do you have? Click the Apple logo top left of the screen and choose “About This Mac”.
If you are on OS X 10.4 or later, the only Audacity version you should have is 2.0.5 from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/mac .
Look at Audacity > About Audacity. If it does not say 2.0.5, quit and trash that version, then get 2.0.5 from http://audacityteam.org/download/mac .
When you have 2.0.5, try View > Toolbars > Reset Toolbars.
Gale