I have just bought a Mac OSX. I want to download and install Audacity + Lame. I have downloaded Audacity following instructions from Audacitystore.com The next instruction says:1 inside your applications folder, create a folder called Audacity. 2. Double click the downloaded .dmg to mount it. 3. Option - drag the whole of the .dmg contents ( not the .dmg itself ) into the Audacity folder.
I don't understand any of 1 - 3 Can anyone give me an idiot's guide please?
Need advice
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billw58
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Re: Need advice
Actually you want to download it from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_mac
For the rest, those are standard Macintosh operations.
1) In the Finder, click on "Applications" in the sidebar of a Finder Window. Click on File > New Folder. Name the folder "Audacity".
2) When you downloaded Audacity it came packaged in a file ending with ".dmg" - this is Apple's "disk image format" file. Find where this file was download to on your computer (if you have a new Mac it should be in the "Downloads" folder) and double-click it. A new "disk" will mount on your machine and a new window will open.
3) Drag the entire contents of that window into the folder you created in step 1.
If any of this doesn't make sense to you, I'd recommend spending some time with the quick start pamphlet that come with your computer, and consulting the Macintosh help (in the Finder, click on Help > Mac Help).
-- Bill
For the rest, those are standard Macintosh operations.
1) In the Finder, click on "Applications" in the sidebar of a Finder Window. Click on File > New Folder. Name the folder "Audacity".
2) When you downloaded Audacity it came packaged in a file ending with ".dmg" - this is Apple's "disk image format" file. Find where this file was download to on your computer (if you have a new Mac it should be in the "Downloads" folder) and double-click it. A new "disk" will mount on your machine and a new window will open.
3) Drag the entire contents of that window into the folder you created in step 1.
If any of this doesn't make sense to you, I'd recommend spending some time with the quick start pamphlet that come with your computer, and consulting the Macintosh help (in the Finder, click on Help > Mac Help).
-- Bill