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In ver. 1.3.13, have been unable to open projects made on MAC using ver 1.3.13. I had have NO issues with ver. 12.x.

The project was saved first on the Mac were it was produced. Tried saving on cd, USB, and online transfer. None of them will open on my Windows XP, or Vista systems at home.
Using ver.12.x I have never had an issue.
ALL the files are located in it's file folder with the same name and in the same home folder.

Since the data files are no longer in a numerical order and do not have timestamps to the 1/100 second, cannot import.


Warning Missing Audio Data Block Files

18:19:54: Warning: Project check found file inconsistencies inspecting the loaded project data.
18:20:04: Error: can't open file 'C:CG Transfer DriveAudio20110917 Gal20110917 Good Question Jesus Gal_datae00d06e000671d.au' (error 2: the system cannot find the file specified.)
18:20:04: Error: can't open file 'C:CG Transfer DriveAudio20110917 Gal20110917 Good Question Jesus Gal_datae00d06e00063b3.au' (error 2: the system cannot find the file specified.)
18:20:05: Warning: Missing data blockfile: 'C:CG Transfer DriveAudio20110917 Gal20110917 Good Question Jesus Gal_datae00d01e0001416.au'
18:20:05: Warning: Missing data blockfile: 'C:CG Transfer DriveAudio20110917 Gal20110917 Good Question Jesus Gal_datae00d00e00001f2.au'
18:20:05: Warning: Missing data blockfile: 'C:CG Transfer DriveAudio20110917 Gal20110917 Good Question Jesus Gal_datae00d04e00044c5.au'
18:20:05: Warning: Missing data blockfile: 'C:CG Transfer DriveAudio20110917 Gal20110917 Good Question Jesus Gal_datae00d01e0001696.au'
18:20:05: Warning: Missing data blockfile: 'C:CG Transfer DriveAudio20110917 Gal20110917 Good Question Jesus Gal_datae00d05e00059f3.au'
18:20:05: Warning: Missing data blockfile: 'C:CG Transfer DriveAudio20110917 Gal20110917 Good Question Jesus Gal_datae00d00e0000023.au'
18:20:05: Warning: Missing data blockfile: 'C:CG Transfer DriveAudio20110917 Gal20110917 Good Question Jesus Gal_datae00d05e0005d3f.au'
18:20:05: Warning: Missing data blockfile: 'C:CG Transfer DriveAudio20110917 Gal20110917 Good Question Jesus Gal_datae00d02e000229f.au'
18:20:05: Warning: Missing data blockfile: 'C:CG Transfer DriveAudio20110917 Gal20110917 Good Question Jesus Gal_datae00d00e00004db.au'

ON and ON and ON.........

I can't wait for the answer to this one. I never thought you should be able to swap operating systems like you're doing.

This is a very simple Mac AUP file...

http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/aup1.jpg

Note the two 'aliasfile=' listings. /Users/koz/Desktop.....

The slash marks go the other way on Windows machines. IMHO it should be impossible to cross them -- ever.

Koz

rkstaggers wrote:ALL the files are located in it's file folder with the same name and in the same home folder.

The problem is probably there.

Read this first: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Audacity_Projects
then this: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Dependencies_Dialog

If you have audio files that are external to the project (dependencies), they are referenced by the absolute file address for example:
C:Documents and Settings<user name>My DocumentsAudacity ProjectsNew Projectsomefile.wav

Audio data within the project itself is addressed relative to the location of the .AUP file. For example, if the AUP file is located at:
C:Documents and Settings<user name>My DocumentsAudacity ProjectsNew Projectsomeproject.aup
then the _data folder will be:
C:Documents and Settings<user name>My DocumentsAudacity ProjectsNew Projectsomeproject_data

To transfer a project from one machine to another, the first step is to Check for Dependencies before you save the project on the machine where it was recorded. If any dependencies are listed, then "copy all audio into project". Save the project and close Audacity. (closing Audacity will remove any temporary data that is no longer required). Then copy both the .AUP and the _data folder to the new machine. Both the file and the folder must be copied into the same folder. The only difference between file locations now is that Mac uses a different file path separator than Windows ("" vs "/") but I think Audacity should be able to handle that.

If this does not work, we'll need to start digging for reasons and solutions.