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I just installed 1.3.8 on my OS 10.5.7 machine. When I try to start it, I get the following message:

Native Instruments

Installation folder not found. Please select a folder now.


I choose OK,... it asks for the folder, I point it to the Native Instruments folder I have on my machine, then Audacity quits.

Any suggestions? I was previously on 1.3.3 and it worked just fine.

Thanks

-jerm!

Native Instruments seems to be a music production software company with a series of products.

--buy Native instruments reaktor 5
--oem Native instruments reaktor 5
--Native instruments reaktor 5 sales
--Native Instruments has released a Public Beta version of Battery v3.0.5 for registered Battery users.

So what connection do you have with Native Instruments?

Koz

Audacity 1.3.8 has some kind of VST support built in - I don't know much about this (I'm on Linux and VST is not relevant to me) but I saw something on http://n2.nabble.com/audacity-devel-f238278.html that may be relevant.

See here http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 534#p45667

Hi all!
I downloaded 1.3.8b and installed. When I open the program it crashes instantly.

Mac OS X 10.5.7 Intel MB Pro. Any idea?

Other Mac Users are reporting the same behavior.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8052/audacity

Hi petele. Have you tried the latest nightly build from here: http://www.audacity.homerow.net/index.php?dir=mac%2F
It's probably a good idea to delete the audacity.cfg file before you install the new version - I'm not sure how you do that on a Mac, but there should be some Mac people around later.

BTW, it's OK to start a new topic if you do not find answers in an existing one. Also ok to post in another topic if your issues match exactly with those of another user. Not good to post in very old topics, not good to double post (posting the same question in multiple places), or in a topic that does not exactly match your issue (for example if the symptoms, the Audacity version, or the computer type are different). Hope that helps.

I tried the latest nightly build from 20.07.09 but it shows identical behaviour. Tries to launch, beachball of death, crash.

<<<Tries to launch, beachball of death, crash.>>>

That's a terrific clue. You get the SBBOD when the time allocated for a task is greatly exceeded. Are you running out of drive space?

Go > Computer > System Drive (on the left) > File > Get INFO. Never go to greater than 90% full.

How many applications do you have open? 30? 40?

When was the last time you did a Repair Permissions?

Go > Utilities > Disk Utilities > System Drive > Verify Disk and Repair Permissions.

Let's start there.

Koz

<<<delete the audacity.cfg file before you install the new version>>>

It's a grand idea.

Go > Home > Library > Application Support > Trash the whole audacity folder.

Koz

OK, I did delete the audacity.cfg file.
I have 20GB of free disk space which is less then 10% of a 250GB HHD. But is that already "running out of drive space"?

kozikowski wrote:How many applications do you have open? 30? 40?

Only 1 (Safari). That shouldn't be too much...

kozikowski wrote:When was the last time you did a Repair Permissions?

2 days ago.
Now the problem still isn't solved. But does that mean it is running on your system without any problems?