installation's problems

[scagnosky]

I can't install audacity 1.3 (any version) on my macbook (intel - 32bit - OSX 10.5).
It makes VST scanning than..crash! I've tried to moove away vst from vst's folder in the library but without results!
somebody has ideas to help me?
Thanks!

[kozikowski]

You can get into trouble when an older install of Audacity hangs and leaves trash around to poison a new install.

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audacity_Preferences

Koz

[steve]

You can disable VST effects in Audacity altogether by following the steps given in Koz's link, but when you get to the step:

2) Open audacity.cfg in a text editor such as Notepad and remove all the content except the line NewPrefsInitialized=1

put (only) the following lines into the audacity.cfg file:

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NewPrefsInitialized=1
[VST]
Enable=0
GUI=0
Rescan=0

(here's a direct link to the part about resetting preferences http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audac ... defaults_2 )

[scagnosky]

thanks for your precious suggestions, but it still doesn't work!

[steve]

Does the "VST scanning" still occur?

[Gale Andrews]

Did you exit Audacity before you edited audacity.cfg?


Gale

[scagnosky]

no more vst scanning, just a crash.
i've also tried to move vst in another place but it doesn't solve anything.
but i've got a "preferences.cfg", not "audavity.cfg"..i've tried to change it but still no solutions!

[steve]

As far as I'm aware Audacity 1.3.x does not have a "preferences.cfg" file.

[Gale Andrews]

Make sure you are using 1.3.13 (the "13" is important because it has a fix for the problem you may be experiencing):
http://audacity.googlecode.com/files/au ... 1.3.13.dmg

Male sure you are looking in <your home folder>/Library/Application Support/audacity for audacity.cfg. But it will not exist if you have never closed Audacity without a crash. In that case extract the attached audacity.cfg to <your home folder>/Library/Application Support/audacity. That .cfg also disables AudioUnits which can be a problem on Mac. Here is the content of the attached audacity.cfg:

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NewPrefsInitialized=1
[AudioUnits]
Enable=0
GUI=0
[VST]
Enable=0
GUI=0
Rescan=0

Gale

[scagnosky]

I tried to built by my self a file like this without success. but this way it works!wonderfull! thanks so much