Retrieving material from Data folders
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Mac 0S X 10.3 and earlier are no longer supported but you can download legacy versions of Audacity for those systems HERE.
Retrieving material from Data folders
I recorded a number of tracks with Audacity, but two of them went haywire on me, and then I lost them. All I have left are the _data folders associated with them. The recordings are in there, but in two-minute segments. Is there a way I can convert the material in the _data folders back into .aup files (no idea where the original .aup files went) and then make them into MP3s, or do I have to start fresh and re-record that material? I am working on a MacBook. Thanks for your help!
Re: Retrieving material from Data folders
The current version of Audacity (1.3.14) will usually be able to automatically recover the audio data after a crash. If Audacity was unable to automatically recover the data it is probably not recoverable, but if you want to have a go at manual recovery, see here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Crash_Recovery
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Re: Retrieving material from Data folders
It would pay very handsomely for you to find those AUP files. What happens if you either Desktop > File > Find, or Desktop > Spotlight (magnifying glass usually all the way over on the right).
Search for dot a u p.
.aup
If you search for straight aup with no dot, you'll get billions of bad hits. Since you know what the show name is from the _data folder, search for the whole thing. ElvisPresley_data, search for ElvisPresley.aup.
If you used punctuation marks in your filename, then that may be what happened. Never put punctuation marks in filenames except dash and underscore. Your Mac may become unpredicatable if you do that. Never put dates in filenames.
Today is 20120103, or you can wimp out and write it 2012-01-03.
Koz
Search for dot a u p.
.aup
If you search for straight aup with no dot, you'll get billions of bad hits. Since you know what the show name is from the _data folder, search for the whole thing. ElvisPresley_data, search for ElvisPresley.aup.
If you used punctuation marks in your filename, then that may be what happened. Never put punctuation marks in filenames except dash and underscore. Your Mac may become unpredicatable if you do that. Never put dates in filenames.
Today is 20120103, or you can wimp out and write it 2012-01-03.
Koz