Red triangle on timeline and not recording

Audacity Help Forum macOS
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I can’t record because a red triangle appeared on the timeline with “Timeline actions disabled during recording” even though I’m not recording. I tried closing the file and Audacity but the setting seems to be stuck.

I’m using a Macbook Pro 10.13.3 and Audacity 2.2.2

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Please see this page.

The red triangle is the recording cursor. You are probably in record-pause. Try pressing the stop button.

– Bill

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I have red triangle on timeline and cannot record. Quitting Audacity and selecting the pause button have not enabled me to continue recording. Please advise.

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Please check the menu Transport > Transport Options and make sure that “Sound Activated Recording” is not checked.
– Bill

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Hi Bill, Thanks for the reply, I have done all you suggested and still not able to record.

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I’m having this problem as well, please HELP, I’ve tried everything and still not able to record. I even uninstalled and reinstalled but still can’t record. This is so frustrating.

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Please save the “Audio device info” (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/help_menu_diagnostics.html#audio_device_info) and attach the saved file to your reply.
See here for how to attach a file to your forum post: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/how-to-attach-files-to-forum-posts/24026/1

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actually using windows 10 but the same thing is happening