Help for Audacity on macOS.
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This forum is for Audacity on macOS 10.4 and later.
Please state which version of macOS you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Audacity menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at
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1.2.x and
1.3.x forums.
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RayBir
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- Operating System: macOS 10.15 Catalina or later
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by RayBir » Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:12 am
Yes, i have 2 problems that i havn't yet figured out:
#1 Why must i press the space bar to activate the tool bar at top after i have edited a track and want to export it or delete a part of the track?
#2 Why does another window open when i have finished with one project and start another - it allways opens up another window behind the new one?
Apart from that, i am completely happy!
I have Audacity 2.1.0 and my OS is Mojave 10.14.3 on a Macbook Pro.
Many thanks for this forum - looks good
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steve
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by steve » Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:29 am
RayBir wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:12 am
#1 Why must i press the space bar to activate the tool bar at top after i have edited a track and want to export it or delete a part of the track?
This is not clear. Please give exact steps of what you are trying to do.
RayBir wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:12 am
#2 Why does another window open when i have finished with one project and start another - it allways opens up another window behind the new one?
Again this is not clear, but my guess is that you are "closing" the Audacity project when there is only one project open. This leaves Audacity still running, so Audacity opens a new project window. This behaviour may look a little unusual on a Mac due to Mac's weird habit of leaving programs running in the background when the user tells a program to close.
If you wish to shut down Audacity completely, select "Exit" from the file menu (probably "Command + Q", but I'm not able to test at the moment).
RayBir wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:12 am
I have Audacity 2.1.0
That's an old version. The current version is 2.3.1 and is available via the Audacity website:
https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/
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RayBir
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by RayBir » Thu Mar 21, 2019 4:59 pm
steve wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:29 am
RayBir wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:12 am
#1 Why must i press the space bar to activate the tool bar at top after i have edited a track and want to export it or delete a part of the track?
This is not clear. Please give exact steps of what you are trying to do.
RayBir wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:12 am
#2 Why does another window open when i have finished with one project and start another - it allways opens up another window behind the new one?
Again this is not clear, but my guess is that you are "closing" the Audacity project when there is only one project open. This leaves Audacity still running, so Audacity opens a new project window. This behaviour may look a little unusual on a Mac due to Mac's weird habit of leaving programs running in the background when the user tells a program to close.
If you wish to shut down Audacity completely, select "Exit" from the file menu (probably "Command + Q", but I'm not able to test at the moment).
RayBir wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:12 am
I have Audacity 2.1.0
That's an old version. The current version is 2.3.1 and is available via the Audacity website:
https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/
Many thanks for putting me in the right direction.
In fact, my problems are (as it turns out) just a n00bs misstakes - sorry about that.
I have spent all day converting whole albums into seperate tracks with great success i might add.
Strange though that i can open mp3 albums/tracks but not export - oh well, maybe i will get on better with the upgraded version os Audacity.
Once again, many thanks
