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Latest, most up-to-date instructions needed.
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:07 pm
by swami7774
The work-throughs to record audio on Audacity don't work. I've done the Soundflowerbed/sound prefs/terminal bits and none works reliably. I was able to get it all working once, last weekend, but not since. Is anything in the pipeline to permanently and easily fix this?
Re: Latest, most up-to-date instructions needed.
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:31 pm
by steve
swami7774 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:07 pm
The work-throughs to record audio on Audacity don't work.
It works for me with Audacity 2.3.2 on Catalina 10.15.1. I've not tried Audacity 2.3.3 yet (Catalina just finished updating 5 mins ago).
swami7774 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:07 pm
I've done the Soundflowerbed/sound
I've not tested yet, but I don't expect Soundflowerbed to work as it is obsolete.
swami7774 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:07 pm
Is anything in the pipeline to permanently and easily fix this?
Audacity 2.4.0 is due to be released fairly early 2020, which should fix the Catalina issues for Audacity.
We have no association with the makers of Soundflower.
Re: Latest, most up-to-date instructions needed.
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:43 pm
by steve
steve wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:31 pm
I've not tried Audacity 2.3.3 yet
I've tried it now.
When I first tried launching Audacity, I got a message saying that Audacity could not be opened because the author could not be verified.
To fix that,
- I used "control + click" on the icon in the dock, and then selected "open".
- When prompted, I confirmed that I wanted to run Audacity
- Then I quit Audacity
After doing that, the terminal command to run Audacity now works.
Re: Latest, most up-to-date instructions needed.
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 4:02 pm
by swami7774
Thank you. Does Audacity 2.3.3 have any 32/64 bit problems?
Re: Latest, most up-to-date instructions needed.
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 4:23 pm
by steve
Audacity 2.3.3 is a 64-bit app. It requires a 64-bit version of macOS.
Re: Latest, most up-to-date instructions needed.
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 4:37 pm
by swami7774
Thanks. Pretty sure Catalina is 64-bit. Mac made a big thing out of letting users know certain apps wouldn’t work without upgrading from 32. At this point I may wait for the new Audacity due out soon(hopefully). Doing otherwise is not worth the aggravation.
Re: Latest, most up-to-date instructions needed.
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 5:51 pm
by waxcylinder
swami7774 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 4:37 pm
Thanks. Pretty sure Catalina is 64-bit.
Catalina is certainly 64-bit
WC
Re: Latest, most up-to-date instructions needed.
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:16 pm
by kozikowski
Maybe not quite enough words. MacOS has been 64 bit for a long time.
- 32-bit.jpg (142.57 KiB) Viewed 291 times
That's 10.9.5.
Catalina's trick is it's
only 64-bit. Under those conditions, as an example, my off-air "TV Set" will stop working. That's one tiny example why I'm not breaking down the door to upgrade.
Koz
Re: Latest, most up-to-date instructions needed.
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:30 pm
by swami7774
Gotcha. It’s a little late for those of us who have upgraded already.
Re: Latest, most up-to-date instructions needed.
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:33 pm
by kozikowski
Audacity 2.3.3 is a 64-bit app. It requires a 64-bit version of macOS.
In other words, all of them likely to be useful. "Frances" is an 11 year old Mac and has 64-bit compatible architecture. I should try the install later.
Koz