Why do I get "NoOverwritePromptz1msAL"

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Re: Why do I get "NoOverwritePromptz1msAL"

Post by steve » Tue Jan 14, 2020 12:41 am

Try launching Audacity as described in this post, and see if that makes a difference: viewtopic.php?f=47&t=107162
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Re: Why do I get "NoOverwritePromptz1msAL"

Post by Mrkil1o1 » Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:53 am

I will certainly try it in the morning (when I have a few more brain cells active.) But I'm curious as to why you think it will do anything when it seems specifically for folks who record using Audacity which isn't me?

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Re: Why do I get "NoOverwritePromptz1msAL"

Post by steve » Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:47 am

Mrkil1o1 wrote:
Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:53 am
I'm curious as to why you think it will do anything
I'm making an educated guess. This is my thinking:

The error message is not from Audacity, so it's probably from macOS. It appears to be indicating that Audacity is not allowed to do something, though the error message is so vague I've no idea what precisely macOS is objecting to.
Because Audacity is not "notarized", it is not possible to directly give permission to Audacity to access computer resources.
"Computer resources" include access to the microphone, access to files and directories, access to other apps and services ...
The workaround for accessing the microphone will "probably" also work for other computer resources, hopefully including whatever is causing your problem.
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