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Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 4:38 pm**

Hello Audacity users,

I don't know what I did but all of a sudden Audacity will not record on my iMac. It used to, and now it won't.

iMac 10.14.6
Audacity 2.3.3

I'm receiving a signal in System Preferences > Sound

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The input on Audacity is set to my audio adapter. GarageBand is receiving a signal and is able to record but I prefer to use Audacity. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Posted: **Sat Apr 04, 2020 6:46 pm**

I have the sane problem. Could you solve this problem?

Posted: **Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:26 pm**

The Mac version appears to be broken for recording at the moment.

I've tried version 2.3.3 on two Macs running Mac OS 10.15.4, one with a USB mic and another with the built-in laptop mic. Other apps see and record the microphone signals, but Audacity doesn't. The mics are shown and selectable in Audacity's Input collection, but the meters don't show any signal.

I checked the Security & Privacy settings for the microphone input, and Audacity is not shown as ever requesting mic access.

Posted: **Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:13 pm**

For Mojave, see this post: viewtopic.php?f=47&t=103573

For Catalina, see this post: viewtopic.php?f=47&t=107162

The Catalina problem has been resolved in the development version of Audacity, which is due to be released next month all being well.

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