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I leave the app down in my Dock along with other programs. I run it when I think there's something funny going on. Several times I found a stuck or mis-directed application or process taking up 99% of the machine.

We are warned against "Plenty of Room." Go > Computer > Right Click Macintosh HD > Get Info. Shift+Command+4, draw a box around the General info panel and post the picture.

Koz

dmehrens wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:59 pm

opened by clicking on it in applications

Is Audacity in the Dock?
If it is, try right click on the icon, and select "Open". Does macOS show any warnings or other message when you do that?

kozikowski wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:41 am

Desktop > Go > Utilities > Activity Monitor.


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I leave the app down in my Dock along with other programs. I run it when I think there's something funny going on. Several times I found a stuck or mis-directed application or process taking up 99% of the machine.

We are warned against "Plenty of Room." Go > Computer > Right Click Macintosh HD > Get Info. Shift+Command+4, draw a box around the General info panel and post the picture.

Koz

For some reason the paste, doesn't work. I copy pic (I've done that before but doesn't let me paste it here)
Capacity: 499.25 GB
Available: 103.97 GB
Used: 395.28 GB

I have 103 GB available, isn't that enough?

steve wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:17 am

dmehrens wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:59 pm

opened by clicking on it in applications

Is Audacity in the Dock?
If it is, try right click on the icon, and select "Open". Does macOS show any warnings or other message when you do that?

Yes, it has an Automatic Crash Recovery box that pops up: Some projects were not saved properly the last time Audacity was run. Fortunately, the follow projects can be automatically recovered: and then it lists my project name (the first and only one I have) Then at bottom it says: After recovery, save the project to save the changes to disk.
My options are: QUIT AUDACITY DISCARD PROJECTS RECOVER PROJECTS

The last time this came up, I hit recover projects. Then it bring it up. But, then a warning box pops up: WARNINGS: Problems in Automatic Recovery Project check found file inconsistencies during automatic recovery then select Help>Diagnostics>ShowLog I hit OK (If I try to do that, SHOW LOG isn't highlighted so I can't do that.) so I hit OK. Then, I can get to my project. At this point, I can edit the audio track I have, save project, close Audacity; reopen Audacity and select my project and work on it again. HOWEVER:

I think it is happening whenever I go into and click on the music track (an m4a file of royalty free music). If I have the music track muted and just listen to my audio (me talking) and edit and save it and have only clicked in that audio track, everything is fine. I can close it and reopen and work on the audio track. But if I click in the music track then, the box pops up that is the SamplingTools needs to take control of another process for debugging to continue. (I have to enter my admin password) and this is where it all repeats with the debug report and beach ball. Then, I end up having to do a hard shut down. This time I had the activities monitor on and under the tabs in activities monitor it shows Audacity in red and NOT RESPONDING - in every tab.

If I enter my admin password and hit enter then the debug report preview shows up. Activities monitor under every tab still shows Audacity in red and NOT RESPONDING.

So roughly 20% of the drive is free. That's good.

You usually can't paste directly on the forum.

Attachments (under a forum text window) > Add Files > Select the file.

You don't have to post anything. You're looking for something getting stuck at an unreasonably high usage. It doesn't have to be Audacity.

We'd be looking for anything that Audacity is not expecting. Are you using Google G-Drives or other on-line storage?

Do you have a Skype, Zoom or other on-line session running while you work? Games? Are they napping in your dock? Audacity is competing with something for system resources.

(an m4a file of royalty free music)

Is this a music service that keeps checking back to the home office as you use it? I have some of that. That can create all sorts of problems. Can you disconnect your network as you work? WiFi? You can turn that off with the fan symbol at the top of the desktop. This is WiFi off.


Does some app or service go nuts when you do that?

As above, complaining about the debug report is like complaining about the newspaper reporter at the factory fire.

Koz