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Audacity 2.4.2 still not recording on Mac Catalina

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 7:51 pm
by MikeSl
I have been using Audacity 2.3.3 fine for quite a while on pre-Catalina versions on a MacBook Air with a Technics USB turntable. Just yesterday, I upgraded to Catalina and Audacity 2.4.2 and am getting no recording volume from either my turntable or the laptop microphone. I can see that the laptop is getting the input signal. I am using the Terminal workaround that has been posted on threads for pre-Catalina versions but was under the impression that the latest Audacity release solved the problem. Any thoughts are appreciated.

Re: Audacity 2.4.2 still not recording on Mac Catalina

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:57 pm
by steve
The terminal workaround should no longer be necessary with Audacity 2.4.2, but Audacity does need to be granted permission to access the mic in
"System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Microphone"

Re: Audacity 2.4.2 still not recording on Mac Catalina

Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:19 pm
by MikeSl
Thank you. I had to re-download 2.4.2 and things seem to be working fine now.

Re: Audacity 2.4.2 still not recording on Mac Catalina

Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:37 pm
by steve
Super :) Thanks for the update.