I love Audacity and have been using it on my PC for years. However, when I recently switched to Mac (Mountain Lion) I found it crashing on me all the time when I record.
My settings are 24 bit 48000 Hz. There is no consistency on when and how it crashes, but mostly it happens on Project Save or in the middle of the recording. Then I can recover my project and continue, but it can happens 10 to 12 times in one our.
The Audacity version that I use is 2.0.1.
Using Presonus Audiobox USB to record guitar and voice on my Mac mini that I bought in 2011 (8Gb of RAM).
Please help,
Audacity 2.0.1 crashes on Mac Mountain Lion during recording
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This forum is for Audacity on macOS 10.4 and later.Please state which version of macOS you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Audacity menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
Audacity 2.0.1 crashes on Mac Mountain Lion during recording
Last edited by maratique on Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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kozikowski
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Re: Audacity 2.0.1 crashes on Mac Mountain Lion during recor
All the time you record what? What's the show and how do you have the computer connected? And which computer?all the time when I record.
Koz
Re: Audacity 2.0.1 crashes on Mac Mountain Lion during recor
When I record music and voice. I use Presonus Audiobox USB
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kozikowski
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Re: Audacity 2.0.1 crashes on Mac Mountain Lion during recor
I have a Mini old enough to have one USB connection be erratic. Try a different connection and you consistently have trouble with one, put in a hub for keyboard and mouse and leave the busted one blank. Do Not Run Audacity through a hub. Audacity needs a clean home run.
And don't edit a question with more information. Always add a self-contained comment or response.
Koz
And don't edit a question with more information. Always add a self-contained comment or response.
Koz
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Gale Andrews
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Re: Audacity 2.0.1 crashes on Mac Mountain Lion during recor
You didn't say when you wrote to [email protected] that you were using an external audio device. You could check with Presonus if OS X 10.8 has broken compatibility with the interface. Are you setttng 24-bit 48000 Hz in Apple Audio MIDI Setup as well as in Audacity?
Do you get a crash when recording from the Mac audio input instead of Presonus?
To repeat my response on [email protected]
Gale
Do you get a crash when recording from the Mac audio input instead of Presonus?
To repeat my response on [email protected]
Now you have also posted here it may be easier to continue here.Is this OS X 10.8.1? There was one other report recently that upgrading from 10.8.0 to 10.8.1 caused Audacity crashes. It may be incidental. but that user found that redownloading Audacity and installing the new download stopped the crashes.
The current Audacity version is 2.0.2:
http://audacityteam.org/download/mac
so I would first of all try that. Reboot the computer before using 2.0.2.
If 2.0.2 crashes, please try resetting the audacity.cfg settings file, following these instructions:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/pr ... tml#stored .
If the crashes persist, please send us a crash report following these instructions:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Submitting_a_crash_report .
Gale
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Re: Audacity 2.0.1 crashes on Mac Mountain Lion during recor
I had similar problems when I was in Mac Lion OS.
I did use a hub connecting to Personus. Will try connecting directly to Mac mini USB instead of the USB hub and report back.
I did use a hub connecting to Personus. Will try connecting directly to Mac mini USB instead of the USB hub and report back.