Getting Audacity to open after downloading
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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.
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foxyface14
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Getting Audacity to open after downloading
In attempting to download Audacity I ended up with finding it running as an Application - which I only discovered when I tried to open it on the desktop of my Mac 10.6.8 via a zip for a second time. I then transferred this Application to Trash and downloaded Audacity again via audacity-macosx-ub-2-1.0.3.dmg but nothing I do will allow me to open Audacity and achieve a Project Window on the desktop. The Audacity icon which has appeared in the dock brings up nothing on the desktop when double-clicked. I am a relative novice at this and all I want to do is transfer some old vinyl records and some cassette tapes to my computer and from there to an iPod much as I do with CDs using iTunes. Although I have the correct cables from the Tape deck phones outlet to the inline jack on the back of the computer I can't get any music playing through the computer into the computer speakers either. Any advice from those more experienced in this field would be most gratefully received.
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Gale Andrews
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Re: Getting Audacity to open after downloading
Drag all the Audacity folders to Trash and unmount any Audacity DMG's that are mounted.foxyface14 wrote:In attempting to download Audacity I ended up with finding it running as an Application - which I only discovered when I tried to open it on the desktop of my Mac 10.6.8 via a zip for a second time. I then transferred this Application to Trash and downloaded Audacity again via audacity-macosx-ub-2-1.0.3.dmg but nothing I do will allow me to open Audacity and achieve a Project Window on the desktop. The Audacity icon which has appeared in the dock brings up nothing on the desktop when double-clicked.
Then download Audacity from here http://audacityteam.org/download/mac and be sure to follow the installation instructions mentioned there.
If there are still problems after that please let us know.
OS X does not allow inputs to play in the speakers.foxyface14 wrote:I am a relative novice at this and all I want to do is transfer some old vinyl records and some cassette tapes to my computer and from there to an iPod much as I do with CDs using iTunes. Although I have the correct cables from the Tape deck phones outlet to the inline jack on the back of the computer I can't get any music playing through the computer into the computer speakers either.
You can try Transport > Hardware Playthrough or Transport > Software Playthrough in Audacity.
If neither let you listen to the input, try LineIn from http://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/ .
Gale
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kozikowski
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Re: Getting Audacity to open after downloading
That works for me on all my Macs. Sometimes I forget and leave that running when I'm trying to record a microphone. That's not a good combination.You can try Transport > Hardware Playthrough or Transport > Software Playthrough in Audacity.
Koz