Various crashing things with my audacity mac...

[akashasky]

HI there. Ive been using audacity for a while without any issue. Today, i recorded a 91 minute reading, and as usual asked to export it- and when i tried to do so via my desktop, it said it could not access the target file. I also could not save it, nor the save a compressed version, and it crashed 2x.....fortunately recovered the file both time it came back online, but this is quite extreme-im afraid to turn audacity off-and i need some walking through this.

what do i need to do? im using 2.1-i saw another thread involving a plug in-not sure about that.....

would love some help as this was a live reading i cannot lose for my client. very very important.

thank you

Akasha

[Gale Andrews]

Are you running Audacity from the DMG? This can cause many problems. Try exporting the project as WAV or FLAC (smaller size but still perfect quality). Try using a file name that only contains a to z characters and numbers. If you are overwriting another file, make sure the other file can be written to.

Also try File > Save Project As... and choose a new name for the project .

Then trash the Audacity version you have and any Audacity DMG that you have then try this instead: http://www.audacity.homerow.net/cgi-bin ... -2.0.5.zip . Double-click the zip file to extract the files, then run Audacity from the folder you extracted to.

If that 2.0.5 version crashes please attach the latest Mac crash report from ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ or /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/ . Please see here for how to attach files: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 49&t=64936 .

There will probably be a complete 2.0.5 release in about two weeks, but testing the above 2.0.5-alpha version will help us make a more stable 2.0.5 version.


Gale

[nox]

Hello,
Since i have this macbook pro 2,5 Ghz Intel Core i7 running with mac os X:10.7.5, i cannot use any version of Audacity, I tried 2.0.4, it crashes at launch, 2.0.5 same, 2.0.3 idem. So i think the problem is coming from my machine or mac os.
Is there somewhere a solution to finally use Audacity on my mac?
Thanks

[akashasky]

thanks so much for the replies.
i figured out the issue-i have partitioned my mac since having some ridiculous software episode and having to wipe my hard drive-(nightmare.)

and the desktop version i was pulling up to save the file was from the other side of the partition and i wasnt noticing the circle with a slash through it-

so i was able to complete the process as well as save the original (big relief!!) and i do so appreciate your time in helping me.

i hope not to be back anytime soon......

Akasha

[Gale Andrews]

Hello,
Since i have this macbook pro 2,5 Ghz Intel Core i7 running with mac os X:10.7.5, i cannot use any version of Audacity, I tried 2.0.4, it crashes at launch, 2.0.5 same, 2.0.3 idem. So i think the problem is coming from my machine or mac os.
Is there somewhere a solution to finally use Audacity on my mac?

Before posting repeatedly about this (I have deleted or disapproved those posts) please consider reading the reply you have already received: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 91#p224591 .

If you wish to discuss this further I suggest it would be best to reply in English in that topic above.


Gale