Audacity is Already Running glitch

[doaler4sback]

Hello, I am a 13 year old person who is working on sound for games.
I have a Late-2011 Macbook Air with a 1TB hard drive plugged in with Yosemite installed.
I have Audacity 2.0.6 but recently, it stopped working because it said "Audacity is allready running". I looked at the Activity Monitor, Force Quit screen, etc and see nothing.

Please give me a simple answer because I am 13 years old and I can't understand what the heck is going on with audacity.
If you can help me, then thanks!

[Gale Andrews]

Hi,

2.0.6 does not support Yosemite, which might be part of the problem.

If you installed new plugins, try removing them.

Otherwise make sure Audacity is quit, open Finder, Go > Go to Folder and type:

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~/Library/Application Support/audacity/  

Open audacity.cfg in TextEdit. Select all the text and delete it. Then type the following at the top of the file:

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NewPrefsInitialized=1  

Then try starting Audacity again.

If that doesn't help, trash 2.0.6, repeat the steps above then try the latest 2.1.0-alpha version from the top of this page: http://www.audacity.homerow.net/index.p ... order=desc

Gale

[doaler4sback]

I tried everything and nothing worked.
I tried fixing the CFG file
I tried getting the nightly build
I tried EVERYTHING and nothing is working.

[Gale Andrews]

Have you shut down and restarted the computer? Do not allow any other users on the machine except you.

Make sure Audacity is not in your login items in System Preferences (Users section).

When you shut down and Mac asks if you want to restore windows at log in, say No. Then Audacity can't be running until you launch it.


Gale

[doaler4sback]

Have you shut down and restarted the computer? Do not allow any other users on the machine except you.

I tried, nothing

Make sure Audacity is not in your login items in System Preferences (Users section).

It is not on my login items, nothing

When you shut down and Mac asks if you want to restore windows at log in, say No. Then Audacity can't be running until you launch it.

I did that, nothing

I feel like there is no soulution

[DillonUpton]

I am using a 2013 iMac with Yosemite installed, and it was working for two months with Yosemite until yesterday when I got the same message. I looked for the audacity.cfg file and it was not there. The Audacity folder was empty strangely. Perhaps could anyone offer a download of the config file so I could rectify the problem?

[Gale Andrews]

I am using a 2013 iMac with Yosemite installed, and it was working for two months with Yosemite until yesterday when I got the same message. I looked for the audacity.cfg file and it was not there. The Audacity folder was empty strangely. Perhaps could anyone offer a download of the config file so I could rectify the problem?

Force quit Audacity in Activity Monitor.

Open Finder, Go > Go to Folder and type or copy and paste:

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~/Library/Application Support/audacity/

That is the folder audacity.cfg is in.

Rename the attached file to "audacity.cfg" (without quotes) and put it in ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/.


Gale

[Gale Andrews]

Have you shut down and restarted the computer? Do not allow any other users on the machine except you.

I tried, nothing

Make sure Audacity is not in your login items in System Preferences (Users section).

It is not on my login items, nothing

When you shut down and Mac asks if you want to restore windows at log in, say No. Then Audacity can't be running until you launch it.

I did that, nothing

I feel like there is no soulution

After force quitting Audacity, try the .cfg file I posted above. Just double-click the Audacity icon once to launch it.

Have you asked your teacher or parents for help? They can see your computer, but we can't. You may want to ask them to do Go > Utilities > Disk Utility > Verify Disk and Repair Permissions.


Gale

[DillonUpton]

Thank you for sending the file, Audacity still wont load on my system and it is really bugging me now.

[Gale Andrews]

Sorry but I don't have many more ideas, beyond you try Verify Disk and Repair Permissions.

What language is the Mac running in?

If you have a Portable Settings folder in the folder where Audacity is, rename that folder so that Audacity uses the cfg file I posted.

Could you take a sreencast: How to record quick, easy screencast videos with Mac OS X showing me Activity Monitor with Audacity not listed, then showing what happens when you execute Audacity? You could upload the video to Dropbox or similar.


Gale