Audacity lagging on new iMac

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SoBo
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Operating System: macOS 10.15 Catalina or later

Audacity lagging on new iMac

Post by SoBo » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:22 am

Ive installed Audacity on my new iMac 10.15.6 and its really slow ... everything is lagging, the editing, playback and so on - I don't know what to do! Help!
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billw58
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Re: Audacity lagging on new iMac

Post by billw58 » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:50 am

Does your iMac have a 30-bit display? Do Apple menu > About this Mac, then click "System Report", then click on "Graphics/Displays" in the list on the left. If "Framebuffer depth" says "30-bit Color" then the following may help.

Right-click on the Audacity application icon and choose "Get Info". In the Get Info window, check "Open in Low Resolution".

-- Bill
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DrewLaneAus
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Re: Audacity lagging on new iMac

Post by DrewLaneAus » Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:11 am

This works a treat! :) Perfect solution! Thank you so much - much happier here! :D :D :D :) :) :)
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JamesPrestonZA
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Re: Audacity lagging on new iMac

Post by JamesPrestonZA » Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:40 am

YYEEESSSS!!! This is exactly what the problem was!! THANK YOOUUU!!! :-D :D :mrgreen:
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