Stop Audacity from automatically opening iTunes songs

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ACC
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Stop Audacity from automatically opening iTunes songs

Post by ACC » Thu Sep 10, 2020 3:39 pm

I can't figure out how to get Audacity to stop opening up my music when I simply click on an itunes selection.
Before I would listen through audacity and just click no to save changes so I wouldn't end up with duplicates in ausdacity of itunes music. (And now it won't play--but that is a separate issue) I already deleted Audacity 2.1.0 from the doc. I'm using Mac OS 10.14.6 Mohave.

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Re: Stop Audacity from automatically opening iTunes songs

Post by kozikowski » Thu Sep 10, 2020 4:43 pm

simply click on an itunes selection
Right+Click or Control+Tap one of the songs > Get INFO. Down at the bottom of the info post is Open With:

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Pick the application you want to use and whether you want this to happen to all songs like this.

Koz

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Re: Stop Audacity from automatically opening iTunes songs

Post by ACC » Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:38 pm

Thank you so much, at least I can listen without audacity opening up by clicking control/tap and then choosing iTunes. It even says iTunes by default.

But... if I click on the iTunes icon for the song directly it still is launched in audacity??? Any other ideas.
Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6, and Audacity 2.1.0

Anne

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