Audacity hanging when selecting audio segments

[PGA]

@ Moderators,
The opening post of this topic clearly states "Mac". This topic should be moved to the appropriate operating system section.

Moderator note: done - thanks

[shmerls]

It's possible you're using legacy Audacity Preferences, never a good idea. Scroll down in this page to see how to reset Audacity.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Preferences

Koz

In */Library/Preferences/audacity Preferences, if I do a Get Info, I see the file references version 1.2.5 and is dated 2009, so I seem to have legacy pref data. But the file you reference is 100% clear to me as a Mac user.

Is best procedure to delete both the entire folder: user/Library/Application Support/audacity
and: user/Library/Preferences/audacity Preferences (dated 3/20/2009)

When I opened audacity.cfg but double clicking it I got an error: "Syntax Error: Expected end of line, etc. but found real number" (but I note double clicking launched AppleScript Editor. Was that right?)

In the enclosing audacity folder in Application Support there is:

audacity.cfg
>AutoSave
EQCurves.xml
>Help
plugins.cfg
>presets

NOTE: the >folders are all empty

And FYI, here's the contents of the cfg file:

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NewPrefsInitialized=1
Version=2.0.1
PrefsVersion=1.1.1r1
SnapTo=0
SelectionFormat=hh:mm:ss
DefaultOpenPath=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/01 Young Idea Orig
DefaultOpenType=All files
LastOpenType=
[Locale]
Language=en
[Directories]
TempDir=/var/folders/7z/g8p1f7f92jlffvvcph0m7ysm0000gn/T/audacity-shmerls
PresetsDir=/Users/shmerls/Library/Application Support/audacity/presets
AutoSaveEnabled=1
AutoSaveMinutes=2
CacheBlockFiles=0
CacheLowMem=16
[Prefs]
PrefsCategory=2
[AudioIO]
PlaybackDevice=Built-in Line Output
RecordingDevice=Built-in Line Input
RecordChannels=1
Duplex=0
Playthrough=0
SWPlaythrough=0
EffectsPreviewLen=3
CutPreviewBeforeLen=1
CutPreviewAfterLen=1
LatencyDuration=100
LatencyCorrection=-130
SeekShortPeriod=1
SeekLongPeriod=15
SoundActivatedRecord=0
SilenceLevel=-50
Host=Core Audio
RecordingSourceIndex=0
RecordingSource=
PlaybackSource=
[SamplingRate]
DefaultProjectSampleRate=44100
DefaultProjectSampleFormat=262159
[Quality]
LibresampleSampleRateConverter=1
DitherAlgorithm=0
LibresampleHQSampleRateConverter=1
HQDitherAlgorithm=0
[FileFormats]
CopyOrEditUncompressedData=edit
SaveProjectWithDependencies=ask
ExportDownMix=1
MP3RateMode=3
MP3Bitrate=192
MP3VarMode=0
MP3ChannelMode=1
AllegroStyle=1
MP3SetRate=2
MP3VbrRate=4
MP3AbrRate=128
MP3CbrRate=192
[AudioFiles]
NormalizeOnLoad=0
ShowId3Dialog=1
[GUI]
AutoScroll=1
QuitOnClose=0
AdjustSelectionEdges=1
ErgonomicTransportButtons=1
TracksFitVerticallyZoomed=0
CircularTrackNavigation=0
EditClipCanMove=1
SelectAllOnNone=1
BeepOnCompletion=0
EnableCutLines=0
WarnAboutTempFiles=1
EmptyCanBeDirty=1
ShowSplashScreen=0
EnvdBRange=60
DefaultViewMode=0
Help=Local
Solo=Standard
ShowTrackNameInWaveform=0
[GUI/ToolBars]
[GUI/ToolBars/Tools]
MultiToolActive=1
Dock=1
Order=2
Show=1
X=-1
Y=-1
W=94
H=55
[GUI/ToolBars/Control]
Dock=1
Order=1
Show=1
X=-1
Y=-1
W=255
H=55
[GUI/ToolBars/Meter]
Dock=1
Order=3
Show=1
X=-1
Y=-1
W=275
H=55
[GUI/ToolBars/Mixer]
Dock=1
Order=4
Show=1
X=-1
Y=-1
W=323
H=27
[GUI/ToolBars/Edit]
Dock=1
Order=5
Show=1
X=-1
Y=-1
W=377
H=27
[GUI/ToolBars/Transcription]
Dock=1
Order=6
Show=1
X=-1
Y=-1
W=140
H=27
[GUI/ToolBars/Selection]
Dock=2
Order=1
Show=1
X=-1
Y=-1
W=586
H=55
[GUI/ToolBars/Device]
Dock=1
Order=7
Show=1
X=-1
Y=-1
W=520
H=27
[Batch]
CleanSpeechMode=0
[Spectrum]
FFTSize=256
Grayscale=0
MinFreq=0
MaxFreq=8000
WindowType=3
Gain=20
Range=80
FrequencyGain=0
[Theme]
LoadAtStart=0
[Window]
X=112
Y=33
Width=2093
Height=594
Maximized=0
Normal_X=112
Normal_Y=33
Normal_Width=2093
Normal_Height=594
Iconized=0
[TagsEditor]
x=735
y=467
width=503
height=396
[Export]
Format=MP3
Path=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/The Young Ideas
[MP3]
MP3LibPath=/usr/local/lib/audacity/libmp3lame.dylib
[CsPresets]
NoiseGain=-24
NoiseFreqSmoothing=150
NoiseAttackDecayTime=0.15
EQFilterLength=4001
EQCurveName=custom
EQLin=0
EQdBMin=-30
EQdBMax=30
EQDrawMode=1
EQInterp=0
[Version]
Major=2
Minor=0
Micro=1
[FFmpeg]
Enabled=0
[ExtendedImport]
OverrideExtendedImportByOpenFileDialogChoice=1
[Warnings]
FirstProjectSave=1
DiskSpaceWarning=1
MixStereo=1
MixMono=1
CopyOrEditUncompressedDataAsk=1
CopyOrEditUncompressedDataFirstAsk=0
[AudioUnits]
Enable=1
GUI=1
[Ladspa]
Enable=1
[Nyquist]
Enable=1
[VAMP]
Enable=1
[VST]
Enable=1
GUI=1
Rescan=0
[RecentFiles]
file01=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/01 Young Idea Orig/12 More.aup
file02=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/01 Young Idea Orig/11 Get Back.aup
file03=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/01 Young Idea Orig/10 With These Hands.aup
file04=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/The Young Ideas/15 Does Anybody Know What Time It Is.aup
file05=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/01 Young Idea Orig/15 Does Anybody Know What Time It Is.aup
file06=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/The Young Ideas/16 Grazin' In The Grass.aup
file07=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/The Young Ideas/17 Acquarius.aup
file08=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/The Young Ideas/18 All My Tomorrows Are Gone.aup
file09=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/The Young Ideas/19 Listen To The Music.aup
file10=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/01 Young Idea Orig/1 Track 01.aup
file11=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/01 Young Idea Orig/2 Track 02.aup
file12=/Users/shmerls/Desktop/01 Young Idea Orig/1 Track 01a.aup