Depending on your Finder Preferences, the Audacity icon may be titled 'Audacity' or 'Audacity.app'.

Launch Audacity.app from Applications or from your chosen location.

You need the administrator password to copy Audacity to Applications.

You can also drag Audacity.app out of the DMG to any other location.Drag the Audacity.app icon rightwards onto the Applications folder shortcut.(Some browsers may offer the option to automatically open the DMG file for you.)

Once the download has completed to your Downloads folder, double-click the DMG file to mount it.On the FossHub Audacity page left-click the Audacity macOS DMG link.This takes you to the FossHub site where our downloads are hosted. On the download page, left-click the 'installer' link, the.Go to the Mac Download page of the Audacity site. Click on the Transport menu and make sure that 'Software Playthrough' is not checked.If you are updating from Audacity 2.x or earlier please read Updating from Audacity 2.x to Audacity 3.x as there was a major change to the project file structure when Audacity 3.0.0 was introduced.Note you need to choose a line-in for this, not a four-position port meant only for connecting a headset. In Audacity's Device Toolbar select Built-in Input or similar as Recording Device.Adjust the Input volume slider so that the top 3 bars of the Input level meter do not light up on the loudest passages, but the rest of the bars do light up.Leaving the Sound preferences panel open, start sound audio playing on the computer (this could be from Apple Music/iTunes, or streaming audio, or some other source).Click on the Input tab, then select 'Line Input' from the 'Choose a device for sound input' list.Click on the Output tab, then select 'Line Out' from the 'Choose a device for sound output' list.Choose Apple Menu > System Preferences and select the Sound preferences panel.As a workaround, you could attach a single to double stereo connector to the output port provide an extra jack for speakers or headphones. At this point you will no longer be able to hear what is playing on the computer.Using a cable with a stereo mini-plug (1/8') at each end, connect the headphone output port to the line input port.This may result in some slight increase in noise and distortion. It has the disadvantage that the audio signal is converted from digital to analog, then from analog to digital, instead of staying in the digital domain. This is a simple and effective method of recording what is playing on the computer.

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