Mac OS X

Beta version

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Audacity 1.3 Beta is our new, not quite finished, development version which will be the basis of our next "stable" version.

• Contains dozens of new, exciting features. Very occasionally, these might need final polishing or not be retained in later versions.
• Occasionally, a feature might not work as it did before, or might be temporarily disabled.
• Some parts of the program are not yet documented or translated into different languages.

If you are new to Audacity or computer audio programs, you may prefer the fully finished Audacity 1.2. Otherwise, please help our development effort by trying the Beta and send us your comments. Please mention your operating system, full details of any problems, and any features that need improvement or no longer work properly. You can install 1.3 and 1.2 on the same machine by installing them to different directories.

Recommended Download

• OS X 10.4 or later (Universal Binary): Audacity 1.3.9 (.dmg file, 10.8 MB)

Installation instructions (.dmg files):

1. Inside your Applications folder, create a folder called "Audacity"
2. Double-click the downloaded .dmg to mount it
3. Option-drag the whole of the .dmg contents (not the .dmg itself) into the "Audacity" folder you created
4. Double-click Audacity.app inside the Applications folder to launch it

Optional Downloads

Plug-ins and Libraries

• LADSPA plug-ins installer - over 90 plug-ins.

• Plug-Ins - Download additional effects and filters.

• LAME MP3 encoder - Allows Audacity to export MP3 files.

• FFmpeg import/export library - Allows Audacity to import and export many additional audio formats such as AC3, AMR(NB), M4A and WMA, and to import audio from video files.

Alternative Download Links

• If you have trouble with your download, or need an older version of Audacity, try our alternative download links:

  • SourceForge (older versions can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate package)
  • Google Code (click on the headings to sort the list)

Audacity Zip files and Nightly Builds

• OS X 10.4 or later (Universal Binary): Audacity 1.3.9 zip file (10.7 MB) - If you want a download without help files, or prefer not to use .dmg files, download and unzip this file instead.

• OS X 10.4 or later (Universal Binary): For advanced users, Nightly Builds are available for testing purposes. "Nightly Builds" are Alpha builds from our latest development code that we work on between releases. Your help in testing and reporting bugs in these builds will be invaluable as we move towards a new 2.0 Stable release. Note: These builds may by definition be more unstable than Beta or Stable releases. They should not be used as your production version of Audacity.

System Requirements

• OS X 10.3 and earlier are not supported, however the previous 1.3.3 Beta (.dmg file, 7.2 MB) supports OS X 10.3.
• Audacity runs best with at least 64 MB RAM and a 300 MHz processor.