Easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Mac

Audacity for Mac

Audacity 1.2.4

  -  3.36 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Audacity 1.2.4.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Audacity for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- The "Generate Silence" effect now prompts for a length.
- Audacity is now built with Vorbis 1.1, which features better encoding quality and file compression.
- Dragging sound files into the Audacity window now works on Mac OS X and Linux, as well as Windows. (Before, it worked only on Windows.)
- Better support for certain audio devices on Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger"
- The "View History" window can now discard old undo levels to save disk space on Windows. (This previously worked only on Linux and Mac.)
- "Preferences" command is now in Edit menu.
- "Plot Spectrum" command is now in Analyze menu.
- Opening a project file saved by a later version of Audacity displays an intelligent error message. Also, trying to import a project file (instead of open it) displays an intelligent error message.
- Audacity now compiles in Visual C++ .NET 2003.
- Other minor bug fixes.
- New or updated translations: Arabic (ar), Czech (cs), Finnish (fi), Hungarian (hu), Japanese (ja), Norwegian (nb), Slovenian (sl), Simplified Chinese (zh_CN), Traditional Chinese (zh_TW).