Current Version: 3.2.5

To find out what’s new, visit the releases feed on Github.

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Recommended Download – Latest Version of Audacity

• Left-click the Audacity .dmg link below.
• Then left-click the Audacity macOS DMG link to start the download.
• Once the download has completed to your Downloads folder, Double-click the DMG file to mount it.
• Drag the Audacity.app icon rightwards onto the “Applications” folder shortcut.
• You can also drag Audacity out of the DMG to any other location. You need the administrator password to copy Audacity to “Applications”.
• Launch Audacity.app from /Applications or from your chosen location.

Do not double-click the “Audacity.app” in the DMG window to launch it.
Audacity must not be run from the DMG.

• Audacity 3.2.5 Universal (works both on Intel and M1/M2 Macs)

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FFmpeg Support

Audacity 3.2.5 for macOS has versions for both Intel and Apple silicon macs.
If you use the optional FFmpeg library you will need to download the appropriate version of it.

Installation of Audacity

• • 1. Double-click the downloaded DMG to mount it.
    2. Drag the “Audacity.app” icon in the DMG window to the /Applications folder icon on the right. Alternatively, drag the “Audacity.app” icon to any other location of your choosing.
    3. Do not double-click the “Audacity” icon in the DMG to launch Audacity from there.
    4. Eject the DMG at bottom left of Finder, then launch Audacity.app from /Applications or from your chosen location.

Plugins:  If you still have an “Audacity” installation folder for a version before 3.2.0, you will see working duplicates of Audacity’s shipped Nyquist plug-ins in the Generate, Effect or Analyze Menu. You may also see non-working duplicates of other previously shipped plug-ins. To clean up the duplicates please see: Installing and updating Audacity on Mac.

Before deleting the Audacity folder from a previous installation, remember to move any optional plug-ins you added to its plug-ins folder to the new Audacity Plug-Ins folder at ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/Plug-Ins.

Optional Downloads

Plug-ins and Libraries

• • • Plugins – Download additional effects and filters.
    • 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.
      64-bit version required for Audacity 2.3.1 and above.

Alternative Download Links

• • • OldFoss hosts the current Audacity version and all previous versions from 2.1.2 onwards.

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