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To set things back to 'normal' so you can hear audio playing on your computer without running Audacityġ) Click on Apple Menu > System Preferences then the Sound panel, and select the Output tab.

Now click Record to record anything playing on your computer.

You should now be able to hear the sound playing on your computer.

Click on the recording level meters (beside the microphone symbol) to begin monitoring:.

For example, start Safari and go to a website that plays sound clips.

Go to the application that will be playing the sound you want to record.

Click on the Transport menu and make sure that 'Software Playthrough' is checked.

To be safe you should disable the sound on any iCal alerts that may occur while you are recording, and quit any other application that may make an alert sound. Tests on a recent iMac running 10.7.2 show that Mail and TextEdit alert sounds will not be recorded with the above setup, but iCal and Yahoo Messenger alert sounds will be recorded. Some Macintosh applications are better behaved than others when it comes to alert sounds. Thus these sounds will not be recorded by Audacity.

This will route some system alert sounds (such as Mail alert sounds) to the Line Out or Internal Speakers and not to Soundflower.

Click on the 'Sound Effects' tab, and from the 'Play sound effects through' dropdown menu choose 'Line Out', 'Headphones' or 'Internal Speakers' (whichever is appropriate for your system).

The sound output of the computer is being sent to Soundflower.

At this point you will no longer be able to hear what is playing on the computer.

In the same panel, choose the Input tab, select 'Soundflower (2ch)' and and turn the Input volume up.

In the Sound preferences panel, choose the Output tab, then select 'Soundflower (2ch)' from the 'Select a device for sound output:' list and turn the Output volume up.

Choose Apple Menu > System Preferences and select the Sound preferences panel.

The 2.x.x installer does not require restarting the computer. If you obtained the 1.6.x installer, save your work in other applications, then press the button in the installer to restart your Mac.

Then run through the standard installer steps.

Press 'Show Certificate' to review the certificate then choose 'Continue'.

After opening the PKG file, you may see a warning that the certificate for the installer has expired.

If you see a warning on OS X 10.7.5 or later that Soundflower cannot be opened due to your Security Preferences, right-click or control-click over the PKG file and choose 'Open', then choose 'Open' again. In the DMG itself, double-click the PKG file.

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To install the downloaded DMG file, double-click it to mount it.

Unzip the 'Soundflowerbed.app' from the download, then place it anywhere that is convenient.

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If you do not have Soundflowerbed.app: the easiest solution is to download it by clicking this link.

Reboot the computer then run the '' installer as above.

You should see 'Done!' in the results, indicating that the uninstallation completed satisfactorily. In the window that opens, press the 'Run' button.

In the same 'Soundflower' folder, double-click 'Uninstall Soundflower.scpt' to uninstall Soundflower 1.6.x.

Copy Soundflowerbed.app from the /Applications/Soundflower/ folder to your Desktop or somewhere else.

Fortunately Soundflowerbed from Soundflower 1.6.6b can be used on its own with Soundflower 2.0b2. It can also be used on Mavericks or Yosemite but it lacks the 'Soundflowerbed' application that lets you hear audio on your computer while Soundflower is set as the system output device. Important: The 2.0b2 version is the only version that will work on El Capitan and later. Obtaining Soundflowerbed if you install Soundflower 2.0b2

OS X 10.6 to 10.8 (Snow Leopard/Lion/Mountain Lion): Soundflower-1.6.6b.dmg from (if you are running NoScript you must disable it on that page).

OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and later including macOS Sierra and High Sierra: from.

Set Soundflower as your system output device, then in Audacity, set Soundflower as your recording device.

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Soundflower is a free open source system add-on for Mac computers that allows you to route what is playing on the computer digitally back to the input without using a cable.