in this video i show you how to update your version of Audacity to the latest version
on Windows 10 so let's start right now
hi everyone my name is Joe and welcome to Ubitronics on this channel i show you how
to use open source software today we're looking at Audacity and how to upgrade Audacity when an
update is available so there's two ways to check for this the first is when you open Audacity
it will come up if a new update is available just like we can see on the screen right here
if you have had this pop-up once and click skip then it won't pop up the next time you load
up Audacity so option one is to click on install update here and it will start downloading Audacity
automatically for you if you have got rid of that box and not clicked on it or it's not popped up
for you then then this will be your main screen if you come up to help and click check for updates
that will launch you to the latest version of Audacity as you can see the latest version is
3.04 here and if you go back into Audacity click on help go to about and you'll see the version
that you've got installed here if the numbers are different then your installed version is going to
be a lower set of numbers than the one on the website that means there's an update available
we go back to the website and download the correct version for you which is the equivalent
to the file that i've already downloaded from using method one if i now click onto this
select yes on the security prompt and now it's just like installing Audacity for the very
first time select your language and click on ok click on next read the information click on next
make sure it's picked up the correct location that you want to install Audacity
if you're not sure then i recommend leaving this as default and click next it will say
that the program files already exist and the folder is already known this is a good thing
because this means you're going to overwrite your existing Audacity
you could also install two versions of Audacity on your computer if you wanted to but i wouldn't
recommend that for standard practice click on yes if you'd like to you can create a desktop
shortcut and reset your preferences otherwise click on next and then install if you have
Audacity open like i do you're going to see this pop-up so close Audacity and then click next
if you didn't close Audacity then it will try and automatically close it for you anyway
now click next and click finish Audacity will automatically load back up with the new version
you now have the latest version of Audacity on your computer now one last thing before you go
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