GALE (AUDACITY TEAM)  09 February 2009:

The 1.3.7 Release has been rebuilt with a fix for the problem with AIFF import. Correct builds are available here:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_mac

Anyone who downloaded 1.3.7 before 09 February are advised to download it again from the above link.

Thanks!   
(Version 1.3.7b)

GALE (AUDACITY TEAM)  Unfortunately, importing AIFFs (other than created by Audacity) may cause a freeze on some Mac systems. We have already committed a possible fix for this to our source code.

If you could help us test the fix, please go here:

http://audacity.homerow.net/index.php?dir=mac

and install the build at the bottom of the file list. Let us know if this fixes it for you.

Alternatively you could convert the AIFF files to WAV in iTunes, and then import the WAVs:

# Open iTunes > Preferences

# Click on the leftmost "General" tab

# Click the "Import Settings" button half way down on

the right

# In the "Import Using" dropdown, choose "WAV Encoder"

# Click OK and OK

# Control-click over the file you want to convert > "Create

WAV version"

Gale   
(Version 1.3.7b)