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I’m Beta testing 2.2.0, and I’ve hit upon a bug that I can reproduce consistently.

I am running OSX High Sierra (10.13) on a reconditioned iMac 21.5-inch, Mid 2011 (with  2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 and Memory of 24 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 if that’s even relevant) ,
and Audacity 2.2 runs very well on it.

1) However, if I already have an Audacity project open, and attempt to open a second .AUP from within the Finder window (whether by double clicking, right-clicking for Open on the pop-up menu, or typing Cmd-O), the second file attempts to open in a new instance of Audacity, visible in Apple’s Dock bar at the bottom of the screen.

Since Apple’s standard is to open all project “windows” within the same instance of a single Application, this second instance of a running App is surprising.
Worse, it is inaccessible — I can’t click on it or Cmd-tab through to it (the second Audacity instance is, predictably, not listed when you use Cmd-tab to switch).

Likely, it has simply hung since it continues to bounce (signifying that it is loading) for ages 
	- and, even when the bouncing finishes, I cannot switch to it by clicking on its icon in the Dock
	- whilst in the Dock, its icon offers only the "Force Quit” option

Lastly, when this “ghost” application has been opened with a relatively large Audacity file, it is very resistant to Apple’s Force-Quit function.
	- this is true whether I click on the Application's pop-up menu in the Dock, or summon the “Force Quit Applications” window with Cmd-Alt-Esc as below
	- On Shut Down, my Mac will quit out of the first (accessible) Audacity instance automatically.
	- however, it then declares that it can’t Shut Down or Restart, 'because the application “Audacity” failed to quit.'

If I repeat the cycle multiple times (perhaps up to ten times: Force Quit; Shut Down; Cmd-Alt-Esc, Force Quit; Shut Down; right-click on Dock item to Force Quit; Shut Down... ), my Mac will eventually accept that Audacity has quit, and will reboot safely.

As I say, I suspect this problem is created by unorthodox Finder behaviour — attempting to open a second instance of a running application, instead of including the project among the windows of an already open application.

2 a) In line with this, I have found that two open projects are not always visible even when within the running Audacity application
   b)	Ideally, in any running Mac application, at the bottom of the Windows menu there should be a list of all open projects
	- I can work around this, by using the Window menu’s “Bring all Windows to the Front” option
	- and I have also discovered that, by expanding Audacity’s window with the Zoom function, I get to choose between other windows’ Tabs — handy.


So far, these are the only problems I’ve had with the Beta version. It is very stable, and a pleasure to work with.

Especially with regard to the graver bug (1), please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.