Como Quitar El Fondo A Una Imagen En Mac

I am running Audition CC 6 on a 2013 MacBook Pro. I have re-installed and made sure I am fully updated...but I can't do the most basic of things...like edit a .wav file. What silly thing am I doing wrong? No razor tool selection or any manipulation of the files I bring in... I have double checked that read/write permissions are set correctly...the files play in Audition just fine. Any ideas?