Q: garageband won't start
So I have the Garageband version 10.0.3. For some reason since yesterday it won't open anymore.
I click the icon, it starts "jumping", then nothing happens. Then the whole computer starts to lag, and I have to press "Force Quit" on the Garageband application for me to even be able to use my computer. The only thing that I can remember doing different last day was to use the "groove track" function for the first time ever. After that I just closed down Garageband, and now I can't open it.
When i right-click on the Garageband app it says "Application not responding". No error message or anything else pops up. It just jumps for a while, then it stops jumping. And my whole computer does experience extreme lag.
My computer has all the newest updates and newest system.
OS X YOSEMITE
10.10.3
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
2 GHz Intel Core i7
4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
Does anyone know what the problem is? Should i re-install Garageband?
Posted on May 17, 2015 6:44 AM
Since GarageBand is working from the Guest account, try, if deleting the user Preferences from your Userr Library will help.
Delete this file: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.garageband10.plist from your User Library
and also the complete folder: ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.garageband10/
Then restart your Mac.
This library folder is hidden. You can access it from the Finder's "Go" menu, or make it permanently visible in your Home folder.
Simply select your Home folder (with the little House icon) in the Finder sidebar or the User folder. Then press ⌘J to show the "View" options.
In the View options panel enable "Show Library Folder". Now you will be always able to access the Library folder in your Home folder.
There ma not be a preferences file for GarageBand 10 in the Preferences folder, however. GarageBand 10 is sandboxed and keeps the preferences mirrored in the sandbox ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.garageband10/ .
To remove them completely, quit GarageBand, if it is running, open the folder ~/Library/Containers/ and remove the complete folder ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.garageband10/ .
Then restart the system, before you relaunch GarageBand.
Posted on May 18, 2015 12:54 AM