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Q: cannot access itunes library in garage band

Suddenly, I cannot access my itunes library in garage band.  Doesn't even show up in the Audio section of media in the top right corner.  Restarted my computer.  No change.  Help!

Posted on May 26, 2016 9:48 AM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie May 26, 2016 10:27 AM in response to dwmitzi
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    May 26, 2016 10:27 AM in response to dwmitzi

    Is your iTunes Library an iCloud Library?  The songs need to be stored locally to be visible in the Media Browser in GarageBand.  If the songs you want to use are in iCloud, click them to download them before you open the Media in GarageBand.

     

    And if you did not enable "Share XML" in the iTunes Preferences > Advanced, try if enabling this option will help:

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  • by 53Chevy,

    53Chevy 53Chevy Jun 6, 2016 11:29 AM in response to léonie
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    Jun 6, 2016 11:29 AM in response to léonie

    I am on Garageband '09 (v5.1) and iTunes 12.4.0. Recently, Garageband ceased being able to see iTunes. My music is not on the cloud.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 6, 2016 12:30 PM in response to 53Chevy
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    Jun 6, 2016 12:30 PM in response to 53Chevy

    Have you tried, if enabling "Share XML" in the iTunes Preferences > Advanced does help?

  • by 53Chevy,

    53Chevy 53Chevy Jun 6, 2016 12:34 PM in response to léonie
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    Jun 6, 2016 12:34 PM in response to léonie

    Yes, Share iTunes library XML in preferences is selected. Again, this had been working fine until a recent iTunes update.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 6, 2016 12:46 PM in response to léonie
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    Jun 6, 2016 12:46 PM in response to léonie

    Which OS X version do you have? Some features of the newest iTunes will work only on OS X 10.10.3 or later.

    https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

     

    The requirements for iTunes 12.4.1 do not say anything about the compatibility with older applications.

    I tested with GarageBand 10.1.2 and GarageBand 6.0.5, and there it is working well with iTunes 12.4.1.

  • by 53Chevy,

    53Chevy 53Chevy Jun 6, 2016 12:48 PM in response to léonie
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    Jun 6, 2016 12:48 PM in response to léonie

    El Capitan 10.11.5

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 6, 2016 1:17 PM in response to 53Chevy
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    Jun 6, 2016 1:17 PM in response to 53Chevy

    Your GarageBand version has been released in 2009 for MacOS X 10.5.6. The GarageBand version for your current OS X 10.11.5 is GarageBand 10.1.2.  Apple dropped the support for older iLife applications with Yosemite and El Capitan. Older iphoto versions and iMovie versions keep crashing. I'd expect GarageBand '09 to have issues as well on El Capitan, but I cannot test it.

     

    But try to find out, if there is a problem with your iTunes Library.  Can applications access the iTunes Library that have been updated for El Captan?  For example Photos for Mac or Keynote?

  • by 53Chevy,

    53Chevy 53Chevy Jun 7, 2016 2:10 PM in response to léonie
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    Jun 7, 2016 2:10 PM in response to léonie

    Thank you for your help. I gave up, sadly, and just downloaded Garageband 10. GB10 does now see iTunes and I will relearn GB because it is tweaked just enough to look differently but function pretty much the same.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 7, 2016 2:22 PM in response to 53Chevy
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    Jun 7, 2016 2:22 PM in response to 53Chevy

    GarageBand 10 has some interesting new features, like smart instrument- (smart drummers, smart strings, arpeggiators, and the midi draw area.

    A few other features are now missing: podcasts, sound effect instruments,some vocal patches.

     

    Keep the older GarageBand version installed, so GarageBand 10 can find the older loops and sounds.