GarageBand and other apps downloaded from purchase history in apple store quitting unexpectedly.

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GarageBand and other apps downloaded from purchase history in apple store quitting unexpectedly.

Hello community I hope someone can help me. I erased the disk on my 27" Mid 2010 iMac and installed a fresh High Sierra 10.13.6. I completed all available updates and this OS is the highest I can go. I tried to download GarageBand but the most recent version is only available with Big Sur so I was directed to download a compatible version with my OS from my purchase history. I was to get Garageband 10.3.5 installed but whenever I try to open the app it automatically crashes. I know my machine is "Obsolete" but it was working flawlessly until I messed things up trying to install a fresh copy of high Sierra. If anyone can offer some advice to get GarageBand working I'd appreciate it. (Also, the same thing happened with iMovie when I downloaded it from my purchase history). Below is the crash log:

Garage Band Quit Unexpectedly

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Dec 1, 2020 6:14 PM

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Jan 11, 2021 7:29 PM in response to Fellipe525

This appears to be an issue with High Sierra and the App Store. Started when Apple released Mojave and occurs when a fresh install of high Sierra is done. Apps downloaded from the App Store won’t load. Hopefully Apple will fix this issue.. but I’m not optimistic now that they stopped support for high Sierra.

this thread has details and some potential temporary work arounds : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252037712?answerId=253965291022#253965291022

im going to downgrade to Sierra until this gets resolved.

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Jan 12, 2021 4:36 AM in response to Fellipe525

6 weeks after the problem, Apple fixed the issue with a security update. Now all is well and Apple did not abandon High Sierra even though it was on its last month of support.

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GarageBand and other apps downloaded from purchase history in apple store quitting unexpectedly.

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