Garage Band for 10.13.6

I don't have Big Sur. I run Catalina on a mid 2012 mbp which doesn't support Big Sur which is the issue.

I don't have Garageband in my Catalina OS but can download the old 6.0.5 version to my High Sierra OS which then starts downloading the OX11-version automatically upon starting.

It hasn't failed. At least I went through this and trying to download for High Sierra. I have a 2010 Macbook Pro 17". After going through a similar experience I found that after the failed download I found an icon for GB in Applications. I clicked on it and it asked me if I wanted to download the latest compatible version I agreed and it downloaded again and then was installed successfully.

That didn't work for me. The version 6.0.5 that I had since before and could download to High Sierra started upgrading automatically when starting GB to the Big Sur version and then stopped at around 75% as it's not supported, so that is a dead end.

I managed to solve it though.

The solution was to find a friend with Big Sur, log in with my AppleID on his computer and download GB on that one. Then go to my own laptop with Catalina and check my previous purchases and clicked the cloud on GB which gave me the option to download the latest compatible version.

I had Garage Band when I purchased my 2011 iMac but found that space was a premium so uninstalled it. I am now unable to get it from the App Store as I only have High Sierra 10.13.6. Looks like another Apple scheme to force people to purchase a new machine. Next machine WILL NOT be an Apple device.

Don't know but at least you got it installed.

Thanks! 👍

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Kdragon1111 wrote:

This is 100% correct 👍

Would I lie? 😎

I think you're gonna have to delete the copy in Applications in Big Sur, from another drive, empty the Trash. Restart & check purchases again.

Hmmm, Are you using the same Apple ID on the Catalina Mac?

Oh, looks impossible! :(

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252072982?answerId=253936903022#253936903022

How to do it?

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