Ran Fine, Fresh Mojave Install, Can't Run

I have a 2012 iMac running macOS 10.14 Mojave.  I recently took apart the iMac and switched out the SSD and HDD.  I then installed a fresh new version of Mojave.  I have Time Machine backup and other external storage where I made a copy of GarageBand prior just for safe keeping.  


Now when I try to open GarageBand 6.0.5 from the external disk it begins downloading ~1.6GB of content and tells me it thinks it's GarageBand '11.  It gets stuck right at the end and can't open properly.  I've tried: 


  1. Deleting GarageBand Preferences File (same result)
  2. Moving GarageBand To Applications Folder (same result)
  3. Downloading GarageBand From Purchases Panel (can see but can't download)
  4. Restoring From Time Machine (same result)


One strangeness is that after the small dialogue opens to tell me the download has failed, the progress bar continues working and even changes to 'Installing...' and fills.  Could be fake of course.  


I'm frustrated enough as it is that my Logic 9 was blocked from working at some point.  Any suggestions?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jan 27, 2021 1:24 PM

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Posted on Jan 30, 2021 8:46 AM

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When viewing the purchases tab on the App Store I noticed there were two versions of GarageBand being shown to me (although one would disappear after scrolling to see the other). If instead of scrolling down, if I just tried to download the newer version, I would finally get the proper 'This version is too new, would you like to download an older version' dialogue. GarageBand then correctly downloaded version 10.3.5 along with all the extra audio content and opened properly.

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Jan 30, 2021 8:46 AM in response to Daft Puzzler

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When viewing the purchases tab on the App Store I noticed there were two versions of GarageBand being shown to me (although one would disappear after scrolling to see the other). If instead of scrolling down, if I just tried to download the newer version, I would finally get the proper 'This version is too new, would you like to download an older version' dialogue. GarageBand then correctly downloaded version 10.3.5 along with all the extra audio content and opened properly.

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