Garageband 10.4.2 old files won't open

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Garageband 10.4.2 old files won't open

Hi, I recently got the new Garageband update and Big Sur and I cannot open any of my Garageband files. Can anyone help please? Matt

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Mar 31, 2021 2:53 AM

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léonie

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Mar 31, 2021 6:28 AM in response to mattlf81

And your previous version of GarageBand has also been a version of GarageBand 10.4 or a much older version?

Is your Desktop by any chance being synced with iCloud Drive? Then try, if you can open the GarageBand project, if you move it to your Music folder and it has been completely downloaded from iCloud. Do you have plenty of free storage on your Mac? At least 10GB? I just tested - with the current version of GarageBand 10.4? I just tested - My GarageBand 10.4.2 can even open GarageBand projects created in 2006 with a very old GarageBand version.

Can your current GarageBand installation create a new project and open it?

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léonie

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Mar 31, 2021 3:11 AM in response to mattlf81

Which version of GarageBand created the projects? Where are the projects stored?

And what happens, when you try to open the projects? Is there any error message? If yes, what is the error message?

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Mar 31, 2021 3:16 AM in response to léonie

The previous version of GarageBand created the files. They are stored on my desktop. It says "the file couldn't be opened".

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mattlf81 Author

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Mar 31, 2021 7:32 AM in response to léonie

Thank you for your help. I’ve fixed the issue. All of the media attached to each file had been deleted so there was nothing to open. Thankfully I could download it all from iCloud again.

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