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GarageBand '11 won't download additional loops

Hola,

I have GarageBand '11, running on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The Apple loops have lots of greyed-out loops that need downloading. I click to activate one, it tells me I must download the loop now or later. I click Now, it goes to Software Update which tells me there is nothing left to download because I am completely up to date. I restart GarageBand, and still the loops are missing.

It's very frustrating!

In my Software Update download history it says the loops have already been downloaded, yet GarageBand still can't see them.

Anybody got any idea what to do?

Thanks,

Graham

GarageBand (Mac) '11, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on May 5, 2011 6:59 AM

61 replies

resting

Level 1

32 points

Aug 12, 2013 8:12 AM in response to Switchblade

Cmd + R in the app store updates page worked for me too!

Reinstall didn't work.

Thanks!

Aug 27, 2013 2:30 PM in response to grahamfrombristol

Hi. I had the same problem with greyed out loops. I checked in the Garageband Loops folder and found that the loops were there, but didn't load and when I clicked on them in Garageband the Download reqest window showed up. What I did was very simple.

I quit Garageband, found the Garageband Loops folder and put it in the trash. Started Garageband and found the loops were'nt there anymore. Then I quit Garageband, and put the Folder back again.

By accident I put the folder into another loop folder, but heck just left it there, Garageband then needed to reindex the library, and all loops showed up and worked perfectly. Problem solved :-)

Sep 23, 2013 5:26 AM in response to grahamfrombristol

CMD- R worked like a charm ....... AWESOME

Sep 23, 2013 3:47 PM in response to mteep

mteep, you're a genius. it worked perfectly!

Oct 4, 2013 11:34 AM in response to mteep

Thanks! 🙂

Wojteq

Level 1

4 points

Dec 14, 2013 5:13 AM in response to mteep

Thank you!

Dec 14, 2013 7:36 AM in response to grahamfrombristol

HELPPPP **** ALL MY LOOPS ARE NOW GREY BECAUSE I DELETED ALL GARAGEBAND FILES AS ADVICED (BECAUSE NON OF MY ADDED JAMPACKS DOWNLOADED PROPERLY) AND REINSTALLED IT, NOW EVEN THE NORMAL LOOPS ARE NOT SHOWING :C

GARAGEBAND 10.0.1

OS X MAVERICKS

Dec 27, 2013 7:56 PM in response to mteep

Great tip from Mteep...worked beautifully.

Thanks

OBrian25

Level 1

0 points

Mar 6, 2014 6:04 PM in response to grahamfrombristol

I did everything you said, it downloaded loops but not vocals and some other beats weren't downloaded as well. Any tips on what I should maybe do to get the sounds I need?

Jun 13, 2014 8:19 AM in response to grahamfrombristol

I too have had difficulty getting the extra loops and followed suggestions of useing the download to

garagebandextracontent.pkg However when I tried to install the package an Alert widow opened saying. This update requires GarageBand version 4 or newer. As I am useing Ver. 6.0.5 there seem little I can do to load this. Has anyone any solutions for me please.

Mar 13, 2015 6:58 AM in response to mteep

it doesn't help to me , for me in the end it shows....done.... but doent shows in the garageband ......pls help..

Sep 18, 2015 9:34 AM in response to mteep

Mteep, you da man!

Oct 28, 2015 12:26 PM in response to mteep

Perfect. Thank you so much.

Jul 17, 2016 7:28 AM in response to mteep

This solved my problem with updating software instruments. It was easy to do and it worked.

Dec 28, 2016 3:16 PM in response to MBiber

Thanks mate! your solution worked on my Macbook Pro (mid 2012)

I'm using macOS Sierra (10.12.2), the .txt file was located at this location ----- /library/audio/apple loops index

I moved the file to desktop prior to delete it. (But that's just me as I wasn't sure what will happen next. LoL)

Thanks for sharing the solution.

GarageBand '11 won't download additional loops