grahamfrombristol

Q: 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

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  • by mteep,

    mteep mteep Jan 24, 2013 11:11 AM in response to aag97
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    Jan 24, 2013 11:11 AM in response to aag97

    Aag97, I'm sorry to hear that my suggestion didn't work for you. To help others with this same issue, would you care to mention if something in your installation differed from mine? Like if you had purchased GarageBand from the Mac App Store, or if your version of OS X was different than 10.8.2.

     

    Also, what happened when you tried my instructions? If you don't remember and have closed your Terminal window, you may find the output by re-opening Terminal.app. Additionally, there might be logs in Console.app that might explain why it didn't work for you.

     

    /MTP

  • by Switchblade,

    Switchblade Switchblade Jan 24, 2013 11:48 AM in response to Chris Tuft
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    Jan 24, 2013 11:48 AM in response to Chris Tuft

    Chris,

     

    I'd tried all the other detailed instructions here and no dice. Then used Command-R on the update page and Presto! I'll never know if this would've worked on its own but who cares. It was the final piece in the jigsaw for me. Thank you!

  • by Henkuz,

    Henkuz Henkuz Jan 31, 2013 3:26 AM in response to grahamfrombristol
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    Jan 31, 2013 3:26 AM in response to grahamfrombristol

    Dagon you are my hero, thank you so much.

  • by delgleli,

    delgleli delgleli Feb 10, 2013 8:39 AM in response to grahamfrombristol
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    Feb 10, 2013 8:39 AM in response to grahamfrombristol

    I just tried everything listed on this thread except deleting GB outright, with no results. Then it occured to me that when I first got my Mac 27 I moved applications around into folders because when I opened the application list it was too large, so I created a folder called MEDIA and placed GB in it. Everything worked fine for the last few years.

     

    Now in 2013 I'm trying to update the instruments and loops and nothing is working, so I moved garageband.app back into the application folder and presto, did a control-R in the software update window and it showed up!

     

    I am not sure if the app being in a different folder was the problem but after trying everything, the move to the app folder and one more try worked.

     

    Good luck!

     

    Dave

  • by andreywk,

    andreywk andreywk Mar 1, 2013 2:21 AM in response to grahamfrombristol
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    Mar 1, 2013 2:21 AM in response to grahamfrombristol

    Cool!!! it was so simple, to solve this problem. Just press command + R or Store->Reload Page in App Store and "GarageBand Instumetns and Apple Loops" appear in Updates. "Dave" you are the best!

    I suggest do not delete or reinstall anything, just press Download Late in GarageBand go to App Store and press Reload Page after the message that there nothing left to download. It's working!

     

    Good luck!

     

    Andrey

  • by CynthiaNPS,

    CynthiaNPS CynthiaNPS Mar 1, 2013 11:24 AM in response to andreywk
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    Mar 1, 2013 11:24 AM in response to andreywk

    After I tried a couple of times to uninstall and reinstall Garageband and all the associated files, I still couldn't get the extra loops so I called Apple (I have 3 years of support so why not use it!).  They told me that I wouldn't be able to download the loops with GB '11 (6.0.5) on Mountain Lion.    Well, that was until I hit the Store->Reload Page!!   It worked!!  THANK YOU!!   

     

    Whoever I talked to at Apple clearly didn't know what they were talking about.

  • by slaterk,

    slaterk slaterk Mar 20, 2013 2:52 AM in response to Switchblade
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    Mar 20, 2013 2:52 AM in response to Switchblade

    Switchblade wrote:

    used Command-R on the update page and Presto!

    This is what made it work for me ... thanks!

  • by NatoZ,

    NatoZ NatoZ Mar 25, 2013 12:24 AM in response to Switchblade
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    Mar 25, 2013 12:24 AM in response to Switchblade

    you are the man !! i tried for like two days and saw this post and it worked straight away !

  • by dirtabd,

    dirtabd dirtabd Apr 13, 2013 11:39 PM in response to dagon
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    Apr 13, 2013 11:39 PM in response to dagon

    To fix this problem, deleting all the GB files and indexes are the easiest way to go, dont bother with any of those other fixes as they dont work with GB 6.0.5

  • by MannyV1894,

    MannyV1894 MannyV1894 Apr 29, 2013 6:34 AM in response to mteep
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    Apr 29, 2013 6:34 AM in response to mteep

    Doing all the files and reinstalling didn't work for me! mteep had the best solution for me thanks a bunch!!

    late 2012 macbook pro 13 OSX 10.8.3 Im using GB 6.0.5 btw

  • by Jenavee,

    Jenavee Jenavee May 2, 2013 9:06 PM in response to mteep
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    May 2, 2013 9:06 PM in response to mteep

    My goodness, mteep! THIS IS MY SALVATION! LOL thank you thank you thank youuu! :***

     

    Blessing from the Philippines to wherever you are!

  • by chuPAULcabra,

    chuPAULcabra chuPAULcabra May 13, 2013 5:41 PM in response to mteep
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    May 13, 2013 5:41 PM in response to mteep

    This worked for me! after weeks on with Apple support I finally tried this solution and BINGO!

     

    I will say though at first I had doubts becasue Terminal told me that the install failed, however that triggered the app store to finally successfully download and install the loops.

     

    Thanks so much for this suggestion Mteep!

  • by Manni79,

    Manni79 Manni79 May 18, 2013 7:21 PM in response to Chris Tuft
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    May 18, 2013 7:21 PM in response to Chris Tuft

    Firstly thanks to Dagon for the tips

     

    I tried this 3 times to no avail, everytime the app store would refresh for updates it said none were available.

     

    I tried "Command R' to force refresh and after a couple minutes the garage band update turned up!!!

     

    Try comand R if you have no luck

     

    Thanks Guys !!

  • by tcsadmin,

    tcsadmin tcsadmin Jul 23, 2013 11:43 AM in response to mteep
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    Jul 23, 2013 11:43 AM in response to mteep

    Freakin' GENIUS mteep!!!

     

    Terminal kicks it everytime!

     

    Thanks for the tip!!

     

    John

  • by stilltortoise,

    stilltortoise stilltortoise Jul 23, 2013 2:48 PM in response to andreywk
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    Jul 23, 2013 2:48 PM in response to andreywk

    andreywk wrote:

     

    Cool!!! it was so simple, to solve this problem. Just press command + R or Store->Reload Page in App Store and "GarageBand Instumetns and Apple Loops" appear in Updates. "Dave" you are the best!

    I suggest do not delete or reinstall anything, just press Download Late in GarageBand go to App Store and press Reload Page after the message that there nothing left to download. It's working!

     

    Good luck!

     

    Andrey

     

    This worked for me. Thanks

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