Export from iPad Garageband to Windows PC

Sorted. Though it's a bit of a grind with all the playback options, but here goes. You need Home Sharing turned on. and your PC associated with your AppleID as given in previous post. (Under main menu Advanced and Store sections in iTunes.

In your GarageBand library, select Edit at top right. Tap your song to highlight it, then tap the export button top left.

Select itunes: Title your song, give it a Composer's name (ur good self) and choose the export quality format etc - then tap share in top right corner - the zip bar shows the transfer.

navigate to iTunes (which should be open while you do this) Click on your ipad icon at the left, then in the main window that displays (normally the Summary page) click on the Apps tab. After the page loads, scroll down to the File Sharing section and select Garageband. Your file will be listed. Come back and confirm the same for you and we can run through saving and playback options. for this method. Then for saving as a Garageband folder which is slightly different.

Best wishes, Nick

Emailing is restricted to AAC encoding when sending - Why not export it direct to iTunes on your PC - then choose Apple lossless from the encoding when you have ticked the compression box in the export window. Select quality/btrate, you want, then export.

Regards, Nick

Just installed Garageband myself, have windows vista, will test and see what's going on. In meantime - when you click on your device on the left of iTunes are you then going to Apps at the top of the window that opens, or Apps in the list below the device. Also are you looking in the 'File sharing' section at the foot of the Apps page in the main window?

Regards, Ct

I have a very similar problem to this and since everyone has provided some great advice in this thread I wonder if anyone knows if there's a GarageBand for Windows alternative which can open GarageBand files? I saw a bunch of alternatives listed on http://djtouchbeats.com/garageband-for-windows.html but it doesn't say if they can open GarageBand files for futher editing?

I can't always get to my Mac and sometimes I'm stuck with the Windows laptop when I'm on the move and I'd like to be working on the same stuff.

Any advice appreciated.

http://help.apple.com/garageband/ipad/1.2/index.html#chsec12c387

also see here,

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3642

Regards, Ct

Did you read the second link about sharing as an audio file - it does work, and allows you set the palyback quality for the export.

Ct

That should read '...playback..' sorry about the typo, oops.

And I take it , that you already have Home Sharing turned on under Itunes under the Main menu's Advanced section - and the PC is authorised under the Store Menu?

Ct

Pleasure to have helped you resolve your issue - and it gave me an excuse to finally try it for myself - like it - its fun. so thankyou as well. Nick