garageband wont allow me to open any of my songs to edit/play?

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garageband wont allow me to open any of my songs to edit/play?

"The file couldn't be opened" is the message I get. Everything is up to date. It has been doing this for a while now, and recently I was able to create two new songs(it randomally worked) and then when I went to close the last one and reopen the first one(of the two new ones)it wouldnt allow me to open it. Or any of them for that matter, or create a new song either. Any ideas? I'm at my wits end with this whole mac programing thing. I'm having this issue with my MBR and a duplicate picture problem on my iMac!

GarageBand (Mac) '11, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on May 24, 2013 6:47 PM

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léonie

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May 25, 2013 4:31 AM in response to iYogini

Where are your song? On an external drive or your system drive?

Do you remember, when this started? Did you install anything new at that time? Audio plug-ins? Update software? Did you run cleaner applications, like MacKeeper?

Justs in case this is a problem of failing hardware, is your backup of your system current? This may be a problem of a failing drive.

Try to narrow down the problem by making a few tests.

Can you save and open GarageBand projects on a different drive? For example thumbsdrive?
Can you open and save GarageBand projects when working from a different user account, see: Isolating an issue by using another user account
Can you open and save GarageBand projects when working in Safe Mode? See: Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? and Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode

Please report back, when you know, if a different drive, a different account, or safe boot mode change anything.

Regards

Léonie

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