Collaborating with GarageBand using iPads
A friend and I want to start collaborating with GarageBand using our iPads. What is the easiest way to share project files so they can be worked on by either of us? Thanks for any help.
GarageBand (iPad)
The easiest way would be to share the GarageBand Project to iCloud and and access it from iCloud. Only that would require you both to use the same AppleID with iCloud, and that is not recommended.
The other way to transfer projects between iPads requires a detour to your computers. If you both have macs, share your GarageBand project to iTunes on your mac, then copy it to your friend's mac and share it to your friend's iPad using your friend's iTunes library.
How to share GB projects from IOS devices to Macs is described here:
See the paragraph:
Send a GarageBand song to iTunes:
- Tap the My Songs button, then tap Edit.
- Tap the song you want to send, then tap the Share button
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- Tap Share Song via iTunes.
- Do one of the following:
After you tap the iTunes icon, you can choose the quality of the file GarageBand sends to iTunes. You can also add artist, composer, and title information that appears in iTunes.
- To send the song as a GarageBand song, tap GarageBand.
- To send the song as an audio file, tap iTunes, then tap Share.
- Sync your iPad with your computer.In iTunes, the exported song appears in the Documents list in the File Sharing area when GarageBand is selected.
- Do one of the following:
- Drag the song from the GarageBand Documents list to the Finder.
- Click Save As, navigate to the location where you want to save the song, then click Save.
You can open the GarageBand song in GarageBand on your Mac, or play the audio file in iTunes (or any compatible audio application) on your computer. GarageBand songs cannot be opened on a Windows computer.
If your friend has a PC and not a mac, it will be more involved, see: Re: Loading a .band file back into Garageband (iPad 2)
Regards
Léonie