Garageband was not able to install the new sounds

thanks leonie..will try that...also could you tell me how to access the /private/var/folders on my macbook pro? aim not able to find them anywhere! thanks again:)

leonie i went and checked the app store under purchased apps...it says garageband installed and there is no accept button..what to do now?

leonie i went and checked the app store under purchased apps...it says garageband installed and there is no accept button..what to do now?

Which version are you trying to install? And which version is in your Applications folder? Can it be, that you have backup drives connected, with older GarageBAnd versions on the drive?

thanks leonie..will try that...also could you tell me how to access the /private/var/folders on my macbook pro? aim not able to find them anywhere! thanks again:)

The folder /private/var/folders is t a hidden part of the system. You can access it by opening $TMPDIR

Launch the Terminal.app fromm the folder Applications > Utilities and paste this into a Terminal window:

open $TMPDIR

This will open a Finder window, and you can browse the folder in the Finder and easily access the temporary files:

Instead of deleting the folders, it is probably necessary to repair the permissions and the ownership for $TMPDIR, if the installer cannot remove the partial downloads on its own.

The command below will make you the owner of all files in your $TMPDIR: It will change the ownership to your user id. Copy and paste it into the Terminal. Make sure, it has been copied exactly as I posted it here. Any small typo in a sudo command can be dangerous.

sudo chown -R $UID $TMPDIR..

Thanks leonie!

This worked for me. I did have to restart at some point and I also had to restart Garage Band a couple of times.

nstead of deleting the folders, it is probably necessary to repair the permissions and the ownership for $TMPDIR, if the installer cannot remove the partial downloads on its own.

The command below will make you the owner of all files in your $TMPDIR: It will change the ownership to your user id. Copy and paste it into the Terminal. Make sure, it has been copied exactly as I posted it here. Any small typo in a sudo command can be dangerous.

sudo chown -R $UID $TMPDIR..

You're welcome!

Compatibility Update kept failing for me but I finally got it to work doing the install manually.

open Safari app

enter the following URL: http://audiocontentdownload.apple.com//lp9_ms2_content_2011/MGBContentCompatibil ity.pkg

after the download completes double click on the download file in your downloaded folder and follow the instructions.

Hope it helps. 🙂

-andy

andyappel wrote:

Compatibility Update kept failing for me but I finally got it to work doing the install manually.

open Safari app

enter the following URL: http://audiocontentdownload.apple.com//lp9_ms2_content_2011/MGBContentCompatibil ity.pkg

after the download completes double click on the download file in your downloaded folder and follow the instructions.

Hope it helps. 🙂

-andy

Andy,

What does Compatibility Update do for you?

I'm in the situation where, even after paying the upgrade fee, I don't know if all of the Software Instruments that Apple is going to provide have been installed or not. Evidently, Apple previously provided a lot more Software Instruments with GarageBand than they currently do.

Were you able to get all of yours installed? If so, do you have now, for example, an Oboe software instrument installed?

Try the solution offered in the following post : Re: garageband basic guitar lessons download fails

The diagnosis on which the solution is based makes sense.

I've discovered the most simple solution yet. I did some digging around in my downloaded but not yet installed file packages. It turns out that they wouldn't execute after download because of a JavaScript error. Turns out you need to install the latest version of Java on your Mac for the install to work. Crazy, given that Apple has stopped bundling Java with Mac OS X!!!!!. Go to the relevant Oracle page and download the latest version of Java and this ridiculous problem will be resolved.

Thank you. This is exactly what worked for me. I had to Force quit because it would get stuck in the install process and just hold. So I simply installed the latest Java JRE for Mac OS X 64-bit, and then I restarted Garageband to install the new sounds again. Worked like a charm and installed very quickly after the download. It finished with flying colors. So yeah, they kind of forgot to ensure you installed the latest Java before attempting to install the new sounds.

Unbeliveable!!!!!! I've been struggling for months to get the lessons and extra loops and yet just by updating java, they download in minutes. Thanks for this.

I have a new MacBook and my old garageband in the App Store wasn't opening on my new computer. Luckily, I had copied the application to a backup hard drive. I copied this file onto my new computer and it worked.

I was receiving this error as well. It didn't turn out to be anything to do with file permissions or Java. I had disabled Spotlight. Once I re-enabled it everything worked fine. It must be needed to index all the loop files. Indeed after the loops install a window pops up titled 'Indexing Apple Loops'.

So if you had disabled Spotlight by running 'launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist' you will have to re-enable it by running the same command except with 'load' instead of 'unload'.

Update to GarageBand 10.1 from the Mac App Store to resolve this issue. As you can see, the download appears to be working correctly.

Downloading content (GarageBand version 10.1)