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I made some files on my iPad and uploaded them to iCloud, though when I open Garage Band on my Mac I am not sure where they are. I open a new project and choose iCloud Drive, though there is no option to see the files.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.
GarageBand stores the shared files in the old "Documents in the Cloud" section of iCloud, not on icloud Drive.
You will see the iPad songs when you launch GarageBand and and use "File > Import":
See: http://help.apple.com/garageband/mac/10.0/#gbnde5194bdc
Import a GarageBand for iOS song
- Choose File > iCloud > Import GarageBand for iOS Song.
- In the Import GarageBand for iOS Song dialog, select the song you want to import.
- Click Import.
If you want to access the GarageBand for iCloud files in the Finder, you can reveal the folder using the Terminal, because they are hidden in the user library:
Open the Terminal.app (it is in the Applications folder in the subfolder Utilities).
Copy and paste this line into the Terminal window and hit return:
open ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/*garageband10
This will open a Finder window with your iCloud GarageBand10 songs.
And this line
open ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/*mobilegarageband
will show you the folder with the GarageBand projects created on your mobile devices.
Once the folders are showing drag them to the sidebar or create an alias so you can access them more easily.
GarageBand stores the shared files in the old "Documents in the Cloud" section of iCloud, not on icloud Drive.
You will see the iPad songs when you launch GarageBand and and use "File > Import":
See: http://help.apple.com/garageband/mac/10.0/#gbnde5194bdc
Import a GarageBand for iOS song
- Choose File > iCloud > Import GarageBand for iOS Song.
- In the Import GarageBand for iOS Song dialog, select the song you want to import.
- Click Import.
If you want to access the GarageBand for iCloud files in the Finder, you can reveal the folder using the Terminal, because they are hidden in the user library:
Open the Terminal.app (it is in the Applications folder in the subfolder Utilities).
Copy and paste this line into the Terminal window and hit return:
open ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/*garageband10
This will open a Finder window with your iCloud GarageBand10 songs.
And this line
open ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/*mobilegarageband
will show you the folder with the GarageBand projects created on your mobile devices.
Once the folders are showing drag them to the sidebar or create an alias so you can access them more easily.
Strange that it is not more intuitive
Strange that it is not more intuitive
Well, we are not supposed to access the files this way, but to use the "File" menu in GarageBand. Only from the File menu we have no way to ever delete the files we are storing there.
Accessing files through iCloud?
