GarageBand 6.0.5 in Yosemite?

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GarageBand 6.0.5 in Yosemite?

I upgraded to Yosemite on my 2011 MacBook Pro, and GarageBand 6.0.5 works there but it's slow as molasses. (The entire machine is, but that's a different story.) When I got my 27-inch iMac (w/Yosemite) I gave GarageBand 10 a shot, but it just doesn't make sense to me; I prefer the classic GB 6.0.5 for podcasting.

I successfully copied the 6.0.5 app into my iMac, but upon launching it's telling me that I have to choose a "valid instrument library." Anybody know what I should do next?

iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Oct 6, 2015 10:01 AM

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léonie

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Oct 6, 2015 10:14 AM in response to jpm418

I successfully copied the 6.0.5 app into my iMac, but upon launching it's telling me that I have to choose a "valid instrument library." Anybody know what I should do next?

Copy an instrument library from your MacBook Pro to your iMac.

The instruments are installed in the System Library: Open the folder "Library" directly at the top level of your MacintoshHD, then copy the missing files and folders from /Library/Application Support/GarageBand/ to your iMac.

You will need to copy the Loops as well. The loops are installed in /Library/Audio/Apple Loops/ .

After copying the loops over rebuild the Loop Index as described here: Rebuilding the Loop Index in GarageBand

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jpm418 Author

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Oct 6, 2015 10:47 AM in response to léonie

Did it, doesn't work. I copied the instrument library and loops over, launched GarageBand and it asked me to choose a valid instrument library, but the new (old) instrument library folders don't even appear! Am I missing something?

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