garageband doesn't upload to dropbox nor Google Drive

Put the .band folder into a .zip file:

In Finder, right-click on your .band file and choose "Compress mytestfile.band". This will create a .zip file in the same location named "mytestfile.band.zip". Dropbox and Google Drive will accept this because it is a zip file, so upload however you usually do. When you need to retrieve it from Dropbox or Google Drive, simply download it, then double-click the .zip file to unzip it and you have your .band file again.

I have 2 workarounds to this:

1. Airdrop. You can airdrop the .band file straight into a Mac (probably another ios device too, haven't tried that though). From your ios device: My Songs > Select > [Select Song] > [^] share button > AirDrop.

2. iCloud -> Dropbox. Export the .band file to iCloud (From your ios device: My Songs > Select > [Select Song] > [cloud icon] ), then logon to iCloud in a desktop or android device (iCloud - Sign in), find the .band files, then download them into your Dropbox or Google Drive from there.

#2 is horrible and clunky, sorry about that.

I'm having the same problem with Dropbox. I'm able to browse my Dropbox folders from within Garageband and select an export location, but then a popup saying "Uploading..." (with a Cancel button) appears and hangs until the device falls asleep. When unlocking my phone I'm back at the song selection screen and nothing was uploaded to Dropbox.

Pretty frustrating since Dropbox import/export has been my #1 feature request for a very long time.

Using an iPhone 6s with iOS 9.2.1 and GarageBand 2.1.

Unfortunately that isn't a workaround: The intent of using the share feature with Dropbox/GDrive from the top level menus is to share the .band file in order to open the GarageBand project on another device (yours or a friend's). Using "Open In" only lets you export a mixdown. Useful, but not the same.

Thanks for the tip anyway, that will probably prove useful in the meantime.

I didn't even realize GB had Dropbox integration before 2.1. I have wanted it since the beginning, apparently didn't realize the functionality existed, and thought was introduced for the first time (in a broken state) with 2.1. The fact that it was available previously and has gone unfixed is highly discouraging/disappointing...

I Have the same problem (though eith iphone 6). Did anyone solve it?

I'm encountering the same problem. Can either Apple fix this or anyone find a way? It's not rocket surgery, is it?

All I want is to do is share my songs (instrument and audio) with fellow band members so they can learn and practise their parts independently.

Sometime soon please! Kx

If you make each track a SOLO and share them in Google Drive individually, you'll get each track individually.

This is a pretty universal problem. File management continues to be iPad's weakest feature, as you cannot (for instance) readily open a Dropbox audio file into GarageBand.

History suggests that Apple will not be fixing this any time soon: I suspect that they still think they can win the war to have iCloud be your one-stop file management shop, where their apps natively manage your files. (iCloud actually works well with iOS GarageBand, but I have major reservations about using it.)

If anybody from Apple is reading this (just kidding) and thinking, "See? iCloud plays well with your apps better!" I would just rejoin, Dropbox plays even better with everything else.

Do you know about the track lock function? I'm not sure if this will work, but check out this explanation (a ways down the page) about track lock.

http://www.delora.com/hdocs/?page_id=502&title=how-to-export-files-from-garageba nd