Thierry Driessen
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Q: garageband doesn't upload to dropbox nor Google Drive

Hi everyone, I have a serious problem.

 

I would like to use my Garageband app on my ipad to export to and upload a project file to Dropbox or Google Drive, because those are the two applications I use the most to store my files, music and photo's, but when I try to upload, all I get is this load bar that gets stuck and never moves.

It just doesn't upload my files to my Dropbox or Google Drive. What am I doing wrong here?

 

I set everything up correctly and still it won't work. Can someone please tell me what to do, I just want to upload a simple project to one of my online storages.

Is it at all possible to do this? I guess it should be because otherwise, there wouldn't be an option to add Dropbox or Google drive to your Garageband Export preferences. But why doesn't it work?

 

Thanks in advance for the help,

 

Thierry Driessen.

iPad mini (Retina) Wi-Fi, iOS 7.1.2

Posted on Jan 4, 2016 1:25 PM

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  • by ironcladlou,

    ironcladlou ironcladlou Jan 30, 2016 5:30 AM in response to Thierry Driessen
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    Jan 30, 2016 5:30 AM in response to Thierry Driessen

    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.

  • by Thierry Driessen,

    Thierry Driessen Thierry Driessen Feb 1, 2016 8:39 AM in response to ironcladlou
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    Feb 1, 2016 8:39 AM in response to ironcladlou

    Yes it is extremely frustrating indeed, I am now on IOS 9.2.1 too with the latest version of Garageband, I thought this issue would be resolved by now.

    I don't understand why they would implement something that doesn't even work?

  • by Thierry Driessen,

    Thierry Driessen Thierry Driessen Feb 1, 2016 8:59 AM in response to Thierry Driessen
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    Feb 1, 2016 8:59 AM in response to Thierry Driessen

    Hi everyone, I found a workaround that worked for me in Google Drive and Dropbox.

     

    So in Garageband go to your songs, press and hold on one of your songs, then press the share button, don't choose Dropbox or Google Drive because this will not work, instead choose open in, choose the quality, then a new window will open and there you can also choose Dropbox or Google Drive or whatever, select your cloudstorage of preference and hey presto it will actually upload!

  • by ironcladlou,

    ironcladlou ironcladlou Feb 1, 2016 10:54 AM in response to Thierry Driessen
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    Feb 1, 2016 10:54 AM in response to Thierry Driessen

    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.

  • by Thierry Driessen,

    Thierry Driessen Thierry Driessen Feb 2, 2016 12:52 AM in response to ironcladlou
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    Feb 2, 2016 12:52 AM in response to ironcladlou

    No problem, I hope someone at Apple will notice and finally address this problem.

    I have been having trouble with this since the beginning, (when I first got my IPad 1,5 years ago.)

    It was not working then, I hoped it would be fixed in an update but three updates passed and still not luck.

    We'll see what happens, Like I said, I hope they will finally fix it.

  • by ironcladlou,

    ironcladlou ironcladlou Feb 2, 2016 6:29 AM in response to Thierry Driessen
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    Feb 2, 2016 6:29 AM in response to Thierry Driessen

    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...

  • by Hoguner,

    Hoguner Hoguner Feb 21, 2016 5:50 AM in response to Thierry Driessen
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    Feb 21, 2016 5:50 AM in response to Thierry Driessen

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

  • by drumkitch,

    drumkitch drumkitch Apr 14, 2016 1:01 PM in response to Hoguner
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    Apr 14, 2016 1:01 PM in response to Hoguner

    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

  • by Codgus,

    Codgus Codgus Apr 22, 2016 12:29 PM in response to ironcladlou
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    Apr 22, 2016 12:29 PM in response to ironcladlou

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

  • by OtterStCatch,

    OtterStCatch OtterStCatch May 1, 2016 4:29 PM in response to Thierry Driessen
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    May 1, 2016 4:29 PM in response to Thierry Driessen

    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.