Hello, I’m running macOS 10.12 and under storage management it says that "GarageBand instruments and lessons are using 1,02 GB. You can manage these files using GarageBand." I don’t even have GarageBand installed, so how can I completely get rid of it?
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014), Other OS, macOS 10.12
I had the same problem. On my 2015 11 inch Macbook Air (120 GB drive), I had deleted Garage Band but the storage management kept saying Garage Band was using approximately 5GB -- and this after deleting the following:
Today, I went to the App store and reinstalled Garage Band. Then I deleted it using a utility "CleanMyMac" (which, prior to re-installing Garage Band, of course could not see Garage Band).
This fixed the problem completely:
I had the same problem. On my 2015 11 inch Macbook Air (120 GB drive), I had deleted Garage Band but the storage management kept saying Garage Band was using approximately 5GB -- and this after deleting the following:
Today, I went to the App store and reinstalled Garage Band. Then I deleted it using a utility "CleanMyMac" (which, prior to re-installing Garage Band, of course could not see Garage Band).
This fixed the problem completely:
Everyone keeps posting these various folders in the Libraries for Application Support and Audio and I did not have such folders or the app installed and yet still had nearly a half gig of files. I found a folder in audio for Final Cut Pro files and just to test moved the folder out of there and sure enough all the GarageBand files disappeared from the manage storage app. So your other sound files for apple apps my be the issue. problem solved for me, hope this help you.
In the audio folder, as I drilled further into it, I saw that one of the folders was labeled for the "Final Cut Pro" and contained a number of sound effects. I just wanted to see if they were being considered GarageBand resources so I just drug the folder to the desktop as an experiment. I restarted the storage management app and sure enough all the GarageBand Resources were gone and no space was being utilized for them. I then put back the audio files and sure enough I have GarageBand files. So it appears that the management app should be renamed to Pro App resources or something like that to end all this confusion.
If you followed all the steps and garageband is still using some storage, I managed to get rid of the last 1.45GB by searching for garageband in the library folder and private folder
To access the private folder, use go to folder or CMD-shift-G and type /private/
I too tried all the recommended deletions and still get the message of over 5GB of space. Hope someone can come up with more than these:
If you don't have FCP, then just delete the folder. The resources aren't needed. But if you do use FCP, then don't stress about the space being used. It's part of your app.
Following these instructions I found the used space (74 GB in my case) did not get freed.
I noticed however that the folders did not get deleted despite several attempts at deleting it in Finder.
Instead I used terminal and typed
sudo rm -fR /Applications/GarageBand.app
sudo rm -fR /Library/Application Support/GarageBand/
sudo rm -fR /Library/Application Support/Logic/
sudo rm -fR /Library/Audio/Apple Loops/
It asks for your admin password each time and correctly deletes the folders. (you may find GarageBand.app deletes properly using Finder)
Make sure you are looking in the correct Library folder. There's at least 3 on any Mac:
One in your user folder - the home folder.
One in the System folder,
and a Library (the one that you want) at the root of your hard drive.
Found this on another site and it worked for me.
i still have about 462 mb
none of the files listed exist other than apple loops but its in a folder marked for final cut pro.
any other ideas how to get rid of this?
please elaborate on moving the folder out of there please
/Library/Application Support/Logic reduced it to 453.3MB, but not everything. Used App Cleaner as instructed as in the notes before, then deleted the Logic folder. Still searching for the remaining debris.
I had this same problem. I could not find any of the folders or files on my computer. The storage manager showed another user account that I had forgotten about. I signed into that account and found the Garageband and Logic files hiding there. Successfully deleted them by following the instructions above.
I've tried all these solutions (deleting the folders, reinstalling and removing the Garageband with the app Cleanmymac), and I'm still getting 2GB of Music Creation. Does someone have a clue on how to get rid of it?
I've follow all the suggestions but mine is still the same . any help
This solved my problem! Now I have Zero in Music Creations
How to delete GarageBand instruments and lessons?
