GarageBand crashes in iOS 11

GarageBand iOS 11 update problem. It seems that all the songs were removed from GarageBand on iPhone and iPad during upgrade to iOS 11 but they are still saved on iCloud.

You can see them in Locations using the new Files app that’s appeared since the upgrade.

I’ve managed to get the songs back by turning off iCloud in settings and opening Gagageband app. Eventually they come back but you’ll need to download them again to your device.

Good luck.

Ericjanvandamme, I had the same issue as soon as i upgraded to iOS 11. I temporarily fixed it by completely restoring my iPad via iTunes back to factory settings. I set up as new then enabled ICloud. It took forever to redownload all of my music but I got it to work. I was then able to restore from my backup to get my other data back. All seemed fine until I tried to download multiple songs from iCloud to my iPad and decided to play one already downloaded...that’s when it crashed and I could not get it to reopen until I disabled GarageBand ICloud sync. I don‘t have access to the GB iCloud content or the ability to sync new songs to it because whenever I turn GB iCloud sync on it crashes upon opening. I really don’t want to restore via iTunes, that was brutal - taking a few hours then additional hours restoring everything from backup.

We need a fix for this mess!

If GarageBand for iOS is crashing on launch try turning off iCloud. Archive your projects from iCloud Drive to an offline folder on a computer, then remove them from iCloud, turn iCloud back on in GarageBand which should now open normally, then add the projects back one at a time.

See also Re: I just updated my iPhone 6s to iOS 11 and every time I try to open GarageBand it crashes immediately and I’m scared to delete the app because most of my songs aren’t backed up.

tt2

Other users reported, that turning off iCloud for GarageBand did help, you may want to try that.

See: Re: Why does GarageBand fail at the launch with the new IOS 11 update on the 2017 IPad?

If you are not using iCloud, try to reset GarageBand: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205929

Hello ifroed

I sympathise with you it’s now over 3 weeks that I have not been able to use my iPad . I have been speaking with Apple in this time and they to date have not resolved the issue .they are reluctant to blame IOS11 ,in the 3weeks I would have spent over 6 hours on the phone with their support team ,checking cables,software,resetting the whole iPad to factory and so on. They claim that my case is an isolated case and they will fix eventually. Even though I know that there are hundreds if not thousands of people affected from this IOS11 update. Also the update has killed the Bluetooth on the iPad. I urge you to contact Apple and file a complaint with their support team and if they tell you that they have not herd of your problem ,I can give you my case number. If enough people complain they might act quicker to fix the issue .

Regards Andrew

Do your projects show up in the Files app? Perhaps they could be moved to a different folder.

tt2

Since iOS11 Garageband works fine on my "old" iPad Air2 - but on iPhone 7+ crashes all time 😟

11.0.2 didn't fix the problem - reinstalling or resetting Garageband didn't help either..

I use garage band and playground sessions since the iOS 11.00 upgrade it has rendered any app which use midi useless .every time I hit a note the note keeps repeating like a constant loop. I have tried turning off iCloud Drive with no success ,Apple just released iOS 11.03 ,installed it last night and no fix still useless. This is really frustrating . Apple allow people to roll back to iOS 10.03 until you fix all the bugs in ios11

I have this Problem too. I use GarageBand for recording guitars. When i exit the guitar-effect-page in GarageBand, GarageBand crashes. Therefor this issue renders my iPad and its malfunctioning software useless for Music-Projects. Further: Turning of iCloud does not fix this problem.

Due to an urgent project I am desperately needing a solution to use GarageBand. Or an alternative. Any suggestions for both?

Thank you you in advance!

☮ freeed

same thing is happening to me...which ***** because I use garageband literally every single day and even record vocals on it. I wish I never updated to ios 11 😡😡😡😡

Still no fix for this??? Come on Apple! Please send an update. Been waiting too long. Especially since it’s your own software.

Since iOS 11; they have released two more updates (iOS 11.0.1 and 11.0.2) to fix some bugs but am shocked they don’t take Garageband issue as important.

I dont have a computer right now so this solution may be impossible for me in particular 😫😫😫

Me, too.

I think iOS 11.1 Update coming these days will hopefully fix this problem!

Maybe someone using the beta already and can tell us?