- First, insert the iLife 04 install DVD into your DVD drive. When the DVD opens, ctrl-click on the "Install" icon and choose "Show Original." This will bring you to a folder on the DVD (hidden in the Finder) with lots of packages. There are two you're interested in: GarageBandApp.pkg and GarageBandDocs.pkg. Copy these somewhere onto your computer off of the DVD.
- Download Pacifist. (It's a useful piece of shareware; I recommend purchasing it. However, it'll work just fine unregistered.) Once it's downloaded, launch it. Click "Open Package" and navigate your way to GarageBandApp.pkg.
- The window that opens will show that the package contains an Applications folder and a Library folder. Highlight both, click "Extract To" on the Pacifist toolbar, and choose the external drive you wish to extract to. I recommend installing GB and its libraries/loops to the root directory of the external drive, because that's what I did and I can guarantee it works, but I think (in theory) a subfolder would also work.
- Repeat the above procedure for GarageBandDocs.pkg. If you choose to install GarageBandApp.pkg in the root directory, do the same for GarageBandDocs; if you chose a subfolder, choose the same subfolder, etc.
- Open Terminal. Type in the following (replacing badfan with the name of your external drive; badfan happens to be the name of mine; the following is one long line -- replace the line break with a single space):
You may need to use sudo before that; I don't recall if I did or not. For non-UNIX-nerds, this basically tricks GarageBand into looking in the normal place for its documentation and loops, but it's actually looking at the copy on the external drive.ln -s /Volumes/badfan/Library/Application\ Support/GarageBand/ /Library/Application\ Support
Happy composing!

