Open iPad GarageBand projects on your Mac

Mar 28, '11 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: aptmunich

Songs created with the iPad version of GarageBand can not be opened with the Mac version (at least not at the time of writing). I've found a kludgy workaround that will allow you to open at least part of your project on your Mac.

Basically you just need to edit the version number embedded in the project file. I've posted the full step-by-step details to my blog.

Here are the steps:

That's it! The project will now open, albeit with a bunch of warning messages and certain things (some instruments and loops) may be missing. But recorded audio, track settings, etc. should all be there.

[crarko adds: I haven't tested this one. Hopefully Apple will have that update out soon.]

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