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I have Garageband on iPad, iPhone and OS X. How can I transfer the music between them? I have enabled iCloud with iPad and iPhone but cannot understand how to get the music from there to OS X? How can I transfer songs between Garageband for iOS and OS X? Ask Question Asked 7 years, 4 months ago. Updating the Mac version to 6.0.2 should.

edited September 2016 in Support and Feedback

Hey all,

Jun 09, 2018 Want to learn how to use iCloud Drive to share your song projects in GarageBand iOS on iPhone or iPad? In this video, I'll show you how to use the 'add people' feature in GarageBand iOS to share.
This software tutorial will show you how to email GarageBand files. Learn how to zip the GarageBand file and create an archive so you can email your GarageBand music files.

I'm currently using GB on my iPadPro, and would like to collaborate with another fellow musician. I'm having a hard time being able to send him a GB project. It says online you can share it to iTunes, then share it from there, however I don't have a computer, I have an iPad Pro....
I have tried email, Dropbox, etc, and it wants to mix the project down to an MP4 before sending. Not what I want....
Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Thanks in advance

How To Send Garageband Files To Another Mac

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edited September 2016
one idea would be to share it to iCloud Drive, when you do this it will offer on option to save the project file there. Then go into the iCloud Drive and share the project there via email.
If it's especially large, iOS should offer the ability to send it via MailDrop
Additionally you could share it via 'open in', then choose Google Drive...when you do this It also presents the option to send the project file.
edited September 2016
.> @sirdavidabraham said:
one idea would be to share it to iCloud Drive, when you do this it will offer on option to save the project file there. Then go into the iCloud Drive and share the project there via email.
If it's especially large, iOS should offer the ability to send it via MailDrop
Additionally you could share it via 'open in', then choose Google Drive...when you do this It also presents the option to send the project file.
I have tried sending it via email from the iCloud Drive, but it shows up as 0 bytes....also tried to send it to google drive from iCloud, but it says it's uploading, but never does, just hangs up...>
@Bängers said:
I have tried sending it via email from the iCloud Drive, but it shows up as 0 bytes....also tried to send it to google drive from iCloud, but it says it's uploading, but never does, just hangs up...>
What apps do you have available for Open In...?
@telecharge said:
@Bängers said:
I have tried sending it via email from the iCloud Drive, but it shows up as 0 bytes....also tried to send it to google drive from iCloud, but it says it's uploading, but never does, just hangs up...>
What apps do you have available for Open In...?
From GB....Notes,Google Drive, Message, and Messanger....tried google drive, and it just hangs there saying 'uploading'....everything else, it wants to mix down.
From iCloud no open in options
edited September 2016
Well I just managed it using ifiles2
But it was a hell of a hassle.
@Bängers said:
From GB....Notes,Google Drive, Message, and Messanger....tried google drive, and it just hangs there saying 'uploading'....everything else, it wants to mix down.
From iCloud no open in options
Unfortunately, your options are pretty limited. Have you tried Apple support? They should be able to help with iCloud/upload issues.
Otherwise, you're looking at a 3rd party solution like what @BiancaNeve is describing.
@BiancaNeve said:
Well I just managed it using ifiles2
But it was a hell of a hassle.
Please explain how??
@telecharge said:
@Bängers said:
From GB....Notes,Google Drive, Message, and Messanger....tried google drive, and it just hangs there saying 'uploading'....everything else, it wants to mix down.
From iCloud no open in options
Unfortunately, your options are pretty limited. Have you tried Apple support? They should be able to help with iCloud/upload issues.
Otherwise, you're looking at a 3rd party solution like what @BiancaNeve is describing.
Apple support said to use iTunes....hate to think if you spend $1000 on the iPadPro, I now have to go buy a laptop to transfer files....
@BiancaNeve said:
Well I just managed it using ifiles2
But it was a hell of a hassle.
How does ifiles2 work
edited September 2016
Actually forget it. My method worked on iPad Air 2. But the transfer from iCloud on iPad Pro seems to get stuck.
1st download the app
iFiles 2 - File Manager, Cloud Storage, PDF Reader by Imagam.com
https://appsto.re/gb/tBD2bb.i
Add iCloud Drive as a service
Open Gagageband App
Press select
Select a track
Press the share button
Press iCloud Drive
Select Project
Select the ifiles folder in iCloud Drive
Open the ifiles app
Press the iCloud button. (you should see a folder called whatever you named your song)
Click on this and press download select local files
Once the transfer has completed you can zip it and email it or upload to Dropbox one drive etc
@BiancaNeve said
Once the transfer has completed you can zip it and email it or upload to Dropbox one drive etc
Yes...........
but how to share it then with others?
By the way: it is also possible to send a zipped .band file to Dropbox via the free iZip app, without using iCloud Drive. I just did it. But I have no good ideas about sharing it with others. As I understand it iCloud Drive is only about sharing with your own devices. I could send the link of the zipped .band Dropbox file to others, but I can't find a way for them to import the zipped .band file into their GB (without the use of a PC).
They need to unzip the .band file and save it to their own iCloud Drive. Then in GB they can just press plus then import from iCloud
Good info here for escaping the walled garden. Thank you @BiancaNeve and @Marcel
@Marcel said:
@BiancaNeve said
Once the transfer has completed you can zip it and email it or upload to Dropbox one drive etc
Yes...........
but how to share it then with others?
By the way: it is also possible to send a zipped .band file to Dropbox via the free iZip app, without using iCloud Drive. I just did it. But I have no good ideas about sharing it with others. As I understand it iCloud Drive is only about sharing with your own devices. I could send the link of the zipped .band Dropbox file to others, but I can't find a way for them to import the zipped .band file into their GB (without the use of a PC).
@BiancaNeve said:
They need to unzip the .band file and save it to their own iCloud Drive. Then in GB they can just press plus then import from iCloud
Thank you guys for the input!!! I'm going to try it with izip cause it seems like the easiest way... I'll keep you posted if it works....
I just tried Izip free on a very simple band file, but it wouldn't zip it because it was too big. But the process of getting it into izip was very simple so I may buy the full version.
edited September 2016
@BiancaNeve said:
I just tried Izip free on a very simple band file, but it wouldn't zip it because it was too big. But the process of getting it into izip was very simple so I may buy the full version.
If I remember it correctly: you have to zip the .band map. I first tried to zip all the files within that map, that didn't work, then I tried zipping the map itself, that worked. If it seems you can't select the map then press the file/map above it, then you can select the map.

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I used to do all my recording on my PowerMac G5. Now I want to only use that Mac for graphic design work and make my MacBook Pro my recording setup. I loaded iLife 08 onto the MBP. My G5 has had the last three versions installed over the years up to 08.
My concern is that I want all the instrument sounds (ones that came with the previous versions of GB I have installed over the years), all the custom instrument sounds I have made, all the loops, etc... to go over the the MBP. I do not want to open up an old file and have it tell me something is missing. Or not have the sounds I used and made in the past.
What is the best way to do this?
Do I need to install all the previous versions of GB onto the MBP up to 08 in order to have everything that is on the G5?
Can I use migration assistant?
Am I over thinking all this;)?
Any help would be greatly appreciate.
Paul W.

PowerMac G5 Dual 2GHz (6.5GB RAM, 640 GB HD), MacBook Pro 2.16GHz 17' (2GB RAM), Mac OS X (10.4.11)

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