A garageband project completely disappeared.

Garage band project completely disappeared. The only thing I did recently that might have caused it was backing up my hard drive. Is this possible? I'm a bit leery of connecting the back up harddrive for fear that i might lose more! Suggestions?

But how did you backup? Is your backup drive directly connected (USB, Thunderbolt) or a network attached storage? Did you use backup software that came with the drive, or Time Machine, or did you simply copy the project by drag-and-drop to the drive? Copying between drives should not delete a project from your system system drive, but if you hold down the options-key while dragging a project to a different disk, the project will be moved instead of copied and deleted from the original location.

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I recently got a new iPad Air 2 running 8.1.1 and I wanted to transfer GarageBand projects from my old iPad 3 running 8.1.2 to my new device. I found this harder than I expected.
You'd think the help instructions I found at http://help.apple.com/garageband/ipad/1.0/index.html#chsec12c387 would be sufficient, but some of the steps didn't work for me. Was it because I was running Windows on my partnered PC rather than a Mac? What this help link doesn't tell you is that, as difficult as it is for me now to navigate around and find my devices after recent changes to iTunes, that all that's available for File Sharing are GarageBand projects that have already been Exported to iTunes. However, then I ran into problems with these instructions "Send a GarageBand Song to iTunes". Step 1- the only place I see My Songs on my old iPad is at the edit screen of a project. When I hit My Songs, it shuts down that recording session and switches to a list of songs, but there is no Export Song button, just a plus sign in the upper left. Hitting the plus doesn't get me to " Export Song button", it gets me to "Create New Song" or " Copy From iTunes File Sharing". It took me a long time to figure out I had to Select a song first, then the icons in the upper left changed and one icon gave me a way to upload to iTunes. Not at all like the help instructions, but at least I could get a project to File Sharing. (or Dropbox) However, if I selected more than one project, the Upload button grayed out. I had 40 projects to transfer, so I wanted to find a solution that would be better than this.
I looked at Re: Import a proyect from garage band to ipad and It is really unacceptable that I cannot transfer my garageband format songs from iPad to iTunes for windows and then add them to my new iPad. Any ideas? but they weren't matching up to my problem. However, it was nice to find out about iFun http://www.i-funbox.com/ , which looks more understandable than iTune File Sharing.
What I eventually discovered was I could select multiple GB projects on the old iPad, and still have the Upload to iCloud icon available in the upper left. All my remaining GB projects went to iCloud in one step and eventually they started to appear in GB on my new iPad Air, except that I had to buy some more iCloud storage.
Is this really the only way to move many GB projects to a new iPad?

Hello marcia999,
This can be done through the Filesharing pane in iTunes (when the iPad is connected).
iMovie for iOS (iPad): Import from iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3239
If you created a project or trailer on an iOS device (such as iPad or iPhone) and sent the project to iTunes, you can then import the project to another compatible device through iTunes.
Import a project or trailer from iTunes
Connect your device to your computer, then open iTunes on your computer.After a moment, your device appears in iTunes, below Devices on the left.
Select the device, then click Apps at the top of the iTunes window.
Select iMovie in the Apps list below File Sharing (you may need to scroll to see it).
Click Add below the iMovie Documents pane; in the window that appears, navigate to the file you want to add.
Select the file, then click Open to copy the file to your device.The file appears in the iMovie Documents pane when copying is complete.
Open iMovie on your device; if you’re not in projects view, tap the My Projects button in the upper-left corner above the viewer.
Tap the Import button at the bottom of the screen, then tap the name of the project you want to import.When the import is complete, the project opens and can be edited like any other project.
Cheers,
Allen

Under PC with windows 9, can I move garageband projects from one iOS devide to another ? (e.g iphone to ipad)

I made a garageband project with iphone and export it to itunes to move it to my ipad.
Hoever, exported .band is decrbed as folder, not a file, so i cannot move it to ipad.
Do you know any way to solve this?

Windows 9??? I didn't think 8 was finished yet!
At the moment iTunes can't add a folder to the file sharing area, only individual files. Looking at an iMovie project it is exported as a zip file with a .iMobileMovie extension and I don't really understand why the same hasn't been done with .band exports.
I have seen reports of success using iExplorer (formerly iPhoneExplorer) to add projects to the device but having completely failed to get it to work, or even show me the contents of the GarageBand app's folder on my iPhone I can't really suggest that as an option right now.
I have however submitted a bug report about the issue. With luck it will be addressed at some point.
tt2

My Garageband project crashed, the file lost/damaged! How to recover it?

Guys,
I've been working my garageband project when suddenly the window was closed and the notification asked me to reopen, report or ignore it.
This is my second time my project crashed. The first time, I chose 'reopen', and my file reopen. All the midi datas still there, but the sample sounds were empty. So I had to put it one by one. What a job because I had more than 15 instruments there.
But those jobs was better then what I experienced today. After my project crashed, I chose 'ignore' with assumption I would open the last saved file. But it didn't. I really lost my file. The size for one GarageBand projects is about more than 1 MB. But my file after crashed is about 56 KB! So some solutions like 'right click' and 'show package content' didn't work at all because I worked with midi data, not live recording. I tried to find the script file at projectdata and compared it with my other projects, they have more bytes than my lost project file.
So, if you have a same problem like me, just choose 'reopen'. I hope it will save your midi data so you don't have to work it out from beginning (just like I have to do after write this post ... x) )
So guys, is there any idea how to recover my crashed file? I've sent a report to Apple and still waiting their answer.
Thanks a lot
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Reinstalling iTunes won't ever repair damaged libraries or find lost files.
Unlike nearly all Windows software double-clicking an iTunes Library file does not necessarily open the selected database. Rather, iTunes opens the last database it successfully opened, or if that was in the "normal" <User's Music>\iTunes location, but is missing, it will create a new empty library.
You can open an alternate library file, or create a new one, by holding down shift as you start iTunes. Although you can open the library files in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder this way, your library will perform better if you restore the archived library database to the main iTunes folder in the way that I have described.
Your most recent library may be present in the main iTunes folder as a .tmp file, or recoverable via a file undelete tool, however either of these files, if found, may be partially corrupt getting you no further forward.
The two most recent releases of iTunes were June 11th and March 28th 2012..
Yes I read your post, but I don't know if you know all of the above. If you had a full backup of your library you could just restore that. It is possible that what you've tried so far hasn't yet brought back the most complete version of your library that is available to you. As a last resort you will have to work with what you have and add in whatever media is not in that version of your library, accepting the loss of recently added ratings, playlists & play counts.
You can simply add the entire iTunes Media folder using File > Add Folder to Library folder which should ignore everything already in the library and only add new (to that database) stuff. If there is any chance that your iTunes media folder contains .m3u playlist files the import process will also import all of those, which may not be what you want. iTunes Folder Watch would then present a better approach.
tt2

Why might an entire project folder disappear from my CS3 program?

Why might an entire project folder completely disappear from my CS3 program? Being a rookie at this, any advice is appreciated.

You can buy ready made external RAIDs.
I am sorry, but I fail to see how this will help the OP with USB 2.0 externals.
Now, for "the next time," it will work, but when one has a USB external, they have a single HDD USB 2.0 external. This is of no use with that equipment. That was my point.
I recommend one with an eSATA connection.
Or use internals.
Again, a "next time" solution, albeit a good one. I do not argue that different thing could, and should, be done. I just fail to see how your suggestions would help the OP with the "here and now."
Let's use the tried and true "automobile analoghy," that we are all quick to interject. The OP asks, "I had an accident with my MB S-500, and the grille was caved in. How do I fix it?" The answer, "next time, do not have the accident," does not address the issue. It is, of course, good advice, but does not help with the current problem. The "accident" has already happened. Yes, avoiding the next one is good advice, but is irrevelent in the "here and now."
Sorry, but I would not give you points on this one, were it my post.
Hunt

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This happened to me twice today. The first time I thought I made a mistake but happening twice makes me think it's a software issue. Luckily I had the saved file from end of day yesterday and the changes I made today were minimal.
I made changes to a Blu Ray project in Encore. I burned the disk and everything seems fine. When I save and quit, the project file disappears. GONE! The only reference to it anywhere on the computer or external drive is the project is in the recent items list from the Apple menu (and my backup drive but that is from yesterday).
I'm running CS5 and the latest version of OSX.

Welcome to the forum.
The first thing that I would check, and in depth, would be your complete I/O sub-system, i.e. your HDD's and your controller. This should never happen, and Adobe programs are usually very careful to NOT directly affect any existing file on the system.
Any other anomalies with regards to files and folders?
You mention externals. Are any USB? Read/write errors are common, when working to/from those, though they function nicely for archiving - just not when working to/from.
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How do I use iCloud to collaborate on a GarageBand project with a remotely located musician?

How do I use iCloud to collaborate on a GarageBand project with a remotely located musician? He is in Valencia, Spain, I am in Green Bay, Wisconsin. We'd like to be able to work on the same GarageBand document together, laying down tracks, etc.
Is there a tutorial I should look at?

Are you using GarageBand on a Mac or on an iPad?
With iCloud you can store your GarageBand projects in iCloud, so you can work on the same project on all your iPads, iPods, iPhones, and transfer it from your iDevices to your Mac. But you cannot use iCloud to share a project between people with different AppleIDs.
To send GarageBand projects back and forth, compress the the ":band" files and mail them, if they are small enough or put them in a Dropbox or other cloud storage and mail the link.

Trying to restore old GarageBand projects, some will, some won't?

I am on OS X 10.6.8, 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, and before the last system update (to 10.6.8) I was running Time Machine on an outboard Samsung drive, and had an Iomega external drive to which I had moved my GarageBand folder (and its pointer) and all my projects. With the update to 10.6.8, my Iomega drive was suddenly no longer accessible. I read a note on the forum that said Firewire support was dropped with 10.6.8, so I reconnected the drive with USB, but still was unable to access. I had the bright idea to restore my GarageBand projects from Time Machine, from before I had moved them to the outboard drive. I can see the projects when I do a search for "garage" on my Time Machine backups, but have only been able to restore a handful of them. The icon for some of the project files is a dark grey horizontal rectangle (the ones that =did= restore) then there are others that have a light grey horizontal rectangle as their file icon, and others that have the little tan guitar as their icons. I'm figuring these may be sets of projects from the different versions of GarageBand that have lived under OS X in its various incarnations. Whenever I select any project files other than the handful of dark-grey-rectangle files, and click "restore" in Time Machine, after asking me to select a target folder (which does exist on my Mac) I get a pop-up message that has "Copy" in the header for the pop-up, and says:
"The volume has the wrong case sensitivity for a backup."
Please help me understand (a) what that error message means, it sounds like the Time Machine program is trying to improperly create a backup on my main HD, but all I want to do is copy those files to my Mac, (b) how I can get my files out of Time Machine and back onto my main HD, and (c) if I can convert them to the current GarageBand format once I get them on my machine.
I also tried to restore from Time Machine the .mp3 files that were created from my GarageBand projects, but after selecting a group of those from a Time Machine search, I got the same message about "wrong case sensitivity for a backup"... If I try to play them from my iTunes, where I had put them after creating the .mp3's in GarageBand, it gives me a message that the underlying file isn't present, so it can't play the song, which is why I'm trying to get those GarageBand files over from Time Machine. If I had only not updated to 10.6.8, I think all would have been well.
Something doesn't look quite right. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. I'm a songwriter and my old songs are now trapped in Time Machine! I'm very nervous that I might accidentally delete them instead of rescuing them.

Unfortunately, no. The error message I'm getting, about the volume not having the right case sensitivity for a backup, seems to be an inappropriate message, at least to my thinking. I am only trying to restore some old files. Seems like it would not have any problem. And the first five I restored came back just fine, I chose "choose location" and just let them come into the Applications folder, then I moved them to a separate folder on the desktop just so I could see them all together. When I went back to gather some more files, I started getting that "case sensitivity for a backup" message, and now I get it every time, even if I try to restore the same files that I already restored, to another folder of course.
It's like Time Machine thinks I'm making another backup, when all I'm trying to do is restore a few GarageBand .band files.
I played around with it some more, trying to restore a single file to an empty folder on my desktop, trying to restore to a thumb drive (got a "volume is not formatted properly" error, even though the drive already had some Quickbooks files on it I copied from my current machine successfully), and nothing I try is working.
Do I dare restart my computer and see if that clears something up? Like I said before, I fear I will end up deleting my song files, or destroying access to my outboard Time Machine backup disk. The original song files were on an Iomega external disk that my Mac cannot access anymore, it may be crashed, I will have to take it to the Genius bar to have someone look at it. But it is frustrating to see those files in my Time Machine backups and not be able to get them back on my main disk!!!!! Thanks for the help you gave, but there was nothing in there that pertained to this particular problem. Any other suggestions? Should I "eject" my Time Machine external disk and then restart the computer and reattach the Time Machine disk? Will that protect those files?
Sorry to be so full of questions. I really just need help getting these files off the Time Machine. Sounds so simple on the tutorial, but it is just not happening here. Thanks again, please, any other suggestions please send them on.

Logic crashes when trying to open a Garageband project file

Hey guys,
Since discovering that software instrument apple loops (SIAL) do NOT include the effects/sends when they are imported into logic, a discussion on here mentioned that when opened in Garageband, the effects are included. The suggestion was that by opening a garageband project in logic, the effects/sends would all be imported into logic from garage band.
This worked fine for a couple of software instruments such as '80's Dance Bass Synth' but strangely every time i try to open a garageband project file in logic with any of the software instrument loops 'Classic Rock Steel' or 'Southern Rock Guitar' logic crashes trying to open it. It usually loads up until an effect such as channel eq, platinumverb, or ducker and then stops loading and freezes.
It is really odd that it seems to be related to those guitar loops. So i was wondering if anyone has a fix, or if someone could spare a minute of their time and make a garageband project with a 'Southern Rock Guitar 2' software loop and try to open this project file in Logic - just to see if it is a problem with my logic, or if it is the same for everybody.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.
Nick.

Hey guys,
Since discovering that software instrument apple loops (SIAL) do NOT include the effects/sends when they are imported into logic, a discussion on here mentioned that when opened in Garageband, the effects are included. The suggestion was that by opening a garageband project in logic, the effects/sends would all be imported into logic from garage band.
This worked fine for a couple of software instruments such as '80's Dance Bass Synth' but strangely every time i try to open a garageband project file in logic with any of the software instrument loops 'Classic Rock Steel' or 'Southern Rock Guitar' logic crashes trying to open it. It usually loads up until an effect such as channel eq, platinumverb, or ducker and then stops loading and freezes.
It is really odd that it seems to be related to those guitar loops. So i was wondering if anyone has a fix, or if someone could spare a minute of their time and make a garageband project with a 'Southern Rock Guitar 2' software loop and try to open this project file in Logic - just to see if it is a problem with my logic, or if it is the same for everybody.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.
Nick.

CD/DVD completely disappears after Windows XP updates

I had this happen twice now, on my 3 year old Toshiba Satellite P35-s605.
The internal CD/DVD drive works fine, then all of a sudden, it completely disappears from the system. Discs do not play, and the drive does not show up in Explorer.
Likewise, it's the same with my external USB CD/DVD drive; it works fine, then it no longer shows up even though the USB "boing" indicates that the computer reads that a device has been connected.
The last time it happened, I reinstalled the original recovery disk. That seemed to correct the problem. It disappeared again after a Windows XP update (I have not yet added any software besides the OS).
Has anyone had this problem, and has anyone solved it?

Satellite P35-S605
The last time it happened, I reinstalled the original recovery disk. That seemed to correct the problem. It disappeared again after a Windows XP update (I have not yet added any software besides the OS).
I have never heard of a Windows Update causing that sort of problem. It sounds like hardware.
Have you ever tried this fix?
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Hi clorowan
I found the following information that may be helpful:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
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Just loaded Logic Express 9. Trying to open GarageBand project I get "Sorry, can't load this project because it is created by a newer Logic Express version. Please update Logic Express." I was under the impression that any GB project could be opened in LE9. Any suggestions?

You don't specify but have you updated LE to v.9.1.7?
Sometimes Logic can be a little picky as to how you open the song file, so if one method doesn't work, try another. For example:
1) Drag the GB file onto the LE icon.
2) Right-click on the GB file and choose "open with Logic Express."
3) Select the GB file from Logic's Browser tab in the Media window on the right.
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I have successfully opened / saved a garageband project in Logic Express and everything seems to have come over fine. In the arrange window, the 'Input' button is highlighted on many tracks (the button next to mute, solo, etc.). Should the 'Input' be selected or de-slected? It seems like its automatically sending it to a Bus. Any suggestions / basic ground rules?

Well, the Input monitoring button activated live input monitoring. So, if it is activated (and you have selected input monitoring in the preferences, of course), Logic will pick up any audio signal coming in via the selected inputs and feeds it into the channelstrip, even if it's not running. You can also play along without recording. Recording, however, activates monitoring either way.
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