ILife Applications acting quirky

I've noticed a few problems with my iLife applications. My Garageband application doesn't contain all the loops. (There greyed out. There is an option to download but that never happens.) Also, I was looking for the previous version of iMovie yet that file can't be found. The only reason I'm posting in this section is because when I bought the laptop (new from Best Buy) it was preinstalled with Tiger and came with the Leopard install disk and I wasn't sure if maybe something upgraded wrong that would make iLife not operate properly.
Thanks in advance

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
iLife applications aren't preinstalled on OS X so, after reinstalling OS X when you erase the drive, you have to reinstall them again. As you have a Mid 2011 MacBook Air that came with OS X Lion, you can get iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand apps from the App Store. Just open the App Store, go to Purchases tab and download them for free

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