Unable to import .aiff files

I am attempting to drag and drop .aiff files into garage band, however without success. I even imported into iTunes first and the file plays fine, yet can not get the dragged file to appear in the track. It simply snaps back to the desktop or folder in the drive. I've tried renaming this to .aif but also no luck. Any ideas?

http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#aiffwontimport
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