[X Newbies] Garage Band

[J]

Thanks Paul,  I will try. Seems that no matter what I do with this user 
they can screw up a new machine in no time flat before I get there. 
<sigh>


On Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at 08:38  PM, Paul Baily wrote:

>
> On 29/04/2004, at 9:57 am, J wrote:
>
>> When opening the application it seems to be looking for someone in 
>> the USERS>HISUSERNAME>MUSIC>GARAGEBAND folder.
>> [...]
>> Can these be replaced? From where?
>> Eventually the app itself opens OK.
>
> That's the default location where GarageBand stores your music 
> projects (the songs you're putting together.) When you launch 
> GarageBand, it tries to open the last project you were working on. It 
> stores instruments and loops at /Library/Application\ 
> Support/GarageBand, so if those are there you should have everything 
> it needs (aside, unfortunately, from any songs the user has created.)
>
> If that's the only cause of the delay you should be able to fix this 
> by launching GarageBand, then creating a new empty project and saving 
> it.
>
> If the delay (error?) still occurs I'd suggest removing/renaming its 
> plist file (~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.garageband.plist) but note 
> that that file also keeps track of where all the loops & instruments 
> are. If GarageBand doesn't look around for custom loops & instruments, 
> these may need to be re-added afterwards.
>
> HTH, and cheers,
>
> Paul.
>
>
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