[X Newbies] Garage Band

[J]

AHHHH?!!!

Now I see the 'blessed' folder as it should be, with the musical icon 
on it.....whew..
Now maybe it will work. The other folder was NG.

On Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at 10:59  PM, Paul Baily wrote:

> On 29/04/2004, at 11:13 am, J wrote:
>
>> Paul, I tried this and it did not work. It seems to be looking for 
>> the app not a saved thing. I tried saving a project before.
>> Also, those files for the loops are in the general HD Library not 
>> users.
>
> Yes, that's the correct place (that's why I put "/Library" and not 
> "~/Library" - ~ denotes the user's home directory; sorry, I should 
> have been more clear on that.)
>
>> The exact message I get is: 'Cannot find 
>> Users/username/Music/GarageBand"
>> Please make sure directory exists. (IT DOES!)
>
> Strange. At the risk of asking the obvious we are looking at what the 
> Mac thinks is the home folder rather than what the user says it is? 
> ie. when you're logged in as that user and do a cmd-shift-H, that's 
> the folder it's using as home. Could be that the user has (somehow) 
> renamed their original home folder, and has forgotten to tell you 
> that? The newly named folder might look like the right one, but if 
> that's what has happened, the Mac will have created a new home folder 
> using the account short name. Just speculating here, you understand. 
> Either way, cmd-shift-H in finder (or cd ~ in terminal) should verify 
> which is the actual home folder and therefore where GarageBand is 
> looking.
>
> After that, it's difficult to say what's going on from this picture so 
> I'd agree with Scott, it may be quicker to just dig out the GarageBand 
> DVD/CDs and try a reinstall.
>
> cheers,
>
> Paul.
>
>
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