

Garageband catalina install#
I maxed out the RAM and put in a 1 TB SSD (because the original was failing) and managed to install El Capitan on it. Oh, I just noticed - a 2015 iMac you say? As it happens, we found a 24" one at the Salvation Army Thrift Store for $35. I save that for running exclusively 32-bit apps. I could always just reboot and select the APFS volume with Mojave installed, and use that version (10.3.4) of GB, but it’s terribly inconvenient. I fear that I will end up jumping ahead yet again to Monterey, just so I can get GB again. I couldn’t even find a bootleg torrent for it. Even if you find a link (in a tech blog or whatever) that purports to take you directly to where you can download 10.4.1 (which I think I need), Apple automagically redirects you to GB 10.4.7. I tried that, but the App Store will only offer to install GarageBand 10.4.7, for which “macOS 12.0 or later” is required. I am supposed to delete it and download it again from the App Store. It says: “ You do not have permission to open the application “GarageBand.app”.Ĭontact your computer or network administrator for assistance.” And, it claims that the app is “damaged”. Sadly, the so-called “upgrade” killed GarageBand.

I only decided to do this because I will be needing Big Sur to run licensed versions of QLab 5 for two different community theatre groups in the near future. Recently I decided to bite the bullet and bump it up to macOS 11.7.4 (Big Sur). I was happily running macOS 10.15 (Catalina) on my 2019 MacBook Pro, and it had GarageBand 10.3.5.

I’ve been playing with using Rack sequencers sending MIDI to GarageBand for the instruments and pads. I tried Garageband on my Mac mini which is running Sierra, and it works fine, but on my brand new Imac, running Catalina nothing works.
