1.2. Installing GarageBand
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| If GarageBand didn't come preinstalled on your Mac, you can buy it as part of Apple's iLife '05 software suite. You can buy iLife at computer stores or online stores like www.apple.com. iLife is an $80 DVD that includes GarageBand, iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto, and iDVD. (You can't buy GarageBand separately, and you can't download it. Two gigabytes would be a long download.) When you run the iLife installer, you'll be offered a choice of programs to install. Install all five programs, if you like (provided if you have the required 4.3 GB of hard drive space), or just GarageBand by itself. When the installation process is over, you'll find the GarageBand icon in your Applications folder. (In the Finder, choose Go Note: For the moment, don't open GarageBand by double-clicking its icon. (If you do so, the program presents the Project dialog box, which offers you three choices: Start a new project, open an existing one, or quit GarageBand. This box goes away if you switch to the Finder and open a GarageBand song manually.) |
Applications, or press Shift- -A, to open this folder.) If the GarageBand iconthe little electric guitarisn't already in the Dock, take a moment to drag it there, so you'll be able to open it more conveniently from now on. | < Day Day Up > |
