I upgraded to Catalina months ago and now realize Garageband is no longer on my iMac. That's just stupid. I may as well ditch this thing and get a windows or Linux machine. I hate this manipulative crap to get me to buy a new computer I don't need.
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
Not where? Did you look in your purchases?
I have never had an app disappear after an upgrade. They might become unusable, i.e., iPhoto, but they did not disappear.
All I know is that it was on my computer when I bought it. I bout it new from Best Buy. I used it a little bit. But now I can’t find it on my computer at all. I assumed the last upgrade removed it. I researched and saw other people saying the same happened to them.
I did look in my purchases. I went to the App Store, clicked on my picture and clicked on purchases. I do think it’s strange because when I do that on my iPad, there’s dozens of apps listed. When I do that on my iMac, there’s only six or seven apps listed. I haven’t added a lot of apps to my iMac but there’s at least 20 apps on there that don’t show up in purchases.
It is not in your purchases because you did not purchase it, the previous owner did. They should have wiped the computer before you got it.
Unless you can recover it from your backup, there is no way for a new AppleID to get an older version of Garageband that will work with Catalina.
Late 2013. But it shouldn't matter. It what a brand new computer in an unopened box when I bought it. I bought the computer because it had the software on it. I feel like the software I paid for was robbed from me.
You should be able to reinstall it from your backup or the app store.
I looked. It’s not there.
I bought the computer brand new from Best Buy. Unopened box till I got it home.
What year computer is it?
Why is my GarageBand App missing?
