Garageband doesn't open/respond after updating to Sonoma 14.1.1

I use Garageband on a daily base. After updating to Sonoma 14.1.1 my Garageband is broken (and also my musician-heart).


When I try to open Garageband, I see (sometimes) a short Garagabond-loading screen image.

After that, Garageband freezes and I can't use the top bar menu items. I can right-click on the app-icon in the dock and try to open a file, and sometimes that works, so when I press the play button (spacebar) some recorder music will be heard..


But I don't see the Garageband-screen. So it is somewhere, but where? The weirdest thing is, when I connect a second screen, sometimes Garageband appears on that connected screen? And then when I want to use it, it freezes again after some minutes.


I have a Scarlett Focusrite 2i2 3rd Gen Audo Interface connected to my MacBook Pro. I tried both options > connected and not connected when starting Garageband, but it doesn't make any difference.


Somebody does have the solution to fix this?



MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 14.1

Posted on Nov 22, 2023 05:28 AM

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