garage band 2017 mac book air

i bought a refurbished 2017 mac book air, after checking to make sure all apple devices either have garage band or could be downloaded, it was not on the computer, and there is no farage bound on the app store that is compatable, what can i do?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Feb 14, 2025 09:04 AM

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Feb 14, 2025 09:44 AM in response to Dano428

Garageband is only available for:

People that buy a new Apple computer
People that buy a *recent* used Apple Computer so that the current download in the app store is available to them
People that have downloaded Garageband in the past.

If you don't fit in any of those categories, you can't officially get Garageband.

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