GarageBand on IOS will not open particular project, any way to fix this?

I was using GarageBand today and wanted to listen to an older song I made a few months ago. I opened it and but before the project loaded a message showed up saying “The song could not be opened. Please download the latest version of GarageBand.”

I already am using the lastest version.

I tried restarting my phone, and have tried resetting GarageBand but it still won’t open.

Does anyone know a fix for this?

iPhone SE, iOS 18

Posted on Mar 13, 2025 06:38 AM

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