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To remove GarageBand and free up roughly 700MB of space (as seen in our testing, but it may differ on your machine) you should do the following: Launch CleanMyMac (or any other Mac optimization app). Click on the Uninstaller utility. Select GarageBand from the listed apps. This will automatically. Apr 18, 2018 So my HD management pane indicates that the aforementioned are using almost 3 gb but I've deleted the application as well as the associated folder in Application Support within Library. A search in the Finder field doesn't return anything for 'Garageband' at all. How can I find and delete.
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Apple's multitrack digital recording program GarageBand and its associated audio libraries are among the files that consume the most hard disk space on a new Mac computer. If you do not use your Mac to record music, uninstalling GarageBand can help you reclaim a great deal of storage space — particularly on a MacBook Air with a small solid-state drive. Uninstall GarageBand from your Mac if you do not intend to record music.
1.Click the 'Go' menu at the top of the screen, and then click 'Applications.' This opens a Finder window displaying the contents of your computer's Applications folder.
2.Drag the 'GarageBand' icon to the Trash folder on the Dock.
3.Click 'Mac OS X' on the left side of the Finder window under the 'Devices' heading. If you do not see this item, close the window and double-click the 'Mac OS X' icon on the desktop.
4.Double-click the 'Library,' 'Audio' and 'MIDI Drivers' folders.
5.Drag the file 'EmagicUSBMIDIDriver.plugin' to the Trash, and then click the Back button twice to return to the 'Library' folder.
6.Double-click the 'Documentation' and 'Applications' folders.
7.Drag the 'GarageBand' folder to the Trash, and then return to the 'Library' folder.
9.Drag the file 'GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator' to the Trash, and then return to the 'Library' folder.
11.Drag the file 'GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter' to the Trash, and then return to the 'Library' folder.
13.Drag the 'GarageBand' folder to the Trash, and then return to the 'Library' folder.
15.Drag the 'Apple Loops' folder to the Trash, and then close the Finder window.
16.Right-click the Trash icon, and select 'Empty Trash.' Click 'OK' to confirm.
Warning
- Do not delete the 'Apple Loops' folder if you use Logic Pro or Logic Express to record music. Logic and GarageBand both use this folder to store audio loops.
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