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My GarageBand project files keep getting deleted/renamed when adding them to Dropbox.
Dropbox stores the garageband projects as packages (.pkgf) instead of .band files, which so far doesn't seem to cause any problems. Is garageband just renaming them to a generic format or is it actually something different?
I'm having an issue with anything new I create in garageband on my phone and later copy into dropbox, the file either disappears completely or renames itself (greyed out) until I open dropbox and rename the file. I would like to get the files off my phone, I used to use iCloud for storage but it stopped synchronizing correctly with windows 10 for me last year. I run a daily backup from my computer to an external hard drive so I have multiple backups, but I currently don't trust iCloud or dropbox for my garageband projects.
Curious if anyone could provide any feedback on their experience using dropbox to store garageband projects. Ever had an issue trying to reopen a .pkgf file into garageband?
- Nancy
Dropbox Staff
Hey indub, thanks for posting on our forum today.
You can read more about Dropbox and package files in our Help Center article here.
Now, as for the files disappearing or being renamed, can you please describe to me the exact steps that you’re taking to add them to your Dropbox account?
When the file disappears, where can you locate it exactly on your Dropbox account after that? Any relevant screenshots you can send over will be much appreciated.
Let me know once you have more info.
Hi!
While in garageband iOS app, I copy the project from my iphone folder and then paste into my dropbox folder. The disappearing/greyed out issue only seems to occur if the file has a similar name. For example, if dropbox already has a file named 'Track 1', if I copy/paste a new file named 'Track 1 2', the issue occurs.
I could avoid this by just creating my garageband projects in dropbox, but I'm still hesitant to do that in case the .pkgf files corrupt. For now I'm still beginning projects in my phone and copying into dropbox for backups.
Thanks
