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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 actu...
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
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey indub, are you performing these actions through the Files app?
If you go to your Dropbox account online, are you able to see the files that are giving you the issue?
Through the garageband iOS app.
Sometimes the files disappear completely. Other times the files are greyed out, not accessible, until I go into dropbox and rename them.
- Hannah
Thanks for that, indub.
Have you tried reaching out to the GarageBand's support team for more info on this?
It's not a garageband issue. All garageband is doing in this case is acting as access to a directory, just like the Files app. I just tested this with the Files app and the same thing occurred. The file was inaccessible (greyed out) in garageband until I renamed it in dropbox.
I think its how dropbox is handling similar file names. If I have the following garageband projects:
Track 1
Track 1 2
And I want to duplicate Track 1 2
The garageband app and files app, create the duplicate as Track 1 3.
If I already have Track 1 2 saved in dropbox and I paste Track 1 3 into dropbox (from files app or garageband app), dropbox autorenames it to Track 1 (1), but its not accessible within garageband, greyed out. I then go into dropbox and rename it again as anything else and it becomes accessible in garageband. Anytime I paste a file like that dropbox renames it with the (1).
If I were to duplicate Track 1, garageband and Files would create Track 2. Dropbox doesn't have an issue with that.
Hope that makes sense!
The other issue of the files disappearing after pasting is probably just an upload timeout, the file doesn't actually make it to dropbox.
