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Saving a project as an archive

You can save a project as an archive. When you save as an archive, the loops added to the project are saved in the project, as well as your Real and Software Instrument recordings.

Saving as an archive is useful if you move a project to another computer that may not have the same loops in its loop library, or if you ever move or delete any loops a project uses.

To save a project as an archive:

  1. Choose File > Save As.
  2. In the Save As dialog, select the Save As Archive checkbox.

Saving as an archive adds any loops that are not part of the original GarageBand loop library to the project. Saving as an archive can increase the file size of the project. If your project uses a large number of loops, the file size can become very large.

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