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GarageBand for Windows 10: How to Download it & is it Safe?
GarageBand isn’t available on Windows
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Updated onAugust 22, 2024
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GarageBand is a macOS exclusive and it’s not available on Windows, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t run GarageBand on Windows, with a bit of tinkering.
How can I download GarageBand in Windows 10?
1. Download the necessary components
2. Run the Unlocker
3. Create a new virtual machine
After doing that, we need to go and adjust the virtual machine settings.
4. Change the VM settings
5. Edit the VMX file
smbios.reflectHost = “TRUE"hw.model = “MacBookPro14,3"board-id = “Mac-551B86E5744E2388"smc.version = “0”
cpuid.0.eax = “0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:1011”cpuid.0.ebx = “0111:0101:0110:1110:0110:0101:0100:0111”cpuid.0.ecx = “0110:1100:0110:0101:0111:0100:0110:1110”cpuid.0.edx = “0100:1001:0110:0101:0110:1110:0110:1001”cpuid.1.eax = “0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:0111:0001”cpuid.1.ebx = “0000:0010:0000:0001:0000:1000:0000:0000”cpuid.1.ecx = “1000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011”cpuid.1.edx = “0000:0111:1000:1011:1111:1011:1111:1111”
6. Install macOS
Once the macOS is installed, you’ll be able to access GarageBand from the virtual machine.
Is GarageBand for PC safe?
Garage Band app for Windows doesn’t exist, so downloading it from third-party websites isn’t safe since they are fake and potentially malware-infested.
What is PC equivalent of GarageBand?
If you need a GarageBand alternative for Windows you can use one of many availablemusic production software.
Do you know a different way to run GarageBand on Windows 10 except for usingvirtual machine software? More advanced users can try todual boot Windows 11 and macOSto do so.
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Milan Stanojevic
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.
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Milan Stanojevic
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.
