Exporting GarageBand Tracks for Use in Other DAW Software

This post is basically just a digested form of the information in the following article:

http://www.delora.com/tips_and_trends/export_garageband/export_garageband.html

Create the AIF Tracks:

1. Turn on Track Lock buttons:
• Track -> Show Track Lock, or Cmd-Option-L
2. Lock all tracks.
3. Hit "Play".
4. When the "Locking Tracks..." dialog clears, the files have been created.

Access the AIF Tracks:

1. Open Finder.
2. Go to Music -> GarageBand.
3. Cmd-Click or Right-Click on your projects .band file.
4. Select Show Package Contents.
5. Open the folder named Freeze Files.
6. The .aif files you see are the complete tracks from your GarageBand project.  AIF is not a compressed format, so these files will be big.  Copy them to a location of your choice.
• Note:  This is a temporary file location for GarageBand and these files will be overwritten or deleted.  You must make a copy of them if you wish to use these versions.
7. Enjoy.