Apple GarageBand 3 User Manual download pdf (Page 30)

30 Chapter 3 Working With Projects

Saving a Project

As you work, it’s important to save your project often so you don’t lose your changes.

To save a project:

m Choose File > Save (or press Command-S).

When you save a project, by default GarageBand creates an iLife preview that is saved

with the project. An iLife preview lets you preview the project in the Media Browser

and in other iLife applications, but can increase the project’s file size. You can select

whether to create an iLife preview for projects in the General pane of GarageBand

Preferences.

You can also save a project as an archive. When you save a project as an archive, all the

audio files, loops, and other media the project uses are saved in the project file. This is

especially useful if you want to copy the project to another computer, or are

duplicating a project with your own Real Instrument recordings.

To save a project as an archive:

1 Choose File > Save as.

2 In the Save As dialog, select the Save As Archive checkbox.

You can also compact projects to make sharing easier. Compacting a project reduces

the file size by compressing audio in the project. Compacting can result in some loss of

audio quality.

To compact a project:

1 Choose File > Save as.

2 In the Save As dialog, select the Compact Project checkbox.

3 Choose the compression settings you want to use from the pop-up menu next to the

Compact Project checkbox.

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