Does Garageband work on Apple Silicon?

✅ Yes, it was shown at the November 10th event

May also be known as GarageBand or Apple Garageband10

View Apple Nov 10 Event 🧪 Apple Silicon App Tested

💻 Device Support

✅ 2023 M3 Macbook Pros Check Pricing

✅ 2023 M2 Macbook Pros Check Pricing

✅ 2023 M3 iMac Check Pricing

✅ 2023 M2 Pro Mac Mini Check Pricing

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📚 Bundle Version History

com.apple.garageband10

v10.3.1

🔶 App has not yet been reported to be native to Apple Silicon

🖥 Supported Architectures X86

Full Info Plist

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