I just checked the App Store for updates. As expected, there were updates for several apps in order to add Big Sur support:
- How To Install Plugins For Garageband
- Is Garageband Compatible With Catalina
- Install Garageband On Catalina
In this video, I'll walk you through enabling, installing and where to apply third-party audio plugins in GarageBand, 2019. (GarageBand version 10.3.2 o. GarageBand is a fully equipped music creation studio right inside your Mac — with a complete sound library that includes instruments, presets for guitar and voice, and an incredible selection of session drummers and percussionists.
- GarageBand
- iMovie
- Keynote
- Numbers
- Pages
- Xcode
I clicked the “Update All” button to be informed “GarageBand can’t be installed on … because macOS version 11 or later is required.”
How To Install Plugins For Garageband
Seriously? Big Sur just shipped yesterday and Apple has already made a flagship app incompatible with everything else?
And why is it being presented on my list of updates if it’s incompatible? In the past, the App Store would never show incompatible updates.
Is Garageband Compatible With Catalina
This is absolutely shameless self-promotion. If they think this is somehow going to convince people to upgrade their comptuers to a new and untested operating system, they’re completely nuts.
Install Garageband On Catalina
UPDATE: Further investigation (see comments below) indicates that this was a mistake, not an intent to drop support for GarageBand on macOS versions 10.*. But at this time (November 17, 2020), the mistake has not yet been corrected.