GarageBand on iOS 26.1 crashing nonstop and other issues

GarageBand on iOS 26.1 (on iPad) crashes repeatedly whenever trying to create or access a synthesizer/keyboard instrument, the toggle edit mode in the instrument notes is almost inaccessible, and the UI of some guitar instruments is broken and out of place. To clarify, I have updated the app, I have over 90 GB of storage, made a completely new song file, and the only third party extensions I am using are the default AU extensions (which I am not using in the moment). This happened a couple days back, but it only happened once and afterwards it didn’t crash, but today it is crashing nonstop. The toggle edit mode switch is most of the time in the same region as where the new Mac functionality buttons are, and is very difficult to toggle without minimizing the window several times.

The image below is all the ways to access or create new synth/keys instruments, all of which didn’t work even after many attempts.

The images below are of stringed instruments whose UI’s are disarranged

Finally, the toggle edit mode problem, with the image showing how the toggle is beneath the Mac-UI buttons (top-left corner)

iPad, iPadOS 26

Posted on Dec 9, 2025 8:03 PM

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GarageBand on iOS 26.1 crashing nonstop and other issues

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