You should be able to play a midi file using iTunes. It’ll just use the built in instruments on OS X so it’s not going to sound great. It seems like you’re somehow telling it to edit, I suggest pulling down the contextual menu (VO + Shift + M) and using open with > iTunes > On Feb 12, 2015, at 6:34 PM, Vivianna <irish...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi all. > i am trying to play simple midi files on my mac air, running the latest > yosemite and, i have absolutely no idea how to do it? > when i activate the button on the website to start the midi, it opens up > garageBand. i don’t know where to go or what to do from there. i do not see > the name of the file, any play or start or some such. > is it necessary for me to learn garageBand to play these files or, is there > another way to play them? > and, if i do need to use garageBand, is there any super simple, really really > easy beginner tutorial or podcast somewhere? > thanks much. > > Vivianna > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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