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Finale Technical Support Has Ended

As of Tuesday, August 26th, 2025, we're no longer accepting new technical support requests.
Browse available support resources here.

You may continue to download & authorize registered Finale products for the foreseeable future.
Additionally, we continue to offer Dorico Pro crossgrades for purchase to eligible Finale & PrintMusic license holders.

MakeMusic does not offer a Finale notation app for iPadOS/iOS.

 

However, if you did want to transfer editable notation between Finale and an existing iPad application, you can utilize Finale's MusicXML export. MusicXML is a near-universal notation file format designed for sharing any music notation data among multiple software platforms.

 

To see a list of iPadOS/iOS applications that recognize MusicXML files:

  1. Visit https://www.musicxml.com/software/.
  2. In the second search bar, type "ios" to filter the applications by operating system.

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To export your Finale files to MusicXML, follow these steps: 

  1. Open your document in Finale.
  2. Choose File > Export > MusicXML.
  3. Save your document as an XML file to your desktop.
    Note: Exporting a MusicXML file will not alter, erase, or otherwise affect the current version of your document; instead, this will create a new instance of the document.

 

To export files from an iPad notation app back to Finale via MusicXML, please refer to the following article:

 

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