Finale 27.x, 26.3, SmartScore 64, GPO 5, NotePerformer 3.3, many other VIs ... 2017 iMac Pro 18 Core 128GB RAM, OS 10.14; 10.15. 4T SSD ... Overture 5. Notion 6, Encore 5.0.7, Dorico 3, DP10, Logic Pro, BIAB Audiophile 2021… Legacy G4: OS 10.4.11 & 9.2, Finale 1998, 2002, 2003, 2008 ... Retired Music Industry Pro, singer & conductor (former bassist). 37+ years experience solving Mac problems; have worked in Windows support
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
Here's a current list of 255 apps that have integrated MusicXML to some degree. I was hoping to see which version but that's not listed. https://www.musicxml.com/software/ Again, the degree of i...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
>AFAIK XML 3.x would indicate articulations, but I cannot say how the receiving program would interpret them. < Exactly. MusicXML is a toolkit. How it works in any app depends on the features in...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
>Except for the ability to revert to Finale 2012 format,…< A feature unchanged in the last few versions going back to 2014. I probably should have been more clear. Then there's this: Music...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
>Basically what it means is that Finale is no longer backward compatible any longer.< "Basically", that is most definitely not the situation. I can open legacy files and save in legacy formats an...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
Mike, that was MacOS X 10.10 Yosemite that gave us those horrid flat icons. https://www.versionmuseum.com/history-of/mac-os-x Every now and then, I log into my old G4 running OS 10.4.11 Tiger a...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
>Don't forget things like cloud storage.< >Oh if file is on iCloud sometimes you have to download the files first to make them open. Sometimes this takes a while and sometimes it’s hard to tell i...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
>Is there basically nothing available to converting Finale Legacy to Finale 25.5?< If you can open it in Finale 25 or later, you can save it as a current version file .musx that should open in 20...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
My example was only to show that these issues can be a lot more involved than the usual finger pointing when a problem arises. So many apps want to take over part of your system and they don't alwa...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
27 is behaving for me but over Catalina. As I explained to Apple Support*, until a few more of my bread and butter plugins are Big Sur ready, ain't going there. The senior support staff I'm working...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
>How do I convert a PDF file to Finale?< The easiest way I know is SmartScore64 Pro. There is a 30 day demo. https://www.musitek.com/smartscore64-pro.html As an old Finale owner, you are entitle...