Finale 27.4,1, SmartScorePro 64, All of the Garritan Libraries, NotePerformer 4.4, 10TB other VIs ... 2023 M2 Mac Studio Ultra 192GB RAM, 8TB, macOS 14.7 Sonoma & 15.0 Sequoia; Overture 5. Notion 6, Dorico Pro 5, MuseScore 4.4, Encore 5.0.7 over Mojave—2012 MBP, DP11, Logic Pro, BIAB Audiophile 2024… Conductor, Singer, Arranger, Composer (former bassist), Retired ASCAP. 40+ years experience solving Mac problems; spent years in Windows and UNIX support
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
In "life after Finale" threads, I've also seen some cite the example of Audacity as to why they're not keen to use MuseScore as a Finale replacement. That's easy. By their own admission, Mus...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
As Audacity is an open source project, In name only. Since UltimateGuitar bought Audacity, MuseScore etc. and renamed the resulting multi-billion$ company Muse Group, they give lip service to ...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
Finale already has to keep track of changes and time for when starting playback at an arbitrary point, so it's not like something totally different that Finale has to do. As I've explained, tha...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
The short answer is Yes. The license manager will allow unlimited authorizations to the same PC or Mac.
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
.mus files were created by a number of applications. Otherwise, we need more info. Mac or Windows and OS? If it’s not a huge number of files, open them with Finale 25 or later and save — this will ...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
Not enough information. What version of Finale created these files? Mac or Windows — it makes a difference (if Mac, the solution is easy). You should be able to open these files from within Final...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
A true clone is an exact copy of a System drive. We're still speaking English and that is what it means. This has not been possible in the macOS since 10.5. It would be nice if CCC et all would sto...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
Ernie, the PC equivalent to my M2 Ultra Mac costs between $36,000 — $85,000 depending on exactly how it is set up. Of course, either platform is way overkill for Finale but for some of my work, suc...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
Version 5 of MuseScore might be good—MuseGroup has promised all sorts of AI goodies to make it compete with the grownups, Finale, Sibelius and Dorico. MG wants it to be the de facto notation app fo...
MIKE HALLORAN commented,
Every Mac made between 2012 and the new ones introduced this week will run Finale 27. Period. Ernie's constant Mac bashing and misinformation does not change this. Not all will run 26 which has dif...