Finale 27.4,1, SmartScorePro 64, All of the Garritan Libraries, NotePerformer 5.0.1, 10TB other VIs ... 2023 M2 Mac Studio Ultra 192GB RAM, 8TB, macOS Sequoia 15.7.2 / Tahoe 26.1; Overture 5. Notion 6, Dorico Pro 6, MuseScore 4.5.x, Encore 5.0.7 over Mojave—2012 MBP, DP11, Logic Pro, BIAB Audiophile 2025… Conductor, Singer, Arranger, Composer (former bassist), Retired ASCAP. 40+ years experience solving Mac problems; spent years in Windows and UNIX support
You can specify which app opens all documents of a particular type. How/why this happened is unimportant. The fix is easy. Back in the old days, many apps used the .mus suffix for their files and...
>I raised the buffer level, but that didn't help. I also tried the tom-toms through Garitan, but same results. Any other ideas?< Since you've given no clue as to your setup, my guess is the same:...
It might be an incompatibility between 25 and MacOS 11. What happens if you download the 26 demo? Per MakeMusic, it’s not yet compatible with Big Sur either but it can’t hurt to check. https://ww...
You download from your MakeMusic User account. Unlike some companies, these downloads do not time out. You are allowed only 2 computers to be authorized at a time but there's a way to de-authoriz...
Open the Aria Player, navigate to your libraries and reassign. i would download and reinstall Finale and the Garritan instruments.
Mac or Windows? In either case, you have to start from the Aria Player and navigate to the new location. If you rerun the CFX installer, it should allow you to set the path to where you moved th...
>Finale-speak is not easy to learn< No one here will deny that. Finale does, however, use technical terms—some common to other notation apps and many that are unique to Finale. Also, remember tha...
Here are the recommended minimums: https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/216545087-Finale-Notation-Software-System-Requirements As you can see, the requirements are low — but that's ju...
>Great sale now going on!< Where did you find that? I figured there would be a sale and was looking before I posted. In 30+ years, I've never seen prices this low.
Finale 26 works quite well over MacOS 10.15 Catalina. It will open your 2014.5 and earlier files though there may be some tweaking involved — it depends on your files but this can be resolved.