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
Finale "phones home" only during initial installation. It never checks the license server once this is done. It doesn't have the ability. If the license server goes dark tomorrow, our installatio...
No problems were expected; none found. macOS 15.3 and and Sonoma 14.7.3 fixed a few minor but very annoying bugs introduced with 15.2 (and Sonoma 14.7.2). It affected Text.app and a few others. A...
Are any of your libraries on external drives? Finale is looking for those, too, as is Dorico upon start up. External NVMe drives connected via USB4(TB3/4) are the fastest available and do not hav...
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...
Really wondering what this "Not compatible" thing is. It’s just CYA. Simple: If you have any issues in Finale over Sequoia, don't even think about official Tech Support.
Been running it on a test Volume for months—long before the announcement, in fact. No problems found with Finale over Sequoia. Many issues with 3rd party plug-ins. NotePerformer 4 is fine. BIAB A...
Neither Dorico nor MuseScore supports all of Finale’s features. MusicXML 4.0 does but until the other two catch up, there will be issues. No getting around that fact but there are ways to work arou...
Is there a crash report? What build of Sonoma?
Flag on the play! According to Steinberg's ELUA: https://download.steinberg.net/legal/eula/EULA_English.html You may accept these contractual provisions at the time of purchase or download, or by...
Yes and no. If Finale comes up eventually, you should be good. Some plug-ins (Kontakt, for example) require a complete shut down and reboot to load properly for verification but I don't know about ...