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
Works here. What OS?
Are you a long time Finale user? If so, how far back? If not, is this your first installation? Did you install in the default location or not? i have a suspicion...
Version? OS?
Finale 8 will not run in a 64bit OS. It should be eligible for an upgrade to 25.
No seeing that. You should lodge a support request and let us know what you find.
Well, hard as it is for you to believe, that's the case. Many of us don't like it. As for finding another notation program that allows direct scanning, there's Sibelius and ... nope, just Sibeliu...
You can't import a .pdf here. Take a screen shot of the object (not the whole screen!) in Preview. Save as .png (default). Use the picture link in the toolbar to import your graphic.
Use a DAW that can convert audio to MIDI. Digital Performer has that function. The more complex the file, the less chance of success—it always works best with single lines. Actually, Finale has s...
If Crescendo supports MusicXML, export your Finale score in that then import into Crescendo Even if Crescendo supports MusicXML, don't expect it to look identical (especially if Crescendo doesn...
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