Attention Mac Users
Apple will release macOS 15 (Sequoia) on Monday, September 16, 2024.
Finale v27 is not compatible with Sequoia and will not be updated.
For more information:
macOS 15 Sequoia and Finale Notation Products
Disabling Automatic macOS Updates
Use the articles below if you experience a problem with opening, saving, or exporting files from Finale Notation products.
- ★ Exporting MusicXML Files from Finale
- "Error Id moving file 's' to 's'. The system cannot find the path specified" when saving (Win)
- Tips for finding/searching for your Finale files
- Locating and Opening Backup and Auto-save Files
- Unable to Save to External Hard Drives | "Error Occurred ID = -1" (Mac)
- Open Recent Menu isn't Populating (Mac)
- Importing files from other notation programs into Finale (Sibelius, Dorico, MuseScore, Encore, etc.)
- Error Message "File not found. Check the file name and try again." when saving new files (Windows)
- How to Open a Legacy (.mus) File
- Tips for Opening Legacy (.mus) Files
- "Update Articulation Positioning" appears when opening a file
- "The file was created with an earlier version of Finale" appears when opening a file (Windows)
- Opening SMuFL-based Documents in Finale v26 and earlier
- Finale Unable to Save Document
- Unable to save files: EnigmaTemp or Error -2
- Unable to open files after saving (Finale v25)
- Unable to open files in Finale v25 (Windows)
- Recent files list missing from Finale (Mac)
- Unable to extract parts in Finale v.25 (Mac)
- Opening new files in older versions of Finale
- Margin mis-alignment when printing to PDF with Finale v25 (macOS)
- Error: ID= -35 (Mac)
- "Cannot Rename File" error when extracting parts
- [RESOLVED] Unable to export audio files from Finale 2014 (Mac)
- Extension .asv is already registered as Photoshop file