Last Call for Finale v27
Crossgrade to Dorico Pro through MakeMusic by July 23, 2026, to receive Finale v27 for free.
Crossgrades Moving to Steinberg
Starting July 24, 2026, Dorico Pro Crossgrades will be available through Dorico's parent company, Steinberg.
Finale Technical Support Has Ended
Browse available support resources here.
Downloading & Authorizing Finale
Downloading & authorizing registered Finale products will remain available for the foreseeable future.
Use the articles in this section if you experience technical issues with tools, fonts, and program functions.
- Finale Lyrics Font German Eszett Character
- Edit Filter Shortcut Not Working After Windows 10 1905 (May 2019) Update.
- Articulations Duplicated and Stacked in Finale v26
- Troubleshooting SmartScore Lite in Finale 2014.5
- Tile printing and Finale v25 (Mac)
- Notes incorrectly retaining interval spacing
- Problems with the Home or Back To Beginning button on the Playback Controls (Finale for Windows 25.1 and later).
- [RESOLVED] Pages Containing Grace Notes Are Going Blank (Mac)
- HyperScribe Note Entry is Not Working
- Page items display incorrectly, changes don't take effect, cannot select items (Finale 2014.5 for Mac)
- Score and parts options missing from Print dialog box (Windows)
- Finale's playback controls, palettes, and setup wizard do not display properly
- Troubles printing multiple parts (Windows)
- Preferences Won't Save (Mac)
- Unable to open Quick Reference Guide in Finale 2014.5 (Windows)
- Spacebar+Click, Metatools not responding on Windows computers.
- [RESOLVED] Focus Issues in Finale 2014.5 (Mac)
- Music Fonts Display Incorrectly (Notation symbols are missing or incorrect)
- Engraver font errors when exporting to PDF
- TG Tools - "Align/Move Dynamics" problems (Mac)
- Installing font annotation files for third party fonts
- Engraver PostScript font problems (Mac)
- Printing Finale files using Kyocera printers
- "Default.har" error with Band-in-a-Box plug-in
- EPS export in Finale 2012 on Windows 7
- No "Space Systems" plug-in in Finale 2012c (Windows)
- Problems exporting graphic selections
- Cross-staff Smart Shape slurs (Windows)
- Incorrect percussion note display of VDLite instruments using MIDI entry (Finale 2011)
- Finale 2011c (Mac) and 2011b (Windows) maintenance updates