Unfortunately, "carbonizing" is a little more complicated for MIDI and audio programs than it is for, say, a word processor. It is worth noting that Sibelius "announced" Sibelius 2.0 for Mac OSX in March, and they are still only taking pre-orders for the program (they _released_ the Windows upgrade in March at the same time that they _announced_ the Mac upgrade that is beginning to look like classic vaporware).
There are three kinds of applications in OSX: cocoa, carbon, classic. A "classic" app (like Finale) will run in what is essentially OS 9 emulation (called "classic mode"). It gains no advantage from OSX, except that a freeze only requires force-quitting classic mode rather than rebooting the entire computer. A "carbonized" application is one that has had code changes made to it's OS9 code that enables it to run natively (i.e. directly, rather than in classic mode) in OSX. It gains many, but not all, of the advantages of OSX, including protected memory and other improvements in stability. Carbon apps do gain the "aqua" look of OSX, but I believe there are some underlying parts of the OSX graphics engine that are not available to carbon apps. "Cocoa" apps are writting in the object-oriented language that is native to OSX--they have direct access to all of the OSX's functionality. Steve Powell DVM Publications www.dvmpublications.com __________________________ > > At 6:36 PM +0200 6/6/02, Johannes Gebauer wrote: >> On 06.06.2002 17:27 Uhr, Alan Smith wrote >> >>> Dear List, >>> >>> (I have just re-subscribed after a couple of months' absence, so please >>> excuse me if this one has already been discussed.) >>> >>> When may we expect to see Finale for Mac OSX? Finale 2002 is about the >>> only program I still use in Classic mode, and it would be good to go >>> native, so to speak. >> >> You are not the only one waiting for an OS X release of Finale, but I don't >> think anyone on this list can do more than guess... >> >> Johannes >> -- > > I have been following the discussion of this subject (dear to my > heart, as I wait with the rest of you) with some disappointment. I > was told by a Coda person that the plan was ( I hope I am not > breaking a confidence) that Finmac 2003 would be "Carbonized" and > that a free update to 2003 buyers which would be fully OSX native > would appear later in the year. Since I don't know exactly what > "Carbonized" means (Does that simply mean that it has the fancy new > graphic look?), I'm not sure if Coda is sticking to its plan or not. > > OS upgrades have been traumatic for me. When I change systems, all > kinds of things that used to work don't, and it takes a couple of > weeks, and several visits from my student Mac guru, to get everything > working. It's been worth it for 9.0.2 - it's pretty stable, but > there is still the occasional, and unpredictable, crash. I'd like to > move to OSX for its stability, (and a new look is fun for a while). > Most of the few other programs that I use are OSX ready. The > question I have is: when running 2003 under OSX, is "Classic Mode" > automatically turned on in the background when opening Finale, or > must one select it. And, will there be likely to be a significant > degradation of performance while in "Classic Mode" (compared to > operating in 9.0.2) on a 400 Mhz G4 w/512 mb of RAM. > > If we simply asked Coda to answer those questions that cannot be > answered by the informed people on the list, might they respond? It > might be worth a try. > > Chuck > -- > Chuck Israels > 230 North Garden Terrace > Bellingham WA 98225-5836 > (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
