At 02:31 PM 7/13/04 -0400, John Howell wrote: >At 8:52 PM -0800 7/3/04, Dean Estabrook wrote: >>(b) If I do receive a usuable version of 2004 from Coda, how do I transfer >>my old Finale files to the new I Mac? My old computer only backs up via a >>Zip Drive, and the I Mac only accepts CD roms. There may be an easy answer >>to this, but I'm way to stupid to know it. Any help would be gratefully >>accepted. > >You're right, if anyone can help you, it's probably someone here. I >find myself in the same kind of predicament, unfortunately. Our >university upgrades our computers on a 4-year cycle, which isn't >quite short enough. I have a lot of files on a 1998 G3, and I'm >trying to keep it alive and working because it can't communicate with >my 2002 PowerBook Titanium G4. The problem is partly operating >systems--OS 8.1 vs. OS X/Classic. But even more frustrating is the >impossibility of connecting them directly. The G3 has only serial >(or parallel--whatever) ports, while the G4 has only USB ports. The >G3 can save to floppy, but the G4 has no floppy drive. The G3 can >read CDs, but not burn them. Etc. Lots of luck, and I'll be >watching for suggestions that might help me as well.
I don't know Macs, but this is how a few of us exchange very large files with different PC versions: flash cards. There are different kinds of interfaces for the little flash card readers ($10-$20), so it's easy to pass a 256MB flash card ($40-$60) card from machine to machine. I also have a 1GB and a 2GB flash card microdrive -- and use them for computers, camera, etc. Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
