On 6 Aug 2005 at 13:18, Chuck Israels wrote: > On Aug 6, 2005, at 1:12 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 6 Aug 2005 at 12:44, Chuck Israels wrote: > > > >> I wish I had a better understanding of how preference files become > >> damaged and why they have such power to wreak havoc on the > >> operation of Finale. I don't know what good that knowledge would > >> produce, but I am curious. > > > > It's unquestionably a Mac-specific issue, and I've often wondered > > exactly the same thing. > > I imagine you are right about this, David. > > Some things are nice on Macs, and some on PC's. I am used to this > platform and unlikely to change, but I certainly recognize that there > are advantages to the "other" system as well.
Oh, I certainly didn't intend it as any form of even the most gentle Mac bashing -- I have just always been curious about exactly what mechanism is involved that makes the preferences so prone to corruption. It reminds me of the early days of the Windows System Registry, which back then was very prone to getting messed up. Indeed, Coda avoided using the Registry for storing data for a very long time, using INI files, instead (and it still does for some things). -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
