Andrew Stiller écrit: >All versions of FinMac older than 2K4 are absolutely unusable on any >computer currently manufactured. Small or not, antiquarian interest is the >only reason I can fathom to keep any of them around.
I don't know about that. Is the Mac line now completely Intel? PPC macs can run any version back to Finale v2 (under Classic). It can't run them very well, of course. Possibly not even well enough to print from, depending on the version. Of course, once Mac has completely converted to Intel, Andrew's statement will be true for new Macs. In fact, I'm not sure the registration can run properly on Intel for versions before MacFin06d. You may only be able to run unregistered versions of Fin04 and Fin05 on Intel Macs. If registration is possible for these versions, I'd like to know about it. As for the 2k4-->2k7 conversion itself, I doubt you will see any problems. I've been bringing forward files from as far back as Fin2k without issues. Typically I only see significant issues for pre-Fin97 files. You do need to bring older files forward in stages. I usually import into Fin02 before bringing into later versions. Fin02 seems to have the best import for old files, especially FinV2. And you should convert early FinV2 or FinV1 to the last FinV2 before bringing those forward. In any case, disc space is cheap and Finale files are small. I keep all my older file versions in archive folders. I've been glad to have them at times, esp. when the re-editing is extensive. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
