Hi, this seems to be a rather severe bug that almost got me bad.
In FinMac2007c, I create a score using the Setup Wizard, entering notes and saving as I go.
From the File menu I select Save Special>Save as Audio File, then I hit MP3 and navigate to the same folder as the file is in.
Sometimes the file name shows what looks like hexadecimal instead of the filename after the 20th character, but I think this is a Mac issue, not Finale's, as it happens in AppleWorks, too. The important thing here is; the suggested filename ends with .mp3 in the dialogue box, which is correct.
But, when I hit Save, the file gets saved with the extension .mus instead of mp3, which not only causes it not to open when I double click on it, but it OVERWRITES the .mus file!
I tried to open my lost Finale file from Recent Files, and got an error message -12 (whatever that means, probably missing alias.) The .mus file is not accidentally hidden, it is actually overwritten with the misnamed audio file.
I can salvage the .mp3 by renaming the extension, and fortunately I was able to recover the .mus file from my Backups folder (which I have wisely decided to use!)
But this is a disaster waiting to happen. Be warned. Rename your audio files to be different from your score.
Can anyone duplicate this? It happens to me quite consistently. Christopher _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
