Here is a tip for users of the FinMac 2k8a upgrade.
Make sure the upgraded version of Finale is 2008a.r1 in the info
window or alternately, 13.0a.r1 in the preview pane.
The previous version of Finale was 2008.r2 in the info window and
13.0.r2 in the preview pane.
The problem with the 2k8a updater is that it only seems to work
properly if your Finale 2008 folder is directly in the Applications
folder. I had mine a folder deeper (for music applications,
naturally) so the updater made a new folder in the Applications
folder with the updated files.
I checked my Finale version and was fooled by the ".r2" part thinking
it was the second release, that is, Finale 2008a. I didn't check the
Applications folder because I thought the update had done its work.
That's why I continued to have problems with the program.
The updated files were in the Applications folder but hadn't been
properly integrated. A second minor problem is that the updater
creates a folder called "PreUpdate" which contains duplicates of
files that needed to be integrated into other folders. (They are, so
no need to do it again.)
So, in short, the new version is 2008a.r1 and the older version was
2008.r2 . If you are having problems with your Finale, you might be
using the wrong version of the program by mistake.
-Randolph Peters
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