I just experienced the file overwrite bug again, after several
versions without seeing it. Here is the tech support message I sent:
I just had a Finale file overwritten by the contents of another
Finale file. Disaster was averted by the last backup being okay
still, but I thought you guys should know about this potentially
devastating bug.
The scenario was the same as almost every time this bug has gotten
me. I had a file open and was working on it when I opened another
file with a different title. Both files had been created brand new
from inside 2010, though I had previously imported a library for the
second file.
I made some layout edits for File 2 (called Wedding Song here)
printed one part to PDF, saved and closed the window. I noticed that
the window for File 1 (called Mi Chamocha v.1 SATBcant.mus here) had
closed, and supposed that I had accidentally hit command-W twice in
close succession. When I reopened Mi Chamocha however, it had the
contents of Wedding Song in it! I never saved as... nor changed any
filename, nor even saw the file selector window (except to save the
PDF.)
This is exactly the same thing that used to happen to me in old
versions of Finale when I had two files open at once.
Christopher
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