Chuck Israels wrote in another thread:
> I had re-built the prefs, but I may need to do it again, if only I could
> remember where they are kept, so I could trash them!
I know you already solved this, but I'll take the opportunity to pass out a
useful tip about the preference file.
1) Many users find that the Finale preference file gets corrupted more often
than it should.
When you start Finale for the first time, it will make a preference file in
this location:
~:Library:Preferences:Finale 2010 Preferences
(Note that " ~" refers to Your hard drive name:Users:Your user name)
2) If you copy or move that file to the Finale application folder, Finale will
use that preference file instead.
Macintosh HD:Applications:Finale 2010:Finale 2010 Preferences
(If you changed the name of your hard drive or moved your Finale
application folder, then the path would also have to change accordingly.)
3) Make a copy of the preference file in the Finale application folder (once
you've got all the settings the way you want) and then zip or stuff it.
Macintosh HD:Applications:Finale 2010:Finale 2010 Preferences.zip
(You now have the preference file in your Finale application folder as
well as a compressed archive copy in the same folder.)
4) When your preference file goes bad again, and it will, simply unzip your
archived copy of the preference file.
It should then replace the faulty preference file.
(Depending on your archiving program preferences, your original zipped
or stuffed file might get trashed, so make sure you keep a copy of the archive
before unstuffing or unzipping it.)
5) Finale will only use the preference file that has the proper name. In the
case of Finale 2010, the file name needs to be "Finale 2010 Preferences" and
nothing else!
-Randolph Peters
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