Not if you are upgrading from a PPC Mac to an Intel Mac, no. In that situation, 
you must rebuild your preferences from scratch. Fortunately, that is usually a 
one-time thing.

Cheers,

- DJA
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On 1 Jun 2011, at 2:31 AM, Ryan Beard wrote:

> Bummer. 
> Is there a way to avoid this problem?
> 
> On May 31, 2011, at 10:49 PM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Klaus, Ryan,
>> 
>> Guys, this is a known problem and Mark's hypothesis about the dialog boxes 
>> being located off-screen, while a sensible conclusion, is mistaken. More 
>> pixels won't help. He needs to rebuild his prefs.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> - DJA
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 1 Jun 2011, at 1:22 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote:
>> 
>>> Problem about changing screen resolution is, that MacBook has its maximum 
>>> resolution as its default. And you need more pixels to see the disappeared 
>>> box.
>>> 
>>> There may be yet another solution. If you still have your previous system, 
>>> open a Finale file there, drag the dialogue box to the center of the first 
>>> page, close and save, move to the MacBook, and there place the dialogue box 
>>> where you want it.
>>> 
>>> Klaus
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Ryan <[email protected]>
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:08 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen
>>>> 
>>>> You can also just try changing your screen resolution in the system
>>>> preferences.
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Apparently your new screen has fewer pixels than your previous one, where
>>>>> the said dialog bow was near the edge.
>>>>> 
>>>>> One method maybe solving the problem is about adding an external monitor,
>>>>> if you have one, and then about by means of the monitor control panel from
>>>>> system controls  moving that external monitor around until you see the
>>>>> dialog box. Then drag the box to your on-board screen and unmount the
>>>>> external monitor.
>>>>> 
>>>>> My terms may be inexact, as I work on Macs with Danish as the system
>>>>> language
>>>>> 
>>>>> Klaus
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>> From: Mark D Lew <[email protected]>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I've recently switched to a new computer (MacBook Pro).  The re-install
>>>>> and copy of Finale preferences went pretty smoothly, except that today I
>>>>> discovered that my Edit System Margins dialog box won't appear.  When I do
>>>>> Page Layout > Systems > Edit Margins it acts as if it's doing it, except 
>>>>> the
>>>>> dialog box is nowhere to be found. I can only conclude that somehow it
>>>>> managed to get located off my screen.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If I remove the preferences file and restart Finale, it does indeed 
>>>>>> appear
>>>>> again. But then everything else looks wrong because I lose a ton of other
>>>>> preferences that I want to keep.  Is there any way I can get that one 
>>>>> dialog
>>>>> box back without having to reset all my preferences from scratch?
>>>>>> 
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