[Finale] MacOSX File overwrite bug
Sorry if this has been mentioned, here's a thing I haven't heard mentioned before. The quote is from Peter West in the Mac forum on MM's web forum: --- I have suffered from the file overwrite bug. It is not a Finale bug, it is a MAc OS bug. This, I believe is the problem: If you have expose switched on and minimise a file to the dock, another file open in the same application might under certain cercumstances be overwritten by the minimised file. There seem to be two ways to prevent this happening (I do both for security) 1. Switch off expose 2. Never minimese a finale file to the dock when working on another finale file, just leave the window open in the background. --- Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] MacOSX File overwrite bug
Hi Jari, Thanks for passing this on, but I'm afraid this person doesn't know what he's talking about. The file overwrite bug has been an issue since at least Finale 2002 in Mac OS 9. It seems worse in post-Fin2004 versions, but it's not new to OS X. It's definitely a Finale but and not an OS X bug. I have experienced the file overwrite problem in OS 10.2.x before Exposé was introduced. I never minimize Finale windows, and yet I have still encountered the bug. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 14 Mar 2005, at 6:54 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Sorry if this has been mentioned, here's a thing I haven't heard mentioned before. The quote is from Peter West in the Mac forum on MM's web forum: --- I have suffered from the file overwrite bug. It is not a Finale bug, it is a MAc OS bug. This, I believe is the problem: If you have expose switched on and minimise a file to the dock, another file open in the same application might under certain cercumstances be overwritten by the minimised file. There seem to be two ways to prevent this happening (I do both for security) 1. Switch off expose 2. Never minimese a finale file to the dock when working on another finale file, just leave the window open in the background. --- Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] MacOSX File overwrite bug
Hi Jari, Also, I can't find the post you quoted. I want to correct this misinformation on the Coda forum. Could you post the URL? - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 14 Mar 2005, at 6:54 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Sorry if this has been mentioned, here's a thing I haven't heard mentioned before. The quote is from Peter West in the Mac forum on MM's web forum: --- I have suffered from the file overwrite bug. It is not a Finale bug, it is a MAc OS bug. This, I believe is the problem: If you have expose switched on and minimise a file to the dock, another file open in the same application might under certain cercumstances be overwritten by the minimised file. There seem to be two ways to prevent this happening (I do both for security) 1. Switch off expose 2. Never minimese a finale file to the dock when working on another finale file, just leave the window open in the background. --- Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] MacOSX File overwrite bug
Darcy James Argue wrote: Also, I can't find the post you quoted. I want to correct this misinformation on the Coda forum. Could you post the URL? http://www.finalemusic.com/forum/default.aspx?f=6m=106929 Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] MacOSX File overwrite bug
And I've never used Exposé, and I've had the bug, both with minimised and not-minimised files, even before minimising existed. Christopher On Mar 14, 2005, at 7:10 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Jari, Thanks for passing this on, but I'm afraid this person doesn't know what he's talking about. The file overwrite bug has been an issue since at least Finale 2002 in Mac OS 9. It seems worse in post-Fin2004 versions, but it's not new to OS X. It's definitely a Finale but and not an OS X bug. I have experienced the file overwrite problem in OS 10.2.x before Exposé was introduced. I never minimize Finale windows, and yet I have still encountered the bug. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 14 Mar 2005, at 6:54 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Sorry if this has been mentioned, here's a thing I haven't heard mentioned before. The quote is from Peter West in the Mac forum on MM's web forum: --- I have suffered from the file overwrite bug. It is not a Finale bug, it is a MAc OS bug. This, I believe is the problem: If you have expose switched on and minimise a file to the dock, another file open in the same application might under certain cercumstances be overwritten by the minimised file. There seem to be two ways to prevent this happening (I do both for security) 1. Switch off expose 2. Never minimese a finale file to the dock when working on another finale file, just leave the window open in the background. --- Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] MacOSX File overwrite bug
Hi Chris, Minimizing has existed since (I think) OS 7. It just behaves differently in OS 9 and OS X (i.e., windowshade vs. shrink to dock). And, of course, the OS X minimize to dock button has been there since OS X 10.0. I agree that minimizing has *nothing* to do with the file overwrite bug, which is a Finale bug. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 14 Mar 2005, at 7:55 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: And I've never used Exposé, and I've had the bug, both with minimised and not-minimised files, even before minimising existed. Christopher On Mar 14, 2005, at 7:10 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Jari, Thanks for passing this on, but I'm afraid this person doesn't know what he's talking about. The file overwrite bug has been an issue since at least Finale 2002 in Mac OS 9. It seems worse in post-Fin2004 versions, but it's not new to OS X. It's definitely a Finale but and not an OS X bug. I have experienced the file overwrite problem in OS 10.2.x before Exposé was introduced. I never minimize Finale windows, and yet I have still encountered the bug. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 14 Mar 2005, at 6:54 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Sorry if this has been mentioned, here's a thing I haven't heard mentioned before. The quote is from Peter West in the Mac forum on MM's web forum: --- I have suffered from the file overwrite bug. It is not a Finale bug, it is a MAc OS bug. This, I believe is the problem: If you have expose switched on and minimise a file to the dock, another file open in the same application might under certain cercumstances be overwritten by the minimised file. There seem to be two ways to prevent this happening (I do both for security) 1. Switch off expose 2. Never minimese a finale file to the dock when working on another finale file, just leave the window open in the background. --- Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
