First upgrade them to the last Fin 2 version. (Finale 2.6.3., I
believe.) Then open with Fin02, then Fin09. But since you use Mac this
is likely to be a daunting task. You may need to use Sheepshaver, but
getting that working is a chore in itself. The last time I did this, I
gave up and re-edited
It might work. Another option is to run WinFin02 under VMWare or
Parallels on the Mac.
The main point is that in my experience Fin02 is the best at bringing
old files into the modern world.
dc wrote:
What about saving them as ETF, and then having someone open them on a PC
and saving them
vMac is much easier to use versus sheepshaver--you'll just have to
find a ROM file I think. Been a while since I used it.
On Apr 15, 2009, at 6:42 AM, Robert Patterson wrote:
First upgrade them to the last Fin 2 version. (Finale 2.6.3., I
believe.) Then open with Fin02, then Fin09. But since
Hello Randolph,
I have been upgrading close to 3,000 FIN2.6.3 and 3.5.2 choral files for the
past year - going straight to 2008 was the trick. The 2.6.3 files have some
expected difficulties due to changes like note attached slurs, text blocks,
etc... I've waited to upgrade these files until
I have this situation come up now and then due to clients' wishes,
where I have to go into a very old file, and it's usually archived on
a drive somewhere. When they show up as a Unix file, I just use
FileBuddy, or an equivalent, to change the Type and Creator codes to
FIN3, which will
Thanks Robert, Allen, Steve, Dennis and JD and for the advice.
I'm not clear about Finale's old version history anymore and I can't
find a listing that gives all the details. (Maybe I'm not searching
hard enough.)
Anyway, here is my take away:
1) Finale 2002 does a pretty good job of
I'm not sure what I did on the Mac, but they no longer appear in the
menu.
Thanks.
noel jones
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I did that last year when I upgraded an old file from 2.6.3 with
disastrous results. Basically, among many other issues, all my
expressions were completely messed up and I had to painfully
reconstruct them with reference to the printout of the original. Since
by then I could not easily use Fin2002
Well, on Mac, you can drop the files on the program's icon, either in
the Dock or anywhere, really, including an alias, and Finale will
attempt to open it. If it opens it successfully, just save it again.
It will open with Finale the next time. The advantage of dropping the
file on an
The file opening tips are good, but in this case that is not the
problem. Finding the best conversion path to the current version of
Finale is the issue.
-Randolph
On 15-Apr-09, at 12:37 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
Well, on Mac, you can drop the files on the program's icon, either
in
Hmm Christopher,
I just tried this since I found your idea interesting. And I could
NOT get it to work, either on the program icon or an alias. I'm on
Leopard 10.5.6. Any further info on this?
J D Thomas
ThomaStudios
On Apr 15, 2009, at 10:37 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:
Well, on
Sounds like your LaunchServices database may be corrupted. Drag-and-
drop onto the app you want to open with has been a standard Mac
operation for many, many years (it predates OS X), so you have either
somehow misunderstood the instructions (seems unlikely, just drag and
drop a Finale
Opening them and re-saving in 2002 is the best way, then in 2008 or
2009 (reports seem to vary on the best one.)
Windows versions of 2002 still run on new equipment, so if you can
find a friendly PC user with an old version...
As it turns out, the school lab computers here still have
Hi, JD,
I'm still on 10.4, but this has worked this way for as long as I can
remember. I can't imagine a situation where this would not work, but
I am far from being an expert. Darcy's idea might be closer to the
truth.
Maybe I'll try this at home with an old file from a PC that doesn't
This discussion starting, I think, to not being able to open an older
Finale file. One that says in the Finder it's a Unix Executable
file. I made the suggestion about FileBuddy, and Christopher came in
with the drag and drop concept. While my Finale files, and others,
will open as
JD,
What happens if you just the .mus extension to the filename?
- Darcy
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Brooklyn, NY
On 15 Apr 2009, at 6:08 PM, J D Thomas wrote:
This discussion starting, I think, to not being able to open an
older Finale file. One that says in the Finder it's a Unix
Christopher,
When you do the drag and drop, is the file type listed as a Finale
Notation File or Unix Executable File. It was the latter I couldn't
get DD to work on.
JD
On Apr 15, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
Hi, JD,
I'm still on 10.4, but this has worked this way for
Hah. Live and learn. That worked; changed the icon right away etc.
I tend to not have extensions show for the most part. Probably an old
holdover from OS 9. Dunno. But it was nice to learn this simple fix.
Thanks Darcy.
J D Thomas
ThomaStudios
On Apr 15, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Darcy
JD,
You are right, I just tried it at home with an old file made on a PC
without an .mus extension. It was typed as a Unix file, and it
refused to open when I dropped it on the Finale icon, unlike all my
other Finale files (and even .mid files!)
Apparently, EITHER the headers have to be
A quick question, is there an easy way to copy a staff layout from one
page to another?
I don't mean an optimization per se (which can be done using TG Tools
Staff List Manager), but rather, the position of systems on a page.
Thanks
Matthew
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