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Michael Mortilla
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Posted 12/3/2014 4:26 PM (GMT -6)

From another thread here:

Philip. said...
I spoke with Gear, Fred and Mark a few weeks ago in New York:

(The requisite notice, for those unfamiliar, that I run the Sibelius Blog independently and that it is not affiliated with Avid, or MakeMusic for that matter)

www.sibeliusblog.com/news/finale-2014d-and-beyond-a-discussion-with-makemusic/

From the blog...

"Customizable tool palettes and other palette improvements for Windows users"

Why not Mac users? I can deal with the "one off" palette but prefer the classic one we used to have.

Os X 10.10 Mac Pro 8 core; 20GB RAM.

Finale 2014; Digital Performer 8 [64 bit];

MIDI Life Crisis

Michael Mortilla
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Posted 12/3/2014 4:22 PM (GMT -6)

And as I mentioned earlier, you can download the full installer from the MakeMusic site via your purchase link. It will install F2014d. Yippee I oh, I eh!

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Philip.
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Posted 12/3/2014 4:04 PM (GMT -6)

CWillCalho said...
Go to the MakeMusic download site and download the update there. Much faster....

I second this. Updating through the program failed several times. Downloading through the web site was super quick.

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Michael Mortilla
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Posted 12/3/2014 3:45 PM (GMT -6)

Yeah, I feel like I've been re-married... LOL

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Finale 2014; Digital Performer 8 [64 bit];

MIDI Life Crisis

gracenote
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Posted 12/3/2014 3:40 PM (GMT -6)

Solved my perplexing crash on quit problems. Love the new, larger toolbar. 2014 is my friend again!

GN

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Finale 2012, 2014c, Casio Privia 88keys

Ronwass
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Date Joined Feb 2003
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Posted 12/3/2014 3:14 PM (GMT -6)

It's very encouraging to read that the fixes in this update address some of the issues that have been repeatedly mentioned on this forum. Also encouraging that some of those forum mates have already written about their satisfaction with the positive changes.

Erin, thanks for the past help you have given us, and best luck in your future endeavors.

Ron Wasserman
F2014c user since F2000
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Michael Mortilla
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Posted 12/3/2014 2:52 PM (GMT -6)

I was able to download the full installer from the MakeMusic site. It's already the 2014d version so all is well again and F2014d is percolating along nicely.

MM you ROCK!

Os X 10.10 Mac Pro 8 core; 20GB RAM.

Finale 2014; Digital Performer 8 [64 bit];

MIDI Life Crisis

Zuill
"The Troll"

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Posted 12/3/2014 2:35 PM (GMT -6)

Much, much, much faster! I was sitting there waiting (for 15 minutes and less than 5% complete) when I read this. I cancelled the "within Finale" update immediately and went to the website. Downloaded the zip file in less than a minute.

Zuill

"When all is said and done, more is said than done."

~~Finale 2002b, 2003a, 2004b, 2005b, Win XP SP3~~, 2011b Win 7 64bit, 2012a Bought and Paid For (Hopefully soon 2012b with some of the MAJOR BUGS fixed--well, now with 2012b and some of the bugs are fixed) 2012c, with some bug fixes. 2014c at present.

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CWillCalho
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Posted 12/3/2014 1:24 PM (GMT -6)

Go to the MakeMusic download site and download the update there. Much faster....

Peter F
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Posted 12/3/2014 1:18 PM (GMT -6)

Hello to everyone here on our forums. My name is Peter, and I'm a Customer Support Representative with MakeMusic. I won't pretend to fill Erin's shoes, but I hope to be monitoring and posting on this site regularly. My colleagues and I hold this forum in very high regard, and I'm happy to be a part of making sure it thrives!

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Erin Vork
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Posted 12/3/2014 1:16 PM (GMT -6)

hittjett said...
I keep getting an error when trying to download the file through Finale.

We're getting some reports of slower download times. I'll look into it and make sure nothings wrong, but I suspect our server might be a little overloaded right now. Give it some time or maybe consider trying again a little later.

Erin Vork
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hittjett
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Posted 12/3/2014 1:15 PM (GMT -6)

I keep getting an error when trying to download the file through Finale.

Jett Hitt
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Erin Vork
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Posted 12/3/2014 1:08 PM (GMT -6)

Bruno,

What OS are you using? I can't think of any reasons why 2014d would be slower that c, but I'll certainly look into it.

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Peter West
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Posted 12/3/2014 1:04 PM (GMT -6)

Working fine here, and I can put hairpins where I need them. 2012 is out, 2014 is in.

Peter
Music Publishing Services

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Bruno 1
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Posted 12/3/2014 12:44 PM (GMT -6)

After upgrade to 2014d, my New MacPro is slow than 2014, 2014a, 2014b, 2014c.

Bruno Rossi
Servizi Grafici per l’Editoria Musicale

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Peter West
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Posted 12/3/2014 12:38 PM (GMT -6)

Option to disable the dreadful new smart shapes snap to beat thing. Great. I can now use 2014!

All I need now is text sizes in increments of less than 1 point and I'll be happy.

Peter
Music Publishing Services

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Dr. Wiggy
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Posted 12/3/2014 12:35 PM (GMT -6)

Michael Mortilla said...
I had moved the app to a folder on the same drive, but that hasn't affected the previous updates to 2014

That's not a good idea. Update installers frequently install revised components only (i.e. not the whole thing) to specific locations. You should really keep all apps in the /Applications folder, and not in any subfolders. (The same is true for Apple's own apps.)

If you're seeing a standard Apple application icon, then that suggests that Finale has got missing components. Run the full C installer and then run the D updater.

"This is me helping."

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Erin Vork
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Posted 12/3/2014 12:11 PM (GMT -6)

Could be an installation problem. Tech Support should be able to help you out, although running the installer again will probably fix it.

Erin Vork
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CWillCalho
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Posted 12/3/2014 12:02 PM (GMT -6)

I still wish it played fp's correctly like earlier versions....

Erin Vork
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Posted 12/3/2014 11:49 AM (GMT -6)

Wiggy said...
No, but having two generators for the same file type may cause conflicts.

Erin, you haven't mentioned the pinch-and-zoom fix on Yosemite.

Okay, I've learned a bit more about this. Which version of the plugin the system uses can be a bit of a murky area, and it's certainly possible that the system would still be trying to use the old plugin (so yes, removing it could prevent conflicts).

And thank you for reminding me about the pinch-to-zoom issue! In Yosemite, we saw that this was quite slow in 2014, so this has been fixed. Additionally, an issue that prevented tool specific menus (Chord tool, Staff tool, Lyrics tool, etc.) from appearing on Yosemite has also been fixed.

Michael Mortilla said...
Movies FIXED!!! Thank you, MakeMusic!!!!

That warms my heart.

You're welcome, Michael!

Erin Vork
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Michael Mortilla
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Posted 12/3/2014 11:42 AM (GMT -6)

Movies FIXED!!! Thank you, MakeMusic!!!!

Os X 10.10 Mac Pro 8 core; 20GB RAM.

Finale 2014; Digital Performer 8 [64 bit];

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Dr. Wiggy
Early music: modern methods

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Posted 12/3/2014 11:41 AM (GMT -6)

Erin Vork said...
I don't think that deleting the old one will make it work any faster,

No, but having two generators for the same file type may cause conflicts.

Erin, you haven't mentioned the pinch-and-zoom fix on Yosemite.

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Bill Stevens
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Posted 12/3/2014 11:28 AM (GMT -6)

Erin and others,

I removed the 2011 QL Generator and now both .musx and .mus files are previewing as expected.

I reckon this will make me a 2014 user.

Bill

Finale 2014c (all versions since 1.0)
Mostly I still use 2011c
Staff Paper and #2 Pencil with eraser
OS 10.9.4

Erin Vork
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Posted 12/3/2014 11:21 AM (GMT -6)

Hi Bill,

"18 zillion .mus files" are probably slowing down the new plugin a bit.

I don't think that deleting the old one will make it work any faster, although the new one will read .mus and .musx files.

Erin Vork
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Bill Stevens
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Posted 12/3/2014 11:17 AM (GMT -6)

Wiggy,

If I delete the 2011 QL Generator, will the new one correctly render old files?

Bill

Finale 2014c (all versions since 1.0)
Mostly I still use 2011c
Staff Paper and #2 Pencil with eraser
OS 10.9.4

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