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daerp
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Date Joined Mar 1999
Total Posts : 123

Posted 11/18/2016 2:49 PM (GMT -6)

I don't know what's happened to my libraries. There is very little in the expressions library. Should I be dropping and dragging libraries from previous versions.
I've never had to do this before after an upgrade.

iMac 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7, 32GB of memory, OS X 10.11.1, Finale 2014.5, Digital Performer 8, Yamaha S90, M-Audio Prokeys SONO 61, Vienna Symphonic Libraries (various)

Peter Thomsen
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Date Joined Jun 2000
Total Posts : 8331

Posted 11/18/2016 2:59 PM (GMT -6)

daerp said...
… There is very little in the expressions library …

Your words “THE expressions library” sound like the Libraries folder only contains a single expressions library. Is that correct?

In my Libraries folder there are several sub-folders, like e. g. Broadway Copyist Font, Engraver Font, Jazz Font, Maestro Font.
Many of them contain expressions libraries.

What, exactly, do you see in the Libraries folder?

Peter

Mac Finale, 2012c, 2014d & 2014.5, Dolet 6.6 plug-in, Mac OS X 10.11.6, iMac Intel Core i7, 2.93 GHz, 16 GB RAM

Dr. Wiggy
Early music: modern methods

Date Joined Jun 2006
Total Posts : 12628

Posted 11/19/2016 5:17 AM (GMT -6)

The first time you select "Load Library", Finale will populate the Library folder with the .lib files.

If you look in the folder in the Finder before that, then yes, it might be empty.

Finale v.25.1, 2012 MacMini; 2012 MacBook Pro (10.11.6 / 10.12.1)
Edirol FA-66; Roland A-49, HP Laserjet 5200 DTN
Ancient Groove Music www.ancientgroove.co.uk

daerp
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Date Joined Mar 1999
Total Posts : 123

Posted 11/19/2016 7:50 AM (GMT -6)

All true thanks. I found out that I had to adjust the Finale preference settings to tell Finale where the expressions and other libraries were located. Then I found the individual folders in the expressions dialogue box were empty. Everything was in one place and had to be moved to the correct folder. Seems like a waste of time since I did that before (a few times) in previous versions.
Mmmmm.

iMac 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7, 32GB of memory, OS X 10.11.1, Finale 2014.5, Digital Performer 8, Yamaha S90, M-Audio Prokeys SONO 61, Vienna Symphonic Libraries (various)

MikeHalloran
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Date Joined Oct 2001
Total Posts : 217

Posted 11/19/2016 11:58 AM (GMT -6)

Did you install in the default location?

Finale 25.1, 2014.5, 2011c, SmartScore X Pro II, Encore 5.07, GPO 5
2010 iMac i7, 32G RAM, 2T SSD, Late 2013 MacBook Air, OS 10.12.1
MOTU Digital Performer 9.12, 9.02, Logic Pro X 10.2.4

Dr. Wiggy
Early music: modern methods

Date Joined Jun 2006
Total Posts : 12628

Posted 11/19/2016 2:25 PM (GMT -6)

daerp said...
All true thanks. I found out that I had to adjust the Finale preference settings to tell Finale where the expressions and other libraries were located. Then I found the individual folders in the expressions dialogue box were empty. Everything was in one place and had to be moved to the correct folder. Seems like a waste of time since I did that before (a few times) in previous versions.
Mmmmm.

I've never had to do this. By default, Finale points to the user library folders, and should automatically populate them. If that's not happening, and your installation isn't configured differently, then I would report it to MM.

Finale v.25.1, 2012 MacMini; 2012 MacBook Pro (10.11.6 / 10.12.1)
Edirol FA-66; Roland A-49, HP Laserjet 5200 DTN
Ancient Groove Music www.ancientgroove.co.uk

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