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MakeMusic Forum > Public Forums > Finale - Macintosh - FORUM HAS MOVED! > Why are some annoyances (still) not fixed? | Forum Quick Jump
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|  Motet Isorhythmic

       Date Joined Dec 2002 Total Posts : 12849 | Posted 12/26/2016 7:17 PM (GMT -6) |   | |
    |  MikeHalloran Registered Member
        Date Joined Oct 2001 Total Posts : 217 | Posted 12/24/2016 9:15 PM (GMT -6) |   | Writer of Music said... Why do I still have to click the "More Options" button in the Time Signature dialog at least twice before it responds?
Why do I have to click the 'play' button in the Playback Controls window more —often than not— at least twice before it responds?
No idea. Both work fine for me in 25.2. 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 | Back to Top | |
 |  MikeHalloran Registered Member
        Date Joined Oct 2001 Total Posts : 217 | Posted 12/24/2016 9:14 PM (GMT -6) |   | Motet said...
By contrast, I still occasionally run Finale 2005 on old files and it works perfectly, despite three major revisions to Windows. Yea, right... except that, by staying 32 bit, you aren't really running a major revision of Windows. The second you are forced to run 64 bit because some critical app requires it, Finale 2005 will not run without a helper app and/or other tweaks.
That's ok. I keep a WinXP machine and a G4 around that has Finale 1998 (OS 9) and 2002 (OS 10.4.11). Not that I need them — Finale 25.2 opens and runs my oldest files without a problem as long as I'm not trying to view them in Sonata. I still have files in old formats will open on my iMac without conversion on these old machines first.
So it goes. 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 10.2.4Post Edited (MikeHalloran) : 12/26/2016 8:26:38 PM (GMT-6) | Back to Top | |
 |  MikeHalloran Registered Member
        Date Joined Oct 2001 Total Posts : 217 | Posted 12/24/2016 8:53 PM (GMT -6) |   | I don't think that Finale has ever followed all the requirements of the Apple Toolkit. 25.2 comes closest.
In the past, this wasn't such a big concern but, as Apple tightens the requirements with every OS release, it becomes more important that MM get with the program. How they do it while retaining all the features is a big problem--no doubt about it.
Making the OS secure is a constant struggle. Older software that doesn't keep up is going to be even more incompatible. We've already seen that. It will surprise me if 2014.5 functions at all in the next release. 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 | Back to Top | |
   |  Writer of Music Registered Member

       Date Joined Aug 2011 Total Posts : 848 | Posted 12/23/2016 6:40 AM (GMT -6) |   | They should not sell a Mac version, if they are not capable of producing or even willing to produce a decently working Mac version. Simple as that.
The annoyances I mentioned (and there are many, many more) are not new. They have all been introduced by some previous version, mentioned and discussed here more than once, pointed out to MakeMusic's support centre and totally ignored by the same since. Things that simply don't work, things that are inconsistent throughout the application (text edit dialogs, e.g.), things that contradict what the application claims (constraint dragging doesn't apply to slurs, e.g.), etcetera, etcetera.
MakeMusic is not going to tell me what system I should be working on. I work on a Mac (and have no problem whatsoever with any other piece of software in this respect). I'm not going to install a Windows OS on my Mac to compensate for the incompetence of MakeMusic. If MakeMusic can't deliver for that the Mac, they shouldn't pretend to sell for that platform. If MakeMusic can't deliver for that platform, I'll buy a product that can. Finale 25.2 Mac OS X 10.11.6. | Back to Top | |
  |  jim dukey Registered Member
        Date Joined Apr 2004 Total Posts : 1082 | Posted 12/22/2016 11:03 AM (GMT -6) |   | Also, clicking on Expressions/Smart Shapes handles, takes multiple tries, and stopping playback, the same. Since I've been on Sierra I have to double click several times to open folders, tho. Also, the screen flips around in Scroll all the time, can be very annoying. Those are my only 2 complaints about 25.1. Haven't worked up the courage to go to 25.2. Molecular Computer, Powered by Fusion in a Jar. Finale 3000, Wireless ESP Module, No Physical Interface, Printed Parts Manifest by The Universe, SOOOO Boring! Now Everybody is Friggin' Mozart. | Back to Top | |
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