Hi all,
Finale 2004-2005 are *severely* under-optimized for OS X. Sibelius was the same way. Sib 2.x in OS X was a dog, but Sibelius 3.x actually runs faster under OS X than under OS 9 on identical hardware (at least, given a modern video card). Also, Sib 3.x under OS X is much faster than Sib 1.4 was under OS 9. It's not OS X, it's Finale.
However, Johannes is right that OS X requires a ton of physical RAM for optimum performance. 512 MB is the bare-bones minimum, and if you can spring for 1 GB, it makes a considerable difference.
If/when Finale finally gets around to taking advantage of OS X's advanced OpenGL support (as Sibelius does), so that some of the graphics processing is offloaded to the video card, we can look forward to features like instantaneous redraws, continuous smooth zooming in and out (instead of stepped zooming), and completely smooth scrolling, including the ability to scroll/drag the screen during playback with no interruptions. Plus considerably improved font smoothing compared to OS 9.
FinMac2004 and 2005 were "just get it to work in OS X" versions. Hopefully, FinMac2006 will be a "get it to work *well* in OS X" version.
- Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY
On 19 Feb 2005, at 10:50 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
It is true that Fin2k5 is slower than 2k3 on the same box. However, for me, the much higher stability actually makes up for that. The truth is that OS X is a much more advanced system, and it needs a faster CPU, and almost more importantly, vast amounts of memory.
Hopefully we will see some speed improvements in Finale eventually, although my biggest problem is still the slow response of some keyboard menu keys. I guess I will have to reprogram them all in iKey.
Johannes
Robert Patterson wrote:I remain puzzled why some Finale users chose to jump so quickly to OSX. MacFin05 under OSX remains absurdly slower and clunkier than Fin03 under OS9 was (on the same box). I am now almost sorry I switched, except that my OS9 installation was just too long in the tooth to keep running on. Apple did the Mac world a huge disservice in jumping too quickly, though, and Coda/MakeMusic/Etc did a mediocre job on their OSX port. (Apparently Apple wasn't hurt by the callous disregard of their customers. It's too soon to say about the Company Formerly Known as Coda.)
That said, I am now committed. The problem is that often when I launch a document from a Finder window, the document window appears behind the Finder window. This happens particularly when opening a second document. What's worse, if there are plugin windows open, you can't bring the doc window to the front. Gack!
Has anyone else seen this behavior and/or got a solution?
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