Send them to yourself as email attachments? >-----Original Message----- >From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] >On Behalf Of Charles Small >Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 9:29 AM >To: finale@shsu.edu >Subject: Re: [Finale] Updating from Stone Age > > >The suggestion to make PDFs is brilliant-- many thanks. >I have done this before, to send a few parts by e-mail when >speed was of the essence-- but the power of being able open in >(and print from) other apps hadn't fully registered. > >I can save the files as .ps (File / Compile Postscript >Listing) and convert to PDF on the old G3 using macps2pdf (a >Ghostview spinoff), but what I _don't_ have is a good way to >get files _from_ the old G3 _to_ the new iMac. >The old machine has no USB connection, no firewire of course, >and it can't burn CDs, only floppies. > >So my only way to get files from old machine to new is to take >the old CPU in to someone who can work his/her magic (for a >fee) and transfer data to a CD or to my external HD, from >where I can get it to the new iMac. > >Is there a do-it-yourself way around this? i.e. something like >a connector/adaptor _to_ USB or firewire _from_ whatever >output the old G3 has (SCSI?)? > >Thanks, Ch.S. > > >On 4-Jan-09, at 12:12 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: > >> A couple of other points. You don't need any special >software to save >> your Fin2k work as files on the old G3 Mac. You can save them as >> postscript files, then convert the postscripts files to PDF using >> Preview on your new Mac. The steps are: >> >> 1. On old Mac, choose Laserwriter print driver. >> 2. Choose Print to File (instead of Print to Printer). >> 3. In the Postscript Options, check Download All Fonts. >> 4. Press OK and save the .ps file. >> 5. On the new Mac, open the .ps file with Preview. It will >> automatically convert it to PDF and allow you to save the >PDF version. >> >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Robert Patterson >> <rob...@robertgpatterson.com> wrote: >>> I strongly recommend making PDFs of all your files while you still >>> can run Fin2k. Upgrading the files will almost certainly require >>> extensive re-editing. I recently wanted to enlarge a Fin2k >piece from >>> 8.5x11 to 10x13. Ultimately it was quicker to enlarge the >PDF rather >>> than going back to the source Finale doc. >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Charles Small >>> <curmudg...@xplornet.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> I have been happily using Finale 2000c on an antique G3 beige >>>> desktop machine running OS 9.1. >>>> Have just acquired a shiny new iMac (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 >Duo iMac, >>>> 250 GB HD, 1 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM) running OS 10.5.4. >>>> I've got my old Finale files transferred to the new >machine, but of >>>> course I can't run Finale 2000c on it, and I would >therefore like to >>>> update Finale to run on the new machine, in one fell swoop if >>>> possible. >>>> What are my options? >>>> And what will my old Finale files look like opened in a >new version? >>>> Am I looking at extensive revisions, file-by-file? >>>> TIA for all advice! >>>> Ch.S. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> Finale@shsu.edu >>>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > >2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac, 250 GB HD, OS 10.5.4, 1 GB 800 MHz >DDR2 SDRAM > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >Finale@shsu.edu >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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