Hi!, Klaus, I use the TinkerToolSystem from Marcel Bresink, http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/13662/tinkertool-system, to make the folders visible and invisible. This is one I have used several years so I have already paid for it. MacWorld Magazine also recommended using this application and I believe there may be others available as well.
There is definitely a Finale 2012 folder in the application support folder of the library at the first level. I have downloaded several earlier plug-ins and created a new folder to put into the plug-ins folder and named it JW Plug-ins. This is similar to the TGTools folder and the Patterson plug-in folder on my system. You will receive other recommendations from the list soon also, I believe. I also hope there is an easier and less expensive solution! I hope this helps and that others will correct any misinformation in this email! Thanks, Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ >________________________________ >From: Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre <yorkmaster...@yahoo.com> >To: "finale@shsu.edu" <finale@shsu.edu> >Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 1:42 PM >Subject: Re: [Finale] New 2012 plug-in: JW Instrument Change > >My ignorance may be unique for this fine list, but I have to admit to it. > >I gratefully downloaded this plug-in. Read and followed the instructions on >installing it. And ran into a problem which to me is pure voodoo. > >From the Program options I found the location of the Plug-ins folder. > >Pressed alt and found Bibliotek in the Gå menu (I am on the Danish version of >Lion - might be Library in the Go to menu). > >Found my way to the Finale 2012 folder, which has a subset of the subfolders >visible in the Choose a Folder window in the program options. But only a >subset. And no Plug-ins folder. > > >How to make the invisible folders visible within their parent Finale 2012 >folder? > >Is the reason that these missing folders don’t really exist? That they only >are pre-made options in the Choose a Folder window, so that I have to create >the Plug-ins folder myself? > >Klaus > > >>________________________________ >>From: Jari Williamsson <jari.williams...@mailbox.swipnet.se> >>To: finale@shsu.edu >>Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 9:51 PM >>Subject: [Finale] New 2012 plug-in: JW Instrument Change >> >>Hello! >> >>A new plug-in is now available for download from the Finale Tips site. >>It's called "JW Instrument Change" and works only with Finale 2012 and >>later versions. >> >>The plug-in maintains text instructions (as text expressions) at Finale >>2012 Instrument Changes for the selected region. The positioning and >>look of the expressions are handled by the chosen category, and the >>plug-in is smart enough to move/remove instructions if the instrument >>changes moves/disappears. Generally, it should be safe to apply this >>plug-in on the whole document to keep the instrument changes visually >>updated. >> >>The plug-in automatically sets the "break multi-measure rest" option in >>the expressions. Let me know if you need to be able to set this optionally. >> >>TIP: If you just want to mark the instruments in the document, but not >>print the changes - create a category that uses the hidden text style >>and use that with the plug-in. >> >>The plug-in supports instrument names that use Unicode characters. >> >>A currently known limitation is changes for multi-staff instruments >>(piano to celeste for example), where all staves currently get >>expressions. I hope to soon fix this in an update. >> >>Download from the "Plug-ins" subsection at the Finale tips site: >>www.finaletips.nu >> >> >>Best regards, >> >>Jari Williamsson >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
