Darcy, I've tried that idea on two different systems. Fresh, new HDs (500gb, 1tb) with a fresh OS install and only Finale installed with and without playback sounds and 2014d was still a dog. I think the only thing is to wait for an update.
Cheers, Steve > On Jul 9, 2015, at 4:47 PM, Darcy James Argue <djar...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Dave, > > I'd wager that had more to do with freeing up lots of additional disk space. > > Cheers, > > - DJA > ----- > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > >> On Jul 9, 2015, at 5:36 PM, Dave Lang <davelan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> fwiw the most dramatic speed increase in F2014 for me came after I removed >> F2012 from my system. >> >> I have no idea why, and can't guarantee that you'll have the same >> experience, but that's what I found. >> >> And by dramatic, I mean, dramatic. >> >> (using MacBook Pro running OSX) >> >> best of luck, >> dave >> >> >>> On Jul 9, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Robert Patterson <rob...@robertgpatterson.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> jef, >>> >>> another option you could consider short of upgrading the entire machine is >>> replacing your system drive (and any other drive) with a solid state drive. >>> this is probably the single most effective speed upgrade you could make. >>> you get ones that are plug-compatible with the internal drives of most >>> machines made in the last 5 years or so. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Darcy James Argue <djar...@icloud.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Jef, >>>> >>>> In my experience, Finale is very unstable with MIDI Thru set to off. I set >>>> it to a Fixed channel that is not in use (like, channel 99, for example). >>>> >>>> Probably won't help with performance but might help with stability. >>>> >>>> Finale also seems to do best with a minimum of 30 GB of free HD space. >>>> When my drive starts filling up much more than that, the VM use causes >>>> Finale to really crawl. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> - DJA >>>> ----- >>>> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org >>>> >>>>> On Jul 9, 2015, at 10:57 AM, shirl...@newmusicnotation.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> is there anything that can be done to make F2014 faster (on yosemite)? >>>> i have a >>>>> big file that i find too slow, have tested it on a newer machine and of >>>> course >>>>> it is faster, so some of the problem is of course my HD. but are there >>>> any >>>>> other things to be done to improve it? i never use playback on these >>>> things. >>>>> so far i have done these: >>>>> >>>>> - set human playback to "none" >>>>> - set audio/MIDI it to play through MIDI (not audio units) >>>>> - MIDI thru is off >>>>> - turned off "allow temporary score adjustments" in human playback prefs >>>>> - turned off auto layout update >>>>> - turned off auto music spacing >>>>> - unchecked "playback" in the speedy menu >>>>> >>>>> rock on >>>>> jef >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Finale mailing list >>>>> Finale@shsu.edu >>>>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>>>> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> Finale@shsu.edu >>>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>>> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
