Re: [Finale] Re: Finale 2010a Maintenance Update Now Available

2009-10-20 Thread John Roberts
That sounds a bit too close to Socialism, David! JR On 10/20/09 7:34 PM, "David W. Fenton" wrote: > I'm reminded of the recent exchange in a health care hearing on > Capitol Hill in DC where a male Congressman observed that he didn't > need pre-natal care in his health insurance, so he was pa

Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update downloading

2009-10-20 Thread David W. Fenton
On 20 Oct 2009 at 19:39, dhbailey wrote: > in the list of fixes, the claim is made that the User > Manual now opens in the default browser. If that's true, > it'll be a long-standing gripe resolved. And makes me > wonder why it couldn't have been done a couple of versions > ago, when they we

Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update downloading

2009-10-20 Thread dhbailey
Michael Greensill wrote: Mine is currently telling me it will take 6 1/2 hours. I too have given up. I'll miss those flash cards though. :) Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/lis

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale 2010a Maintenance Update Now Available

2009-10-20 Thread David W. Fenton
On 20 Oct 2009 at 20:41, shirling & neueweise wrote: > >Wow, Individual Flash Cards! Oh man sign me up. > > seems that is more important than fixing linked parts... or a > plethora of other stupid bugs. It got included because it was VERY, VERY EASY to add, as it didn't require any programming

Re: [Finale] improve speed of finale (mac)

2009-10-20 Thread David W. Fenton
On 20 Oct 2009 at 14:47, shirling & neueweise wrote: > hey any tips would be welcome. i'm trying to improve the speed of > finale and my computer, i'm on a mac mini (1.42) and will be probably > for another year or so until i get a fast new machine. If the RAM on your Mini isn't maxed out, tha

Re: [Finale] improve speed of finale (mac)

2009-10-20 Thread Matthew Gmail
To increase speed, I use a ram disk and have Finale save its temp files to that. I know people say that using a ram disk makes no sense on os x but the difference for me in terms of finale is noticeable and substantial. This is on a recent iMac, and has been the case forever. Matthew Sent f

Re: [Finale] improve speed of finale (mac)

2009-10-20 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I'd say that my experience on OS X has been that the initial releases are perhaps a tad slower than the version before. So, upgrading from 10.4.11 to 10.5 you'd notice a slight decrease in speed. But as Apple releases updates to it, it makes up the difference in speed. Though if you have an

Re: [Finale] improve speed of finale (mac)

2009-10-20 Thread Christopher Smith
On Tue Oct 20, at TuesdayOct 20 12:48 PM, shirling & neueweise wrote: Forth, keep the system up to date. Honestly, unlike Microsoft, every recent OS X version has been more and more optimized, so there is a noticeable speed increase between 10.4 and 10.5, and obviously between 10.5 and 10

Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update downloading

2009-10-20 Thread Christopher Smith
Crap, my download just aborted at 70% complete after a couple of slow hours. Maybe tonight when everyone else in my hemisphere is asleep... C On Tue Oct 20, at TuesdayOct 20 2:45 PM, Michael Greensill wrote: Mine is currently telling me it will take 6 1/2 hours. I too have given up. I'll

[Finale] Maintenance Update downloading

2009-10-20 Thread Michael Greensill
Mine is currently telling me it will take 6 1/2 hours. I too have given up. I'll miss those flash cards though. :) Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Re: Finale 2010a Maintenance Update Now Available

2009-10-20 Thread shirling & neueweise
Wow, Individual Flash Cards! Oh man sign me up. seems that is more important than fixing linked parts... or a plethora of other stupid bugs. you could already apply a staff style to only a part by doing it in the part, but hey now score only by doing it in the score? cool. but more imp

Re: [Finale] End of Make Music?

2009-10-20 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
I tried the download ... when it told me it would take 4.5 hrs., I cancelled it. Dean On Oct 20, 2009, at 10:35 AM, Jim Dukey wrote: Phone's out and web site down? Must be out of business. Oh, 2010a out today. The Rumor Mill at the MM Forum is a little ahead of this one! ___

[Finale] End of Make Music?

2009-10-20 Thread Jim Dukey
Phone's out and web site down? Must be out of business. Oh, 2010a out today. The Rumor Mill at the MM Forum is a little ahead of this one! ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Re: Finale 2010a Maintenance Update Now Available

2009-10-20 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Wow, Individual Flash Cards! Oh man sign me up. On Oct 20, 2009, at 9:33 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: What’s New in Finale 2010a. View this e-mail as a web page. View this e-mail on a mobile device. To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add makemu...@email.makemusic.com to your address

[Finale] {Fraud?} {Disarmed} Fwd: Finale 2010a Maintenance Update Now Available

2009-10-20 Thread Christopher Smith
Hi gang! Just got this. Downloading now. I'm a little underwhelmed by the number and lack of severity of the bug fixes. Once you click the link, there is another link to a PDF file with a complete (well, complete for MakeMusic) list of bug fixes. Christopher What’s New in Finale 2010a

Re: [Finale] improve speed of finale (mac)

2009-10-20 Thread Eric Dannewitz
However going to 10.5 you will lose your ability to run Classic (OS 9) programs Moving the OS to a new hard drive is painless. Totally painless. Carbon Copy Cloner, or any number of utilities will do it for you. For free. You won't have to reauthorize Finale. The only program that complai

Re: [Finale] improve speed of finale (mac)

2009-10-20 Thread shirling & neueweise
hey eric, thanks. As a Mac Mini owner, the single best thing to speed up the mini is to NOT use the internal drive. Move everything to a firewire or usb2 drive. Everything meaning the OS, apps, etc. You will have a huge jump in speed right away. http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ has this tip and

Re: [Finale] improve speed of finale (mac)

2009-10-20 Thread Eric Dannewitz
As a Mac Mini owner, the single best thing to speed up the mini is to NOT use the internal drive. Move everything to a firewire or usb2 drive. Everything meaning the OS, apps, etc. You will have a huge jump in speed right away. http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ has this tip and others. Second,

[Finale] improve speed of finale (mac)

2009-10-20 Thread shirling & neueweise
hey any tips would be welcome. i'm trying to improve the speed of finale and my computer, i'm on a mac mini (1.42) and will be probably for another year or so until i get a fast new machine. finale 2010 seems a bit more of a hog than 2008, and i really noticed it on a recent job, a score us