The End of FINALE
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Re: The End of FINALE
What will likely happen is some clever folk on the internet will crack Finale 27 so it doesn't require authorization, and Finale will live on on the dark web as shareware. It happens to other abandonware.
(EDIT: feel free to remove if talk of piracy is shunned, I'm not advocating it)
(EDIT: feel free to remove if talk of piracy is shunned, I'm not advocating it)
Composer and engraver
Re: The End of FINALE
it doesn't matter anymore anyways.
MakeMusic declared that they were changing it so there would be no limit for the authorization.
MakeMusic declared that they were changing it so there would be no limit for the authorization.
- Fred G. Unn
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Re: The End of FINALE
I think SmartMusic sales sort of exploded during COVID lockdown. I know the local public schools where I live are now using it. That's probably MM's current revenue stream and I assume one of the reasons they are killing off Finale is to focus all resources on it.
I know they backtracked and that's their current position, but I have to think at some point in the future they will change again and discontinue it. When? I dunno. 2 years? 5 years? Certainly I wouldn't expect to still be able to install Finale 10 years from now. And that's assuming some OS update doesn't render it incompatible if you aren't keeping a legacy system around to run it. At least for me, I feel like the clock is ticking to get my 14,000+ Finale files all saved as MXL and PDF. After the current backlash they experienced this week after announcing authorizations will cease in 1 year, I feel reasonably confident that we'll have at least 2 years, but anything after that is a gamble IMO.
There was a bug in the PC version of Finale where they changed the font naming structure of Maestro Wide in the mid-00s, that caused previous files that used that font to open as gibberish. I thought those all had to be opened one by one and the font swapped, until this week when I sent one of my older files to a good friend (Harry Connick's copyist) who opened it fine on a Mac. I wish I had known this when my kids were younger and we still had a "family" Mac Mini, LOL! I was due for a new laptop anyway, so I bought a MacBook yesterday with converting old Finale files as one of my primary motivations for the switch. (Unlike some PC users I've never been opposed to Macs, and use Apple for everything else, just opposed to Mac pricing! Bit the bullet and got one.)
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Re: The End of FINALE
Today I went to look at the Finale Forum (https://www.finaleforum.com), but it was not viewable on my computer, and I am wondering if anyone else can view it? Hopefully, it's just a temporary outage.
Cheers,
Hector.
Cheers,
Hector.
- David Ward
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Re: The End of FINALE
I clicked on the link at 12.10 GMT and immediately got through…
Finale 26.3.1 & 27.4 Dorico 5.1.51 waiting but not yet in use
Mac 11.7.10 & 14.7
https://composers-uk.com/davidward/news-links/
Mac 11.7.10 & 14.7
https://composers-uk.com/davidward/news-links/
Re: The End of FINALE
Buy a very cheap computer (can be even a desktop), install Finale on it, authorise, see everything works well and put it in basement for a long time storage. Use HDD (spinning one) so that the data is retained. Or just buy an extra HDD for your computer, install everything on it, and disconnect it from the motherboard.Fred G. Unn wrote: ↑30 Aug 2024, 12:24 I know they backtracked and that's their current position, but I have to think at some point in the future they will change again and discontinue it. When? I dunno. 2 years? 5 years? Certainly I wouldn't expect to still be able to install Finale 10 years from now. And that's assuming some OS update doesn't render it incompatible if you aren't keeping a legacy system around to run it.
I have still an iMac from 2007 with Snow Leopard that works well (but not in use).
Freelance Composer. Self-Publisher.
Finale 27.5 • Sibelius 2024.3• MuseScore 4+ • Logic Pro X+ • Ableton Live 11+ • Digital Performer 11 /// MacOS Monterey (secondary in use systems: Fedora 35, Windows 10)
Finale 27.5 • Sibelius 2024.3• MuseScore 4+ • Logic Pro X+ • Ableton Live 11+ • Digital Performer 11 /// MacOS Monterey (secondary in use systems: Fedora 35, Windows 10)
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Re: The End of FINALE
Oh no. There's only so much obsolescence one can take in two weeks. Next, it's desktops.
M1 Mac mini (OS 12.4), Dorico, Finale 25.5, GPO 4, Affinity Publisher 2, SmartScore 64 Pro, JW Plug-ins, TG Tools, Keyboard maestro
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Re: The End of FINALE
In desktops we trust!
Freelance Composer. Self-Publisher.
Finale 27.5 • Sibelius 2024.3• MuseScore 4+ • Logic Pro X+ • Ableton Live 11+ • Digital Performer 11 /// MacOS Monterey (secondary in use systems: Fedora 35, Windows 10)
Finale 27.5 • Sibelius 2024.3• MuseScore 4+ • Logic Pro X+ • Ableton Live 11+ • Digital Performer 11 /// MacOS Monterey (secondary in use systems: Fedora 35, Windows 10)
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It always seems so odd to me.
I refuse to use a laptop simply because the screen is far too small, and I hate the constrained feeling of the tiny flat keyboard.
I always upgrade my computer to a powerful desktop, never to a laptop.
But then, I work from home, so I never really need to be on the road with work stuff (although I DO have access to a powerful laptop - my spouse's), I rarely ever make use of it.
I refuse to use a laptop simply because the screen is far too small, and I hate the constrained feeling of the tiny flat keyboard.
I always upgrade my computer to a powerful desktop, never to a laptop.
But then, I work from home, so I never really need to be on the road with work stuff (although I DO have access to a powerful laptop - my spouse's), I rarely ever make use of it.
Re: The End of FINALE
I think, for running Finale, you don't need a very strong computer. I have had a laptop connected to the external monitor and keyboard for years and it worked well.
Freelance Composer. Self-Publisher.
Finale 27.5 • Sibelius 2024.3• MuseScore 4+ • Logic Pro X+ • Ableton Live 11+ • Digital Performer 11 /// MacOS Monterey (secondary in use systems: Fedora 35, Windows 10)
Finale 27.5 • Sibelius 2024.3• MuseScore 4+ • Logic Pro X+ • Ableton Live 11+ • Digital Performer 11 /// MacOS Monterey (secondary in use systems: Fedora 35, Windows 10)