bad installation of 2014.5 in mac 10.13.2

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ronwass
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Finale Version: 2014d
Operating System: Mac

Post by ronwass » Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:52 am

Any suggestions why this crashes upon startup? Also, doesn't load java, or aria player. Two error messages attached, and crash report copied. Thanks in advance.
Won't let me copy full crash report. it's at this dropbox link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b9ix7i2tfbg0a ... t.txt?dl=0

error message 1:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8aoj27dji1kkr ... M.png?dl=0
error message 2:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dheajj39c8of ... M.png?dl=0
Ron Wasserman
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Desktop: imac late 2017 quad core 17 64gb ram OSX 10.13.6 M-Audio midi out to edirol to usb
Laptop:Macbook Air 2015 4 gigs ram.
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miker
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Post by miker » Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:17 am

Ron,
2014.5 will not run in 10.13. You will need to upgrade to F25.
Finale 27 | SmartScorePro 64
Mac OS 13.2.1 Ventura
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ronwass
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Post by ronwass » Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:07 am

Dang. Thanks Mike.
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MikeHalloran
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Post by MikeHalloran » Wed Jan 24, 2018 6:00 pm

Neither Finale 2014.5 nor PrintMusic 2014.5 install correctly in Mac OS 10.13. They will run if installed prior to the OS upgrade but not without issues. Best to upgrade to 25.

All 32 bit apps that require Java need the latest version of the JRE 6 from Apple, 2017-001. This is an update from 2015-001 required for earlier Mac OS but it is backwards compatible. MusicXML in 2014.5 and earlier require this.

https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1572?locale=en_US

MM has a direct link to this same update:
https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/ ... PrintMusic

64 bit apps that require a Java Runtime (JRE 8) get it directly from Oracle. Finale 25 does not but some web sites do.The Java libraries required by the latest version of MusicXML are embedded in 25 and do not require a separate download.
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