Finale 2012 quits unexpectedly on playback in Yosemite

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brucequaglia
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Finale Version: Finale 2012 Mac
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Post by brucequaglia » Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:45 pm

In a Finale 2012a.r3 installation for Mac, running on a mid-2012 MacBook Pro with 16GB of memory that was recently upgraded to OS X 10.10 (Yosemite), Finale quits unexpectedly as soon as I use playback. Every time.

When I first opened Finale after upgrading to Yosemite I was required to install a Java revision (I think, I wasn't paying strict attention, but I think Java), and I wonder if that is the problem.

Is Finale 2012 simply incompatible with Yosemite?

And is 2014 working any better?

Thanks.


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Post by brucequaglia » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:39 pm

Followup: I have removed Finale 2012 and done a clean install from the DVD. I was not prompted to upgrade Java, but I have exactly the same problem: quits as soon as I try to use playback.

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Post by miker » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:41 pm

Yep. According to MM, if you want to use 2012, don't upgrade to Yosemite. 2014 works fine.

See the thread at forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=6&m=440127
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