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Florio
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Post by Florio » Mon May 12, 2008 8:37 pm

A question dealing with the Finale program itself, rather than how to use it.
I assume the letters a, b, c etc. after the edition of the program, e.g., 2008a refer to updated versions of Finale. I have 2008a.r2. When I check for upgrades, I get a message telling me that I have the latest update, but I see that many of the people posting on the forum have 2008b. So what's the story...?
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Peter Thomsen
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Mon May 12, 2008 11:49 pm

2008a is the latest update for Windows users.
2008a is also the latest relevant update for Mac OS X users with Mac OS X 10.4 or earlier.

The difference between 2008a and 2008b is that 2008b fixes some issues with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

If you have Mac OS X 10.4 or earlier, you can download and install the 2008b update, but the 2008b update is only relevant if you are about to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

Peter
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996

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