Windows users: see the previous chapter Installation for Windows or skip over this chapter.
If you are viewing this on-screen, you have likely already installed Finale. Skip to Preparing for Printing.
Installing Finale onto your hard disk is easy, whether you’re upgrading from a previous version or working with Finale for the first time.
Before you begin installing Finale, make sure there’s enough room on your hard disk to hold the program and its associated files. For a full installation, you’ll need about three hundred twenty-five megabytes (325,000K) of free space on your hard disk. An additional 1.6GB is required for all the Garritan sounds. You should also bear in mind that, like many other software programs, Finale creates and makes use of “temporary files” during its normal operations, which it then deletes from your hard disk when you exit the program. We recommend having an additional ten megabytes (10,000K) of free disk space for these files.
The Installer sets up a folder called “Finale 2009” for the Finale program and its associated files and folders. Do not alter this setup.
Finale 2009 will not disturb an older Finale folder. You can copy any custom files and song files into the new Finale folders, then delete the previous Finale folder if you want to free up disk space.
When you open an older Finale family notation file (choose File, then Open and navigate to your older file), Finale 2009 takes a moment to convert it into the new format, then opens it as an “Untitled” file. If you save the file in Finale 2009 using the same name as before, you will not be able to reopen that file using an earlier version of Finale. It is suggested, therefore, that you save the file with a slightly different name (for instance, “My Score” could become “My Score 2”), unless you are sure that you won’t need to reopen the file in an earlier version of Finale.
The Installer sets up a folder called “Finale 2009” for the Finale program and its associated files and folders. Do not alter this setup.
Finale 2009 will not disturb an older Finale folder. You can copy any custom files and song files into the new Finale folders, then delete the previous Finale folder if you want to free up disk space.
These instructions cover the basic preparations for printing from Finale or any program. If you can print successfully from other programs already, skip ahead to the next section. Before you print for the first time, you must tell the Macintosh where to send its printing information, especially if you have more than one printer.
MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It’s the language spoken by computers and electronic musical instruments. We’ll assume that you’re connecting a MIDI keyboard, although you can use any MIDI instrument. In this manual, “MIDI keyboard” refers to whatever type of MIDI device you are using.
At the very least, you’ll need the following equipment for an operational MIDI system (not including your computer):
A MIDI keyboard
Amplifier/speaker or headphones
Two MIDI cables
A MIDI interface with appropriate USB cable
The last item, a MIDI interface, is a box that translates the signals arriving from the MIDI keyboard into signals the computer understands, and vice versa. Interfaces can be very simple or very elaborate. The most basic ones require no external power and have ports (jacks) for a single MIDI keyboard; more expensive models have ports for multiple MIDI devices or other features. Most Macs have USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports, a standard that allows users to connect devices to their computers without needing to restart for the devices to become active.
Your connections should resemble those in this figure:
Your MIDI system is now configured. To name a MIDI device or configure additional settings, jump ahead to Configuring MIDI in OS X. If you do not wish to name a MIDI device or make additional settings, you can skip ahead to Starting Finale.
You can use helper utilities already available on your computer to configure your MIDI devices by following these steps.
. Your computer sends
a message to your MIDI device. You see the “Out” light illuminate
on your MIDI interface and/or a sound played on the MIDI device.
Now that you have set up MIDI with OS X, skip directly to Starting Finale.
If you have Internet access (and are not running firewall, security, or virus software that would block information from being received back at your computer), simply select this option, and the rest is taken care of automatically, after filling out the required information.
Otherwise, select one of the other options for phone, FAX, or standard mail, and a window will be displayed containing a User Code. You may print out this page and FAX or mail it to us, or you can call with your serial number and User Code. In either case, we will generate an Authorization Code that you manually type in to complete the process. In each case (including Internet), our system automatically sends an e-mail confirmation of the information. If you had selected the Internet option, but have a firewall that blocked the information from being received, then you can manually type in the Authorization Code information provided.
Your copy of Finale can be authorized on two computers simultaneously. However, with an Internet connection, authorization can be moved from one computer to another at will. Simply choose Deauthorize Finale from the Help Menu to open up a free authorization slot. Your copy of Finale can now be authorized on a different computer. Also, deauthorize prior to making hardware changes to your computer, such as replacing a hard drive. Doing so will ensure a slot is open to authorize after updating your hardware. When you deauthorize, printing and saving are disabled until authorization has been restored.
PLEASE NOTE that the User/Authorization Codes are computer specific, and will only work on the given computer installation. Make sure that the Authorization Code is typed in using capital letters, and also verify that the correct serial number has been entered. If you have made a change to the computer (replaced the hard drive or motherboard, or installed a new operating system), and didn’t deauthorize prior to doing so, contact Customer Service directly by phone, FAX, or standard mail with your serial number and the location ID for the specific installation in question, and one of our representatives can clear the previous authorization from your account. If the software is not "reminding" you to authorize when you run the program, then the authorization has been successfully completed.
The MIDI Setup dialog box is where you instruct Finale which devices you’d like to use for MIDI functions. On the left side of the dialog box, you’ll choose the MIDI input device. On the right side, you’ll choose the desired output device. What you choose here will determine on which device Finale will play back your music.
