Today, Apple has released macOS Sequoia, the latest major release of the macOS operating system. Because Finale is no longer under development, we want to remind all users that this operating system does not meet the system requirements for Finale and is not compatible.
While Finale is no longer the future of the notation industry there is a bright new future ahead with Dorico, developed by Steinberg.
07/23/2026 @ 5:00PM ET:
The Finale to Dorico crossgrade is no longer available from the Finale eStore. Please head to the Dorico website to purchase the crossgrade.
Finale v27.4, the latest update to Finale v27, is available now! This is a free update available to all current users of Finale v27.
In part 3 of the Finale for Drummers series, Tim Buell covered ways you can convert your Finale drum notation into MIDI, for use in your DAW of choice.