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Author Topic: Finale notepad recovery options  (Read 194 times)

Bubbles7689

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Finale notepad recovery options
« on: August 10, 2012, 01:11:20 AM »
I was in the middle of arranging a song when my computer crashed. I hadn't saved the piece at all, either. Does finale have some sort of recovery options for when the program "closes unexpectedly"?
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Re: Finale notepad recovery options
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2012, 01:16:54 AM »
Unfortunately, no. I've suffered the same problem you just encountered when arranging my PMD Sky Tower piano solo and LoZ OoT "Ganondorf Battle", and it was very frustrating having to re-write all of it. I know Finale does save ".BAK" files, but these aren't recovery files, they're just back-ups whenever you save an .mus in case of file corruption.

...Sibelius, on the other hand, does have file recovery features  ::)
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Re: Finale notepad recovery options
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2012, 01:19:37 AM »
Ahh ok. My computer just crashed again so I probably shouldn't start it again. I was only three measures in, so I was just being lazy
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Finale notepad recovery options
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2012, 08:31:19 PM »
Use Dropbox. Save frequently.

Dropbox keeps different versions of files every time you save.
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Re: Finale notepad recovery options
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2012, 09:40:22 PM »
Quote from: Shadoninja on August 11, 2012, 08:31:19 PM
Use Dropbox. Save frequently.

Dropbox keeps different versions of files every time you save.

Bubbles was wondering if Finale had file recovery for unsaved files, which it does not. But yes, like many other similar problems, saving frequently is the best solution.
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Re: Finale notepad recovery options
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2012, 09:43:59 PM »
I usually save every few measures. I've done it so often that it's become a habit.
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« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2012, 09:19:33 PM »
Quote from: MaestroUGC on August 11, 2012, 09:43:59 PM
I usually save every few measures. I've done it so often that it's become a habit.
I save every time I do anything. I probably have like 30,003737639363 versions on Dropbox
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