Recently, a friend of mine asked about transposing or working with Finale files without needing to purchase the commercial version.  I figured, since I already did some of the legwork, I could make a post about it, so here goes:
Finale Notepad 2008 gives you the ability to import and export Midi files, and to open [...]

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Note: You should always have a backup of files that are edited in the following way.
One of the great features of the freeware FTP browser Cyberduck, is the ability to edit files directly from the file browser.  The reason I am writing this post, is because I used Cyberduck for about three years before I [...]

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 An annoyance is different from a bug in that it is something that you know is probably never going to change, and you can live with it, or work around it, but it still annoys you every time you see it.  You are aware that the fix would probably take about a day, but it [...]

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Pages, Numbers, Mail, Preview.  I am waiting for the Safari update called “Browser”; I know it will happen.  The problem is that finding help online is next to impossible. Check out the following hypothetical search:

 
As you can see, not a single of the top 5 results had anything to do with the application called “Pages”. [...]

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You know the situation. You are sitting in a rehearsal and someone asks for a tempo. They sing a short phrase or clap their hands in time. Everyone tries to guess what tempo it is and then someone produces a metronome where they either dial frantically to get to the right one (which it almost [...]

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