Download Mac Version. Fixed problem with displaying cautionary accidentals in Bravura font. Fixed old problem with MIDI device names not being read in correctly from file. This lets you set various fonts for each music font style and have them applied to the score. Font display issues in Finale for Mac may happen if one of more MakeMusic fonts are disabled. In other cases, the fonts may be enabled, but a duplicate copy of the font may also be enabled. You can address both of these issues using the Mac OS application Font Book, located in the Applications folder. Launch Font Book.

Accidentals (Simple Entry)

You can add and edit accidentals with the Simple Entry tool .

1. Choose the Simple Entry tool . The Simple Entry Palettes appear.
2. Click the icon representing the desired note’s duration.
3. Click the Sharp Tool or Flat Tool .
4. Click the staff. A sharped or flatted note appears where you clicked. Also, after entering a note, press the LEFT ARROW key to select it. Then, use a keystroke to apply an accidental. Press + to specify a sharp, - to specify a flat and N to specify a natural.
5. After entering a note with the caret, press + to add a sharp or - to add a flat.

• Double-click the Half Step Up Tool or Half Step Down Tool ; then click the note. Use the same technique to add accidentals that raise or lower a note by two half steps (that is, to double-flat or double-sharp a note).
• OPTION click a note or enter a note with the caret, and then press numpad + to increment up a half step or numpad - to increment down a half step.

1. Choose the Simple Entry tool . The Simple Entry Palettes appear.
2. OPTION-click the note with an accidental, or enter a note with the caret. The note is selected.
3. Type P. To remove the parentheses, type P again.

1. Choose the Simple Entry tool . The Simple Entry Palettes appear.
2. OPTION-click the note or enter a note with the caret. The note is selected.
3. Type COMMAND+SHIFT+- (hyphen). To toggle between hiding or showing the accidental, hit COMMAND+SHIFT+- (hyphen) again.

A courtesy accidental, also called a cautionary or reminder accidental, is one that, according to the rules of accidental occurrence, isn’t strictly necessary before a note. But there are times when the composer wants to remind the player that an accidental is (or is not) in effect for a particular note. For example, in a measure containing several E accidentals, the first E in the next measure often has a courtesy natural attached, even though the E is technically canceled in the new measure. See also Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in.

1. Choose the Simple Entry tool .
2. OPTION-click to select the desired note. Notes just entered are selected automatically.
3. Press P. Finale adds a parenthesized courtesy accidental. Press P again to remove the parentheses.

Accidentals (Speedy Entry)

Accidentals (such as sharps, flats, and naturals) appear automatically if you’ve entered the music from a MIDI keyboard. See Speedy Entry tool for keyboard shortcuts.

1. Choose the Speedy Entry tool . Click the measure containing the accidental. The editing frame appears.
2. Position the insertion bar and crossbar on the note in question. Use the arrow keys or the mouse.
3. Press the asterisk (*) key. The accidental disappears (or, if there was no accidental, one now appears).

   The note’s pitch, however, doesn’t change; Finale still plays it back as though the accidental were visible.

1. Choose the Speedy Entry tool . Click the measure containing the accidental.
2. Position the insertion bar and crossbar on the notehead in question. Use the arrow keys or the mouse.
3. Press the + key to raise the note’s pitch, and the – key to lower it, by half steps. Press these keys repeatedly to add up to seven sharps or flats to a note.

   Press the OPTION key as you do so to change all subsequent notes on the same line or space in the measure.

1. Choose the Special Tools tool . The Special Tools Palette appears.
2. Click the measure that you wish to edit.
3. Choose the Accidental Tool . Handles appear on any accidentals in the measure.

   If the handles are obscuring the accidentals you want to move, deselect Special Tools > Show Handles.

4. Drag any handle. If you’ve made the handles invisible (by deselecting Show Handles), drag the accidental itself. If you want to undo any accidental repositioning you’ve done, click the accidental’s handle and press DELETE. To drag the handle vertically, double-click on the handle and check Allow Vertical Positioning.

A courtesy accidental, also called a cautionary or reminder accidental, is one that, according to the rules of accidental occurrence, isn’t strictly necessary before a note. But there are times when the composer wants to remind the player that an accidental is (or is not) in effect for a particular note. For example, in a measure containing several E accidentals, the first E in the next measure often has a courtesy natural attached, even though the E is technically canceled in the new measure. See also Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in.

1. Choose the Speedy Entry tool , and click the measure in question. The editing frame appears.
2. Click the notehead for which you want the accidental displayed. You can also position the insertion bar and crossbar on the notehead using the arrow keys.
3. Press the asterisk (*) key. If there was no accidental on the note, a courtesy sharp, flat, or natural now appears. (If there was an accidental on the note, it’s now hidden. Press the asterisk key again to restore it.)

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Probably not very useful to most users here, but if you use Japanese input, you can get flats and sharps more easily, without editing the character map. Typing ふらっと (furatto) and しゃーぷ (sha–pu) will get you the respective symbols.

You can also get these symbols and a host of others by typing きごう and going through the list: ♭♯♪♬⁂♨† etc.

This is actually the same way I type a lot of symbols -- with Kotoeri (Japanese) input mode.
You can also type 'onpu' for musical notes (there are several different ones).

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I think it will only let you use the same font, but the new text substitutions in Snow Leopard might help you here too.

This same hint can be applied to other non-standard characters. I used ukelele to make a keyboard layout for math and greek characters, so I can type
∇·E=ρ/ε for example by the keystrokes 4.E=r/e while holding down the option key. Very hand as I am a science teacher.

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With snow leopard you can just use text substitution. I just set it up so typing *sharp gives me ♯, and the same could go for *flat, *natural, etc.

Personally, I'd map A# to A♯ with text substitutions, and so on for every musical key. The initial setup would be more tedious, but typing the accidentals would be simplified.

Yes, you can make other characters easier to get to too. Since I write about Apple topics so much I created a layout which in addition to the accidentals maps option z, x, c, and v with the symbols for control, option, command, and shift. It really is easy to do in Ukulele.
It looks like Snow Leopard has better options, which is good because this new keymap for some reason threw off all my shortcuts in Sibelius.

And typing おんせん will display　♨　in the list. I was looking for it the other day and finally had to bail to the character palette.
Too obvious.
Thanks for the great follow-on hints.