problems importing mscz files found on internet
Hi, I have trouble importing mscz files from the internet.
The download is no problem, but when I open them I get the message to upgrade my musiscore. After doing so and trying again I keep getting the "upgrade now" message.
I'm using the free version of musiscore and an imac with snow leopard.
Thanks for the help,
Cowtipper721
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MuseScore only comes in a free version, so that's not your problem.
The current release is 2.0.3, and the last major release before the "2" series was version 1.3: so are you perhaps still using 1.3? In that case you need to download the 2.0.3 version to read any files created from version 2.0 onwards.
The MuseScore menu path Help > About will tell you the version number you have installed.
There is no unfree version of MuseScore.
I guess you are using a version 1.x (actually I'm pretty sure about this, see below), but try to open files written with 2.x, so you need to upgrade. Check https://musescore.org/en/download.
As MuseScore 2.x doesn't run on Snow Leopard, you'd need to upgrade your Mac first, you need at least Mac OS X 10.7 AKA Lion
In reply to There is no unfree version of by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you for the help. This doies seem to be the problem. I have musiscore 1.2 installed and every time I try and upgrade (thinking I was getting the newest version) I probably keep installing the same 1.2 version because that is the only one that seems to work with my os snow leopard. I will try and upgrade my os to lion or higher. Thank you all for the help.
In reply to Thank you for the help. This by cowtipper721
You should at least upgrade to 1.3, see https://musescore.org/en/download#Older-versions, it should work on your machine, I believe. At least if you're on a 64bit machine and not a Core 2 Duo, in which case 1.2 is the highest version of MuseScore you'd ever be able to run on it.
In reply to Thank you for the help. This by cowtipper721
Alternatively, instead of the mscz file, you can open the MusicXML file (mxl) in your old MuseScore release.
So I've upgraded to MuseScore 1.3. Thanks everybody for the help. I will have to look into the MusicXML files, and might do so later. I'm new and a beginner with MuseScore and use it to notate arrangements for the band. The plan is to upgrade my OS so I will be able to keep using and downloading mscz files in an upgraded version.
Thanks everybody.
In reply to So I've upgraded to MuseScore by cowtipper721
Glad you were able to upgrade! We're here any time you have questions.