Notation Composer and Mac users

[Reinhold H.]

David, thanks.

We completed the investigation whether Composer and Musician 3 can be ported to a Mac using WineHQ.

The results are fantastic. The answer is a big YES.

Currently we dig into what is the fastest and most effective way to have a Mac version available. The ideas are that we could even create one software build which is able to run on Microsoft Windows and on Apple OS X simultaneously. Something like to have 'OS X + WineHQ' handled similar to just another operating system within the same software build. This would make all our lives very easy. The ordering would be the same and in particular we would be able to keep the same price. For a Mac customer the total price would be the same as for a Windows customer because WineHQ is for free.

As of now I won't make any statement or commitment by when such a software build is available but I can promise you that we do our best.

Reinhold

[Reinhold H.]

Hi all,

meanwhile I changed the status from an "investigation" to a "project".

Further results are that it is possible to have the same software package 1:1 running on Windows and on MAC OS X (Mavericks and future versions).

This concept results in opportunities for customer and us (these are our ideas but not yet finally confirmed):

- a customer can decide whether to run the software on Windows or MAC OS X. No difference when a customer purchases.
- we plan to offer that any customer who purchased a 3.0.1 license for Windows can move this license to a MAC without any additional charge
- we can keep the same prices of the software for MACs
- because usually MAC software is more expensive than Windows software, this is a great opportunity for everybody
- we can use the same proven tools for software creation and delivery. It is mandatory that we do not have additional efforts other than testing.

As mentioned above, these are the ideas subject to be confirmed within the project.

So far we have not yet worked out a project plan, firstly I need to get my arms around those bugs shown in this thread when opening Peter B.'s arrangement of "The Fat Man".

Reinhold

[Reinhold H.]

Hi,

A short update on our MAC tests:

Those red marked bugs from Peter B's Fat Man arrangement (see my former post) are fixed. In addition we have performed overall tests. So far only one display issue was found when opening the Page Setup dialog in Format menu that the shade behind the paper is not nicely dispalyed. This is a little confusing. All other tests went very fine including playing and recording with a Yamaha keyboard (import of device description, sound changes, playing etc). All access tests to the different file structure of the MAC OS X went fine. Composer is fully integraded as other MAC applications are. The software package is 1:1 identical to Windows.

After these findings I am very optimistic to release our products on MAC as part of the next correction version.

Reinhold

[Reinhold H.]

Hi,

Short update:

We have significantly made progress to provide version 3 for MAC PCs. After some final testing we plan to start beta trials pretty soon.

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[Reinhold H.]

Composer 3 on OS X Yosemite

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[Reinhold H.]

Notation Composer 3.0.2 is Ready for Beta Testing on MAC

We have completed all tests and Notation Composer is ready for beta testing. We are looking for folks who are insterested in the beta version for a MAC. In the next days we compile a beta testing community - ideally experienced Composer users - who help us bringing Composer to a mature level on MAC. If someone wants to participate in this beta version verification testing, please let us know and apply by sending us an email to support@notation.com.

The beta version is limited in time for 90 days similar to a trial version but without any other restrictions. The beta version is available in English, German and soon in Spanish language. Folks who provide good help and feedback are going to receive a free full license afterwards similar to former releases.

MAC operating systems OS X Yosemite or Mavericks are required.

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[Reinhold H.]

Apple released the new OS X El Capitan 10.11 on Sept. 30th, 2015. We will release our software on Mac El Captian after we have completed our certification testing.

Reinhold