Finale notepad recovery options

[Bubbles]

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"?

[Bespinben]

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 

[Bubbles]

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

[Shadoninja]

Use Dropbox. Save frequently.

Dropbox keeps different versions of files every time you save.

[Bespinben]

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.

[MaestroUGC]

I usually save every few measures. I've done it so often that it's become a habit.

[Shadoninja]

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