> Most unfortunately, the score appears to have been overwritten when I saved it as a midi file. Why does Sibelius do this without a warning?
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Hi Suzanne,
I don't really see how this is possible.
A midi file, and a Sibelius file have distinct differences in how they are named, and viewed by your computers OS.
This mainly happens by way of the file extension name. . . .Where all Sibelius files carry the .sib file extension,. . . and all midi files carry .mid (or .midi) by default. . . . . [.mid, and .midi stand for the same thing in this case].
It is this file extension that helps to determine which files are associated with which programs on your computer.
But be that what it is. . . Your computer will not overwrite files which have different extensions to them. . . It's not possible.
If you go to save a Sibelius file called 'MyScore', you'll end up with a file named 'MyScore.sib' created somewhere on your hard drive.
Likewise, if you go to save that same file as a midi file (using the same name), you'll end up creating a 2nd file named 'MyScore.mid' (or MyScore.midi)
And when your OS views these files side by side, it will see them as two independent files, with similar but completely independent names… MyScore.sib, and MyScore.mid
The only way for an overwrite to occur is if a file name with matching extensions overwrite the same. . . MyScore.sib can overwrite another file named MyScore.sib. . . (But you typically have to ask it to, and give it permission).
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* And even then, Overwriting Files Come with warnings. . .
The most common way for an overwrite to occur, would be if you were to create another file using the same name, and then use the ‘save as’ function. At that point the computer would ask you if you wanted to keep or replace the existing file of the same name. And you’d have to answer one way or the other before anything would happen.
And you’d also have to save that file in the same folder as the previous one. If you saved it to another location then you’d end up with two different files that happened to have the same name. (albeit in two different folders/locations).
** If your computer was to automatically save a file in a location where another file of the same name already exists. . . It would typically do so by incrementing the file name, such that the automatically created file would carry the original file name plus a number to help distinguish it from the original (and also prevent overwriting of the original). In a folder where ‘MyScore.sib’ already exists, the new file would be named ‘MyScore(1).sib’. and any additional file saved under this name would count up from there ('MyScore(2).sib' etc...)
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Did the folks at the Apple store run a full system search for All .sib files which could be found on your Hard Drive.
Was it comprehensive?, or did they just use the Spotlight feature?
My point being that while I think the search features for Spotlight are getting better all the time, you might not have the full functionality of it if your OS is outdated some. If that's the case, then it might be better to run a script of some sort.
*** I don't mean to come down hard on you here, it's just that with what's at stake, I don't want to see troubleshooting efforts clouded by misconceptions, misunderstandings, or whatever you want to call it.
I just don't sign up for the .midi file overwriting the .sib file concept.
also while I've had plenty of nice experiences inside an Apple store, I've also received plenty of questionable advice handed out there, maybe a 2nd troubleshooting trip is worthwhile... just to be sure.
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