Portable MuseScore 3
I was really angry when I found out that the latest version of MuseScore didn't have a portable version. I don't have my own laptop, and I am currently going to Snow College for Music, so I need a portable version of this software so I can use it regardless of where I am, including on the school computers. PLEASE make a portable version ASAP!!! I will NOT take no for an answer.
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It has been seen :-). A portable version will no doubt become available once the technical hurdles (eg, need to be able to create a 32-bit version) are all overcome. Meanwhile, the software is free, I would suggest asking the sysadmin at Snow College to install it!
FWIW, you can also download a nightly build which can be run without installation.
In reply to It has been seen :-). A… by Marc Sabatella
Dear Mr. Sabatella ,
today I was looking if a Portable version of Musescore 3 was finally available ....
and find a Website (Altervista.org) where there is a download for "Musescore 3.05 Portable 32 bit NAMP"...
is it possible , or I will download something "malicious" ??
Thanks for your advice
In reply to Dear Mr. Sabatella , today… by Luciano Rizzi
Dear Luciano,
As far as we know, no one has yet been able to create the portable version of musescore 3 (see also the official issue following this up which Jojo linked to below).
In reply to Dear Mr. Sabatella , today… by Luciano Rizzi
Exact link please. Might be a fake.
In reply to Exact link please. Might be… by Jojo-Schmitz
My Google search was :"Musescore 3 portable" and this is copy of the Website page I found on the 5th site
which appears (https://numerico.altervista.org/) For sure it is a fake and this may be another example
of how to make the Web a waste dumping...
Thanks
Don't be pathetic, the world will not end simply because you continue to use the portable Musescore 2.3.... After all, the previous version is not at all bad nor expired, right? (Even though admittedly v3 has some really nice improvements :-))
Provided your college computers are 64bit OS, what keeps you from building your own portable package? Sure, it needs some research to figure out how to tweak the default configuration, but it shouldn't be rocket science. IIRC there are some hints and guidelines on e.g. portableapps.com
Just my 2cents, I am waiting for a portable version as well (and I don't need an 32bit so I might try to build my own package)
See #281616: MuseScore 3 is not available as a PortableApp on Windows
Austin,
Keep in mind that MuseScore is available absolutely free and development is largely a volunteer effort of the very generous community contributors.
As MuseScore is free, why not reach out to Dr. Larsen, Dr. Fullmer (great guy, btw.... known him since I was a kid) or administrative staff of various computer labs at Snow if you would like the software to be more available on campus.
In reply to Austin, Keep in mind that… by Daniel
Well, here's the thing: I am able to get it on the computers in the library, but they're rigged to delete everything at the end of the day, so that would mean that I would need to have it re-downloaded every single day just to use it. Not to mention I'd have to save my scores on a flash drive.
Just.... PLEASE MAKE A PORTABLE VERSION ASAP!!! I WILL ACCEPT NOTHING ELSE!!! SO HURRY UP!!!!!
In reply to Well, here's the thing: I am… by 2142Kitch
Austin,
You are very welcome to get involved and help to create a portable version of MuseScore 3 if you have such an urgent desire for it to be available.
Also, it is possible to save your scores to Musescore.com directly through the software or even save them to online file storage such as Google Drive.
In reply to Well, here's the thing: I am… by 2142Kitch
Use one of the Nightly versions.
It acts like portable.
In reply to Use one of the Nightly… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Not quite, it still stores its settings on the computer, PortableApps don't do that
In reply to Not quite, it still stores… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes it is.
But:
It doesn't require any installation.
And if you haven't made a significant customization that will affect it, it works wherever you go.
I'm using it in flash memory (3.x nightly).
If a few things it left behind are not a problem, it can be used easily.
In reply to Well, here's the thing: I am… by 2142Kitch
"not to mention l'd have to save my scores on a Flash Drive"
Well... And?? How using a portable version would help to avoid that??
In reply to "not to mention l'd have to… by frfancha
By defaulting to the same thumbdrive the PortableApp is installed on. But indeed nothing prevents you from changing that default either way
In reply to By defaulting ti the same… by Jojo-Schmitz
Even if MuseScore was installed on the library PCs, and even if the disks weren't erased every night, these are shared devices anyway.
So you wouldn't save your work on the PC itself.
You must save your scores on a network drive if you can access one from these PCs, or to a flash drive otherwise.
In reply to Even if MuseScore was… by frfancha
True. Only a PortableApp would by default doing this for you.
Dude,
You are crackin' me up. lol. I f you have enough money to go to music school, then you have enough to shell out six bills for Finale or whatever. I don't believe for a second that college kids who choose a music major are poor....
In reply to Dude, You are crackin' me… by ramblinj
Many people going to music school are on scholarship and don't have money to burn. And anyhow, I'd like to think people might choose MuseScore for other reasons (ease of use, compatibility with what others are using, ability to share scores on musescore.com, etc) than just money.
Anyhow, using a "nightly build" version is indeed the way to go for now. Should work fine for the purpose at hand.
I am also looking forward to a portable version of MuseScore 3, but in the meantime the portable version of MuseScore 2 (2.3.2) works wonderfully on my laptop, my PC at home, and my office computer at the university where I work. I save my scores on an external USB hard drive, also for portability. Saving them on a school or university computer is definitely not recommended!
A big thank you to the MuseScore developer team for this excellent software!
In reply to I am also looking forward to… by Lorrin
Check https://musescore.org/en/node/281616#comment-912907
I created some projects using MuseScore3 and I need to continue the development using the portable Version, that, as you said, is based on Version 2. Please is there a way? Opening them directly does not work and copy-paste from one sheet to another one does not seem to work as well. Thanks.
In reply to I created some projects… by ANsu86
See the link in the post directly above your's, there you may find a beta version, after some digging... You may end up at https://musescore.org/en/node/281616#comment-940701 and from there go to https://portableapps.com/node/60879 to find a 3.2.3 Portable App for testing. As far as I can it works fine.
What I don't understand is why anyone would purposely write software that is not portable. I have been a software developer for decades. I have yet to deliver a product that is not portable. It makes no difference to the developer if the developed software is portable or not, so why not make it portable?
Portability makes the product easier to install/uninstall, more secure, less likely to have compatibility issues, and less likely to mess up anything in the client's computer.
You can provide a simple ".zip" file which contains all of your software, or you can provide a ".paf.exe" compatible with "PortableApps.com". It does not matter which you prefer, either way is portable. I prefer the ".zip" format which can still be used in the ProtableApps launcher if desired.
In reply to What I don't understand is… by rrioja
Because making your software self-contained makes the download bigger. The whole purpose of shared libraries (such as dll / so) is that many programs can use the same framework, without you having to have that framework installed multiple times onto your local machine; thus saving both storage and download space.
Another reason is OS-integration. Double clicking a file and having the OS associate it with launching your software is easier to achieve in non-portable versions.
Those are just two reasons from the top of my head, without knowing or understanding the extra effort involved with creating portable apps. But ISTR that for the paf.exe from PortableApps there was a seemingly 32-bit restriction at some point?
In reply to Because making your software… by jeetee
Still there's work in progress to additionally make MuseScore available as a PortableApp
I've just been told that there is a 3.4.1 PortableApp at https://numerico.altervista.org/ALBERCLAUS/en/musescore-v3-4-1-portable/, apparently 32bit and 64bit. Not sure about how save this is
In reply to Still there's still work in… by Jojo-Schmitz
I just tried this portable version and it crashes every time I run it.
In reply to I just tried this portable… by rrioja
These worked for me
In reply to Still there's still work in… by Jojo-Schmitz
Some time in the past month portable version 3.4.2 was made available over there.
https://numerico.altervista.org/ALBERCLAUS/en/musescore-v3-4-2-portable/
No threats detected by Kaspersky Internet Security but I haven't got time to check it yet.
In reply to Some time in the past month… by .m.i.r.o.
Ah, thanks for that link
Any progress for a portable version on the most recent version of MuseScore? I'm now stuck at Snow Hall at Snow College, with no access to a computer other than the school ones.
In reply to Any progress for a portable… by 2142Kitch
Shouldn't this one work?: https://musescore.org/en/download
In reply to Any progress for a portable… by 2142Kitch
Indeed, as #281616: MuseScore 3 is not available as a PortableApp on Windows is fixed with 3.5.0
In reply to Indeed, as #281616:… by Jojo-Schmitz
I didn't know that! Thank you so much!! Downloading now.
In reply to I didn't know that! Thank… by 2142Kitch
Okay. Apparently neither the automatic download nor the direct link is doing a thing. I don't know whether it's the computer I'm using, or the website, but this is annoying.
In reply to Okay. Apparently neither the… by 2142Kitch
The download link seems to be okay here.
In reply to The download link seems to… by kuwitt
Yes, you're right. It was the computer being slow. It's now downloaded and working perfectly!
Again, thanks a lot!
In reply to Any progress for a portable… by 2142Kitch
Apparently yes. I clicked on the latest link in this forum, which was supposedly for MuseScore v3.4.2 Portable, and instead it gave me v3.5.0! I'm definitely happy!
Hopefully it works.