My Templates Don't Show up in the Score Wizard
When I create a score I can't use templates I created; they just fail to show up in the score wizard. I have to open them like a regular file, clean out the garbage by hand and take it from there.
Here is what occurred to me might help but did not: 1. I uninstalled Musescore (without deleting the files in the document folder) and downloaded and re-istalled a fresh file. 2. I checked the file location and spelling for the private template folder. I can't see anything wrong there either.
Any ideas on what I might try?
Edit: I forgot to mention: Macbook Air MacOS Ventura, the same problem occurs also on an older MacBook with OS Sierra.
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Or you could create a template. Save As (some name). Open it later. Add notes. Save As (name of score). The next time you want to use that template, open the blank one you made (some name). Which I think is the way it is supposed to work with your own templates.
In reply to Or you could create a… by bobjp
Good idea. Should have had it myself but I was too busy waiting for the thing to correct itself--too much belief in AI I suppose....
I'll put them in a folder named "private templates".
Not sure what you mean by "private template folder" - you should be saving to your own ordinary templates folder, right next to your Scores folder, under Documents/MuseScore3. If it's set to be private somehow, that could be the problem right there.
In reply to Not sure what you mean by … by Marc Sabatella
The templates that come with the download of the software are in a different folder. I got the term "private folder" from somewhere in the handbook. The folder I am, talking about is the one in the musescore3 folder. To me it seems to be right where it should be. I don't understand "right next to it" in this context, in my computer the folders are sorted alphabetically, so there are two in between "scores" and "templates."
And no, I would not even know how to set a folder to "private".
In reply to The templates that come with… by azumbrunn
By "next to", I mean, at the same level as - both as contained within the same parent folder. Whether your file browser happens to have be set to list things alphabetically or by date or whatever doesn't really matter; they are still siblings in this sense.
Anyhow, that sounds like the right place indeed. You're sure you don't see them listed under "Custom Templates" right at the top of the templates list? Also check Edit / Preferences / General to be sure MuseScore hasn't been set to look somewhere else other than this default location.
In reply to By "next to", I mean, at the… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for that last hint. I checked in the setting. It looked ok. I thought maybe I overlooked something and I clicked on "reset settings to etc".
Now the custom templates show up in the wizard.
In reply to Thanks for that last hint. … by azumbrunn
Add-on: The next time I tried it the custom templates are AGAIN missing in the template selection window! In the mean time I have upgraded to MS4 and guess what: The same thing is happening in MS4 too! I opened my custom template files in MS4, then saved them to the MS4 template folder. They do not show up just like in MS3. By now I am quite good at working around this problem and I am not going to spend a lot of mental energy on it. But it is annoying.
In reply to Add-on: The next time I… by azumbrunn
In MU3, they show in a seciton at the top, Custom Templates. In MU4, they show in a section at the bottom, "My Templates".
If you continue to have trouble, please post a screen recording where we can see the contents of your templates folder and then the wizard.
In reply to In MU3, they show in a… by Marc Sabatella
I am only posting pictures for MU4; I don't want to revert to MU3 anyway for obvious reasons.
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In reply to I am only posting pictures… by azumbrunn
Hmm, I'm not even seeing the "My Templates" listed, suggesting that MsueScore isn't looking in that folder. You didn't change your settings in Edit / Preferences / Folders to look somewhere else, did you? What if you do Help / Revert to factory settings? Also, it shouldn't matter, but try closing all MuseScore windows and then checking again.
In reply to Hmm, I'm not even seeing the… by Marc Sabatella
I post the relevant page below. I did not deliberately change the folders and it looks correct to me. This is on a brand new MacBook with OS 13.0.1. BTW. Maybe Apple did something fishy?
In reply to I post the relevant page… by azumbrunn
Very strange, I've never heard of anyone else having trouble with this. Those files in the templates folder are ordinary MSCZ files?
In reply to Very strange, I've never… by Marc Sabatella
Yes, they were my templates in MS3. I opened them in MS4 and saved them to the folder.
In reply to Yes, they were my templates… by azumbrunn
I got the solution from another thread (I posted there too): The template file must have a title in order to be recognized. Now it works. My score mostly do not have titles; I add them most often at the Pdf stage (as well as a foreword in most cases).