Missing toolbar?
I have meticulously avoided using MuseScore 4 in order to remain with MuseScore 3 for following reasons:
1) There is no toolbar on my MuseScore PC screen for common actions such as save and open. If I have to click on File to access these functions, it's a pain in the you-know-what.
2) I cannot open any of the hundreds of MuseScore 3 files that I've created on MuseScore 4. I can't believe that the developers would create a new version that's not backwards compatible.
What is up with this?!?
Comments
1) No comment!
2) MuS 4 opens MuS 3 files perfectly. I do it dozens of times a week. It does require a tiny bit of re-formatting, but they open with no problems. I think some people are upset that once saved from MuS 4, they cannot re-open them in MuS 3, so you would be wise to make a backup copy of all MuS 3 files before you change them with MuS 4.
If you cannot open a MuS 3 file in MuS 4, post an example and describe exactly what happens when you try. "I click here, select this, then click there. Then I get this error message." Details, details, details!!!
1) You have your opinion but I doubt that any developer will want to change things. Personally, I value my screen real estate. In any program I use, one of the first things I do is try to remove clutter such as unnecessary toolbars. File save, new etc. icons and a little picture of a printer are first for the chop.
2) I don't know what you mean. How did you create hundreds of MuseScore 3 files using MuseScore 4? Or do you mean that you can't open MS3 files using MS4? If the latter, please post some scores.
1) 100% agree. Esp. the Save button... see https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/18883
2) Once saved in Mu4.x it won't open anymore in Mu3 (nor Mu4.y with y < x), that's not really new with Mu3 vs. Mu4, it happened with any major version change, but with Mu4 also on minor version changes.
You could resort to my MuseScore 3.7 Evolution, it reads all Mu4.x scores...