Would love any way to not have to manually fix things like this.
Also happens with the word "arco" in string parts.

I felt like no money is enough for Avid - there are just always more costs than you thought and they ask in a way that seems to be deliberately trying to obfuscate what you get. It was the tone of what they were demanding on the end that got to me... it feels like they are trying to sell me more than I actually get. So I'm spending more to move to Dorico and see if it feels nicer. No complaints wuth Sibelius app or functionality at all, but I'm off.

I purchased the $600 Sibelius ultimate perpetual license (at a half off student discount granted) because I was told that if I payed upfront, then I would only need to pay one time to keep the software forever.

Now I found out that I have to pay $100 annually (in addition to the $300 that I already spent) in order to keep using this software. I opted out of this annual bill once I found out and now I no longer have access to Sibelius Ultimate, only Sibelius first which does not have nearly as many features and caps at 4 staves.

What the heck is up with this and what the heck is the purpose of advertising something as a perpetual license if it is still entirely subscription based? I'm so mad and this feels like I got played. Muse score is looking better and better every day.

Title. I’m so stupid. Thanks for coming.

Im probably late to this discussion but I really need to rant. bought ten years ago this programme for like 500 euros. It was not cheap. I used it for many years then I took a break from composing. Now I’ve come back and That was apparently money down the drain ??? Have to pay monthly subscription for a terrible version of the programme I already spent a lot of money on? This is so frustrating. The free version is not even worth having if you can’t even export PDFs. The artist version is okay but still not sufficient for producing professional scores. This is just so greedy. It makes me so mad.

Found this for 5 dollars in a thrift store with 3 discs of content and a verification code inside, did I stumble upon something worthwhile? I'd love to know what I found, it's been tough finding an exact match for what this is.

I've done google searches, I tried opening Avid Link, I tried looking on the Avid website ... and I can't find out how to update my Sibelius Ultimate.

When I go to the Avid website, they ask me to sign in. I try sign in, but they say my password is wrong. I click "forgot your password", then I enter my email to change it, and another error pops up, and I'm stuck.

I never have this problem with Finale. I've ALWAYS have this problem with Avid for the past 8 years.

I couldn't sign in OR change my password on Avid Link either. I don't want Avid Link running on my computer in the first place. It's garbage.

Why does Avid have to be so non-user friendly? I guess I'll just stay on my current version.

You have to jump through a million hoops just to do one simple task: updating your software. Then there's no guarantee that you'll be able to do it anyway, because of all the "errors." Why? Why can't you just go up to File>Preferences>Check For Updates or something like that? It's easy with Finale. It's next to impossible with Sibelius.

And Avid Link? Dumpster fire. Why do I need Avid Link to do anything? Why can't I just update Sibelius without having to jump through all of these damn hoops? Why do I need to have the skills of a software developer and a PhD in rocket science just to update my damn Sibelius?

Thanks, Avid, for wasting 30 minutes of my time tryng to navigate your immense pile of garbage, just to figure out how to update Sibelius. You have my friggin' money, now just give me the damn product I paid for, without all the unnecessary fanfare!!!

Well, ... I finally figured it out. I don't know how I did it though. In retrospect, this happens to me almost every time. I jump through SO many hoops, that I get lost in the labyrinth every time, and forget the steps I took to update. Am I supposed to grab a pen and a piece of paper, and write down EVERYTHING I do for future reference? Is that what I have to do, Avid?? There is NO EXPLANATION OF HOW TO DO THIS ON YOUR LACKLUSTER WEBSITE. Maybe there is, and it's some distant link underneath 35 other links.

You have got to be kidding me right now. Finale is bad enough with all of their bugs. Sibelius software is more user friendly than Finale, but Avid Link and the Avid Website? And to update your Sibelius software? It's infuriating. It's like taking an airplane flight from Boston to New York, with 6 layovers in London, Paris, Tokyo, Auckland, Rio De Janiero, and Dubai. Infuriating.

Every time I turn on Sibelius I have to delete the old licence file and reactivate it. Most of the time it fails to activate. When the software choose not to crash I can use it normally. I cannot register it because it simply refuses to. Today I launched the software, activated it, worked on a project, closed the software, reopened it three minutes later, reactivated it and now it tells me I have it activated on too many devices (I only have it installed on one). I've been using 7.5 for five years. I don't think I can take this anymore.

Update: To day it tried to reactivate it, it comes up with a standard 'unable to activate please ensure you are connected to the internet' and to convince it I was connected I started playing Bad Day (Daniel Powter) on YouTube and it actually activated this time.

The Senior Product Designer is not a part of the Sibelius team anymore and I think they just removed the role entirely! What does it mean? Is it one more step of Sibelius saying goodbye too? I mean in the near future… I have a new composition class and I really want to teach using Sibelius because of its flexibility for contemporary notation. Is it bad for someone to start learning Sibelius now? Obviously the next choice is Dorico but is not as flexible as Sibelius at the moment…

The confusing update mechanism, criminal monthly subscription and pricing, as well as lack of customer support has driven me up the wall. I think at this point it would be more worth my time to learn finale than to continue dealing with avid