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Finale MUS file open on MacOS

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Setup Wine + Winetricks

brew install wine winetricks
export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine-finale
wineboot
winetricks

Double click the iso for it to get mounted under /Volumes

wine "Z:\\Volumes\\Finale 2003\\SETUP.exe"

Click through the installer

export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine-finale
wine ~/.wine-finale/drive_c/Program\ Files\ (x86)/Finale\ 2003/FINALE.EXE

Plug-ins > MusicXML Export...

Opens easily, and works!