It all depends. I find AI to be more helpful than the Finale manual and a lot faster—except when it is wrong and that is frequently. It doesn’t know the difference between features introduced in 27 and those discontinued in 2014. So, I have two tabs open on a side monitor—one with the manual and the other showing AI. The last Finale print manual had over 4,000 pages (2004 IIRC) on 500+ sheets of paper printed 4 pages per side—absolutely useless.

BIAB is not nearly as complex and I have no problem searching the documentation on those rare occasions when I have a question.


BIAB 2026 Audiophile Mac
24Core/60CoreGPU M2 MacStudioUltra/8TB/192GB Sequoia/Tahoe, M1 & M5 MBAir, 2012 MBP
Digital Performer11, Logic, Finale27/Dorico/Encore/SmartScore/Notion/Overture