I bought the crossgrade from finale to dorico 5 . Do I need to purchase dorico 6 now if i want to upgrade?

There will always be an update later! You have to judge whether the additional functionality added in Dorico 6 is worth the modest update price we are asking for it. If you bought Dorico 5 as a crossgrade from Finale, you paid only $149 for a product that would normally cost at least $299 (if you …

[image] shawn1: if i known that there will be upgrade later I would have waited. Shawn, there is no need to buy an upgrade just because it is there. Dorico 5 is a fantastic application and is working just fine. At some point, if you like, you could use a 60-day free trial of Dorico 6. If you…

[image] k_b: you could theoretically wait until around autumn You could try to save up $20 a month for 5 months, and then buy it, regardless of any sale. That would still give you about a year and a half before another paid update was likely.

I’m a new Dorico user via the Finale crossgrade, and just upgraded to Dorico 6 (loving Dorico so far). How often does Steinberg typically do major Dorico upgrades (e.g. 5 to 6)? I assume that’s when they charge for upgrading (and not point releases). I seem to recall Finale issuing them on a yearly …

The major updates, 4 to 5, 5 to 6 etc. are paid. Then for Dorico there are minor (point, 6.1, 6.2 etc.) releases (are free) where, a few other features are added, bugs fixed etc. Dorico is not necessarily every year, just when they determine it justifies an upgrade.

I also did the cross grade to version 5, and I’ve downloaded/installed all the components, but I’ve apparently not activated the software yet. Should I activate v5 now, wait for an email, and then grace-period upgrade to v6; or should I use the Download Assistant application to install v6, and then …

Welcome to the forum, @dashingdave . I looked up your account details, and you redeemed your Dorico Pro 5 Download Activation Code in September 2024, so I’m afraid you’re not eligible for a grace period update. However, it does look as if you’ve never actually activated the software on any computer –…

I thought I’d ‘activated’ it when I used my access code to originally download the software, but I can’t find any evidence in my Steinberg account or in the Activation Manager application that I’ve activated anything. I know I’ve never actually opened the application (yet to find a good week/month/……

Hi there, I have education license for pro 5, is there a reduced education upgrade price, or the same as all?

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Is this relevant from December?

Required Steinberg Download Assistant update Announcements

From 11:00 AM UTC on December 19, 2025, Steinberg Download Assistant installations up to version 1.39.2 can no longer connect to our servers. This is due to an unfortunately unavoidable security-related certificate update. Please start the Steinberg Download Assistant before this time to perform the automatic update to the latest version (1.39.3). Alternatively, you can download it manually here: Steinberg Download Assistant for macOS | Steinberg Download Assistant f…

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