Question of the day : Dorico's versions

Good morning my friends,

Sometimes, for certain reasons, we want to go back to a previous version of the software we are using.
Some softwares offers this possibility (Adobe Lightroom, etc.).
As Dorico is now installed via ADM, I didn’t see this option. Does it exist?

For example (fictitious), if one day Dorico 7 doesn’t work properly on my computer and I wish to go back to Dorico 6.5.24, will that be possible? And if so, where can I find the download for this previous version ?

For a more up-to-date example, where could I download Dorico 5.1.51 instead of Dorico 5.1.60?
Just curious.

I don’t know where to get older versions of the free intermediate updates.
The latest releases of the major versions can be downloaded from the sections Downloads Software and Unsupported Products > Software of this page:

Thank you very much for your reply.
But this page only allows you to re-download very old versions (in this case Dorico 3.5).
It would be good to know where to get the intermediate versions, indeed.

All the versions should be available in your Steinberg Download Assistant.

But unfortunately they aren’t…
That’s why I always archive the last previous working and tested version…

Indeed. « Should be » but, in fact, no.
The only version I can download via SDA is the las one.

Under the Dorico panel I can see every version of Dorico ever.

Under “My Product Downloads”, I can see only the apps on the new Steinberg licensing.

Certainly Ben. My impression was that Obiwan was referring to previous versions of the same version. Like

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Exactly, Alberto. :wink:

The short answer is that we don’t provide links to all minor versions of our applications, but of course in extremis we can provide you with an older version upon request.

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At least ‘big’ (whole number) upgrades don’t uninstall or overwrite previous versions, so you could leave them on your computer for a while. Just take care not to use them at the same time.

Thank you for your contribution. But it is not relevant to the subject. I think Daniel answered my question just now, and I thank him for that.

Thank you, Daniel.
I’ll make a note of it.
In that case, should we contact you?

If need be, yes, or you can raise a ticket with our support team.

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Thank you Daniel.
I don’t have any problems at the moment, but I’d prefer to know what to do in the years to come… (I’m a brand new Dorician). :slightly_smiling_face:

TBH, such problems that there have been in minor point updates have generally been fixed by a .11 (or .21, .31, 41, etc) update that replaces it, within days.

You can of course always get into the habit of saving the installer of the current version on an external disk.

Yes, of course my friend ; but, via SDA, we have no installer : everything is done inside the Steinberg Download Assistant…

Not necessarily Obiwan. You can download it instead of install. In the past I refused the install, but this was valid in Windows only, I think. In any case the installer remains stored in your disk.

Usually, it leaves the installer in your Downloads folder , in a Steinberg sub-folder.

May be. I can’t remember exactly what happened the last time I installed Dorico.
Thank you, Ben and Alberto.

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