Prelim info: 2023 Mac Studio M2 Pro; 32 GB RAM, 512 GB Drive, latest macOS, Dorico Version 6.0.22.6052 (Jul 9 2025)
Question: when copying a Dorico notation file to a different directory to use as a basis for a different project, is there a way to force Dorico to adjust the Save To directories for Audio files and PDF files to match the new directory automatically?
I typically copy these files to the new directory with Dorcio NOT running. Then I use Dorico’s opening organizer to locate and open the file in the new directory.
Every time when I want to save the audio from this opened file, the path always points to the previous directory rather than the current one. I notice this when saving Audio or exporting PDF and not finding it in the current directory then repeating after altering the path prior to saving or exporting.
Is there a better method than what I am doing? I have tried opening the file in the new directory, saving and then closing both the file and Dorico. When I reopen it, the old path remains.
Is this a project file that you actually want to use as a template for multiple files? In that case, why not actually save the file as a project template? That would solve the problem immediately.
If you just want the notes from an existing file, you can alway import any flows from any project into the current project.
There are plenty of other ways of importing/exporting various data to and from documents.
It’s not really something that I would use as template. It’s usually a one-off situation where I may have had a previous version of the work and a revision needs to be completed.
I encountered another file path / file name oddity.
I am working on a rather large choral collection with 30 distinct flows within the file. As I complete each one, I create a pdf export of the engraved flow and export an audio file (which creates a flow-specific directory). Before exporting the pdf, I change the directory in the Print Mode dialogue to the appropriate flow directory.
After engraving the “new” flow #30, Dorcio is exporting the pdf with the filename of the previous flow #29. I have the filename set to default to the “flow name - project name” using tokens and separator (“$w - $f”).
When exporting the new pdf of flow (30), Dorico names it the same as it named the previous flow (29) but puts it in the correct directory that I specified.
Am I doing something incorrectly? or is this a bug? It did not do this until I hit flow #30. I added a 31st flow with title Test (updated everything in Project Info) and it’s still using the filename for flow #29.