No release is without tradeoffs. Critics of 6.2 noted that automation can obscure control, requiring users to learn how to override defaults when the automated choices don’t match stylistic intent. Some advanced engravers preferred deeper manual control over spacing and kerning than the UI prominently exposed. Additionally, while playback improved, realistic orchestral mockups still depended heavily on external sample libraries beyond Sibelius’s internal sounds.
As a technical milestone, Sibelius 6.2 was the final version to support older Macintosh hardware, specifically and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard . When Sibelius 7 was released in 2011, it introduced a new 64-bit architecture and a ribbon-based interface, which led many long-time users to remain with version 6.2 for years due to its stability and more traditional menu system. sibelius 6.2