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General Information
1 General Information
Application Manager is an instrument that facilitates all the operations that relate to
application download and activation, subscription prolongation, and other product licensing
activities. With Application Manager, you can manage your downloads, installs, updates,
product activation procedures, support plan, subscription model, receive Avid news and
advertisements, and try new offerings without having to go to Avid’s Web store.
The Avid Subscription offering provides users the ability to rent Avid software and tools on a
monthly or annual basis, as well as purchase support, receive software and maintenance
updates. Application Manager involves the new Licensing and Pricing model including
Subscription to Rent, to Own, Floating licenses, and Educational Pricing.
2 Getting Application Manager
There are two ways to get your copy of Application Manager:
 Installing a standalone version of Application Manager
 Installing Application Manager as part of the installation process of an Avid Editing
Application.
Installing a Standalone Version of Application
Manager
You can install Application Manager without necessity of installing an Avid Editing
Application (Media Composer, Pro Tools, or Sibelius).
To install Application Manager, do the following:
1. Go to the Knowledge Base of the Avid.com site and search for Application Manager.
2. Scroll down to the Installers section. There are two installation files for Application
Manager – for Mac OS X and Windows.