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What You Need to Activate Pro Tools
Pro Tools is authorized using an iLok USB key (2nd generation) from PACE Anti-Piracy. An
iLok can hold hundreds of authorizations for all of your iLok-enabled software. After a software
license is placed on an iLok, you can use the iLok to authorize that software on any computer.
• If you purchased a boxed version of Pro Tools, or Avid hardware bundled with a version of
Pro Tools or Pro Tools HD, it includes an iLok USB key and an activation card with a
printed activation code.
• If you are upgrading from a previous version of Pro Tools or Pro Tools HD, you will need to
use your own iLok USB key. You will receive an activation code through your online Avid
account.
The activation procedure that involves Application Manager is described in the Activation with
an iLok section. You can also find the description of the Pro Tools activation procedure in the
"Pro Tools Installation Guide" and "Pro Tool | First Installation Guide".
Each of the following sections contains a note informing you what product the description relates
to.
Online Activation with an Internet Connection
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This section is applicable to Media Composer and Sibelius.
Launch Application Manager to activate your Avid Editing Application with the Online option.
If Application Manager is not open, click the tray icon to open it or run the Avid Editing
Application you bought.
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If you exit Application Manager, the tray icon is not visible. To activate your Avid Editing
Application, run it - Application Manager will be launched automatically. After you complete the
activation, close Application Manager and continue working with the Avid Editing Application.
Activation of all installed products can be performed on the Licensing tab of Application
Manager.
To activate the application with the Online option:
1. With Application Manager open, click the Licensing tab.
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By default, the product is not activated and you can see its status under the product's name. If a
product is activated in a trial mode, the status of the product is changed from Not activated to
Trial and the expiration date is displayed. If you use a hardware key to activate the product,
Application Manager detects it and shows the corresponding activation state next to the product
name and license details.