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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 General Information 6
- Chapter 2 Getting Application Manager 8
- Chapter 3 Working with Application Manager 10
- Chapter 4 Product Activation 32
- Chapter 5 Updating an Avid Editing Application 54
- Chapter 6 Dealing with Subscription Models 58
- Chapter 7 Additional Options and Plug-Ins 69
- Chapter 8 Deactivating the Avid Editing Application and Plug-Ins 72
- Chapter 9 Uninstallation Specifics 74
- Using This Guide
- Symbols and Conventions
- If You Need Help
- Avid Training Services
- General Information
- Getting Application Manager
- Installing a Standalone Version of Application Manager
- Installing Application Manager Along with Avid Editing Application
- Working with Application Manager
- Settings
- Product Activation
- What You Need to Activate Media Composer or Sibelius
- What You Need to Activate Pro Tools
- Online Activation with an Internet Connection
- Activation with a Floating License
- Offline Activation Without an Internet Connection
- Activation with a Hardware Key
- Redemption to Dongle
- Updating an Avid Editing Application
- Update Workflow
- Dealing with Subscription Models
- Support Plan
- Grace Period
- Renewing the Subscription
- Subscription Crossgrade
- Additional Options and Plug-Ins
- Activating Media Composer Third-Party Products
- Purchasing Pro Tools Plug-Ins
- Deactivating the Avid Editing Application and Plug-Ins
- Uninstallation Specifics
- How to Uninstall the Products
- How to Uninstall the Pro Tools Plug-Ins
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Pay attention that you can get a product update only if your support contract is valid (not
expired).
If you have a perpetual license and a valid (not expired) support contract you can get all (minor/
major/release) updates. For this type of license, you need to prolong the support contract once a
year to be able to update your products - visit your page on Avid.com shop to buy it.
If you have a dongle, the procedure is the same with the only nuance - pay attention to the
contract expiration date. It should not be in the past.
If you have a perpetual licenses with an expired Support Contract, you cannot download any
updates using Application Manager. On attempt to download an update you get the
corresponding error message. To be able to get updates using the perpetual license, visit the Avid
web site and renews a Support Contract for the next year.
If your perpetual license for Media Composer, Pro Pools, or Sibeluis is about to expire in four
weeks, you will be notified about it with the message popping up from the tray icon. This
notification will show up as a reminder each time you log in to Application Manager or restart
UI. The reminder about support contract renewal will stop showing once you reach 30 days past
the support expiration date. In addition to this, you will see a message in the Status area - it was
described in The Account Tab section of the Working with Application Manager chapter.
The support contract expiration date is similar to the expiration date of rental or temporary
licenses, but it is different for perpetual licenses because the base product does not expire, just
the support contract. For example, if you purchase Media Composer on January 15, 2015, then
the support contract will be set to expire on January 15, 2016. You will have an option to renew
the support contract in January 2016.