2.5.x
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- 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
- Working 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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Note that downloading plug-ins does not include installing them. As long as an update is
downloaded, it is displayed on the Apps tab with the Install button next to them.
The two last options from the Settings menu of Application Manager are:
• Log Out - click to finish your user session. When you are logged out, you cannot download
updates for your products except for those that can be updated without a subscription
purchased (such as Application Manager), and for the products activated via Application
Manager.
• Close - click to minimize Application Manager to the System (or Dock) tray. To open it,
click the tray icon .
Automatically Install Applications in the Background
Use the following procedure to setup silent install.
To setup Application Manager to silently install applications in the background:
1. Open Application Manager.
2. Click the Settings drop-down menu and select Install Options > Allow Auto-Install.
The following window opens.
3. Enter an Administrator name and password and choose to Accept the License Agreement.
4. Click OK.
Once any downloaded applications are in the “Install” status state, they will be installed
silently in the background.
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In the event that your administrator user name or password has been changed, the window will
open to prompt you to enter new credentials before the installation.










