This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] [OT] - Installing Symphony Free Trial on an MC system

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] [OT] - Installing Symphony Free Trial on an MC system

I've done that on my laptop a couple of times without trouble. In fact
somehow I ended up with both Media Composer and Symphony installed and
working at one point.

Dylan Reeve
http://dylanreeve.com/

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Benjamin Hershleder <Ben@contactben.com>wrote:

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> I'm right with you Roger!
> I deactivated and then, rather than delete the folders, I commented them
> out, just in case.
>
> It'll be some weeks before I switch back. If it goes wonky on me, I'll
> pass along the info to the L2.
>
> Cheers,
>
> B
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> On Mar 21, 2013, at 3:02 PM, Roger wrote:
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> > This can sometimes go awry - I went the opposite route. I deactvated and
> uninstalled Symphony 6.0 and installed a trial of MC 6.5 a few months back
> on a machine. When I uninstalled the the trial and reinstalled the licensed
> Symphony, the activation seemed to work but I kept getting the grey splash
> screen inviting me to activate . I need to sort this out . . . don't selete
> those folders until AFTER you have deactivated!
> >
> > On 21 Mar 2013, at 20:01, Benjamin Hershleder wrote:
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> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks Raj.
> > > That is a great suggestion.
> > > Much appreciated!
> > >
> > > I'm downloading Symphony right now∑.
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > B
> > >
> > > On Mar 21, 2013, at 12:57 PM, Raj Rodrigues wrote:
> > >
> > >> Sounds good.
> > >>
> > >> To be absolutely sure on starting off with a clean license slate, go
> into
> > >> Macintosh HD>System>Library>Application Support>Avid>Licenses and
> empty the
> > >> contents of that folder, Do the same with the SWL folder in the same
> Avid
> > >> directory. Repeat this process when you uninstall Symphony, to again
> start
> > >> with a clean slate.
> > >>
> > >> HTH
> > >>
> > >> Raj
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Benjamin Hershleder <
> Ben@contactben.com>wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> **
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Hello all,
> > >>>
> > >>> Before I go and do something dumb,
> > >>> I'm hoping someone will reassure me on the following worklow.
> > >>>
> > >>> I want to install the Symphony free trial on my Mac system that is
> already
> > >>> running fully licensed MC 6.5.2.
> > >>>
> > >>> My plan is as follows:
> > >>>
> > >>> 1. Deactivate Media Composer
> > >>>
> > >>> 2. Uninstall MC
> > >>>
> > >>> 3. Install Symphony
> > >>>
> > >>> 4. When the trial runs out, I would deactivate and uninstall
> Symphony, and
> > >>> then re-install my licensed MC.
> > >>>
> > >>> Sound logical? Any thoughts?
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks for the insight,
> > >>>
> > >>> Benjamin
> > >>> ----
> > >>> Benjamin Hershleder
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> > >>
> > >>
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> > >>
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> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > ----
> > > Benjamin Hershleder
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> > >
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> > With best wishes,
> > Roger Shufflebottom
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> Benjamin Hershleder
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> Site: http://ContactBen.com
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