Production Pack Installation on Mac OS X

Production Pack installation is initiated by clicking "Install Production Pack" in the Virtual Ticket Developer menu of the Mac OS X Virtual Ticket Developer desktop client.

Installing theVirtual Ticket Developer Production Pack on Mac OS X

Please close all open instances of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and/or QuarkXPress before installing Virtual Ticket Developer Production Pack. Failure to do so may result in the loss of data in open and unsaved documents.

1. Click the Digital Storage Manager menu and select “Install Production Pack”. The installer will open to the Welcome screen and a Notification sheet will appear.

The Notification sheet (see below) notifies you that the installation package contains software that will determine if Production Pack can be installed, and provides you with the option to Continue or Cancel the installation.

2. Click Continue in the Notification sheet to proceed with the installation. The Notification sheet will close, revealing the Welcome screen.

3. Click Continue in the Welcome screen. The installer will display the Software License Agreement.

4. Read the MetaCommunications End-User License Agreement (EULA) displayed in the Software License Agreement screen and click Continue. A License Agreement Confirmation sheet will appear.

5. If you agree to the MetaCommunications EULA, click Agree. The License Agreement Confirmation sheet will close and the Select Destination screen will appear in the Installer (see screen capture below).

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If you do not agree with the EULA, click Disagree. The Installer will close.

6. Accept the default destination for the installation and click Continue. The Installation Type screen will appear in the Installer (see screen capture below).

NOTE: When the default destination is selected, the installer will search all mounted volumes for QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator CS2/CS3, and Adobe InDesign CS2/CS3 and if found, install the corresponding Plug-ins/XTension in the appropriate location(s) for the application(s).

7. To perform the Easy Installation (attempts to install all Production Pack components) click Install. The Authentication sheet will appear in front of the Installation Type screen.

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To select the Production Pack components you wish to install, click Customize, select the components to install, and click Install. The Authentication sheet will appear in front of the Installation Type screen.

Note: In the Custom installation, the Manual Distribution option will copy the selected XTension and Plug-ins to the desktop. Though they will be copied to the desktop, they will not be installed if this option is selected.

8. Type your Mac OS X User Name and Password (if required) and click OK. A Logout Notification sheet will appear, indicating that upon completion of the installation, open applications will close and the system logged out.

9. Click Continue Installation in the Logout Notification sheet. The installation will attempt to install the Production Pack components.

During Installation of the Production Pack components, the installer will attempt to locate the QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe InDesign folders where XTensions and Plug-Ins reside. If the installer finds several instances of Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, or QuarkXPress installed, you will be asked to choose between the possible installation locations.

10. When the installation is complete, an Installation Summary will open in the default web browser defined for your system. Review the installation summary if interested. It will close when you close the Installer.

NOTE: Make sure you have saved your work in all open documents and applications before clicking Logout in the last step of the installation.

At this point, the Virtual Ticket Developer Production Pack installation is complete.