Line 6 Pod HD Edit Installer Guide

POD

®

®

HD Edit

Installer Guide

A user guide to installing the POD HD Edit application

on Mac® & Windows® computers

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preparing to Install ..................................................................................1•1

Get the POD HD Edit Application ............................................................................... 1•1

System Requirements ..................................................................................................... 1•1

Installation on Mac OS® X ......................................................................2•1

Installing POD HD Edit ................................................................................................. 2•1

Uninstalling POD HD Edit ............................................................................................ 2•6

Installation on Windows

Installing POD HD Edit ................................................................................................. 3•1

Uninstalling POD HD Edit ............................................................................................ 3•7

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Line 6 Monkey & Additional Resources .................................................4•1

Updating with Line 6 Monkey™ ................................................................................... 4•1

Online Documentation .................................................................................................. 4•2

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Preparing to Install

Preparing to Install

This guide will walk you through the installation process for Line 6 POD® HD Edit, the free Preset
editor/librarian application for Line 6 POD HD devices, for Mac® or Windows®. Here are a few
pointers before you install the software.

Get the POD HD Edit Application

The latest POD HD Edit application installer is always available for free download from www.line6.

com/software/.

The Line 6 Software Downloads page

Or, if you already have the Line 6 Monkey application installed on your computer, you can use it
to grab POD HD Edit, as well as any available product updates (please see “Updating with Line 6

Monkey™” on page 4•1).

System Requirements

We recommend that you read the separate POD HD Edit Release Notes documentation for the
full, detailed System Requirements, as well as up to date info on compatibility with other hardware,
software and operating systems. This documentation is available from the Line 6 Support or Product

Manuals pages.

POD HD Edit supports the following computer operating systems:

• Mac OS® X

• 10.4.11(Tiger®)

• 10.5(Leopard®)

• 10.6(SnowLeopard®)

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Preparing to Install

• Windows

®

• Windows® XP Service Pack 3

• Windows Vista® Service Pack 2

• Windows® 7

• POD HD Edit is a 32 bit application, but is compatible with both 32 bit and 64 bit Windows®

& Mac® versions.

Please proceed to the Mac® or Windows® chapter for step-by-step installation instructions:

“Installation on Mac OS® X” on page 2•1

“Installation on Windows®” on page 3•1

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Installation on Mac OS X

Installation on Mac OS® X

To follow are illustrated steps for installing POD® HD Edit on Mac OS® X 10.5 (Leopard®). The
installation process is the same if installing on Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or 10.6 (Snow Leopard®)
versions. Exit all other applications, and then proceed with the following steps.

Installing POD HD Edit

If you obtained the POD HD Edit installer by running Line 6 Monkey™ (see “Updating with Line 6

Monkey™” on page 4•1), then you’ll see the following initial screen. If you downloaded the POD

HD Edit installer from the Line 6 Software Downloads site, then you’ll need to double-click on the
downloaded POD HD Edit (“.dmg”) file to open the following screen.

Double-click on POD HD Edit.mpkg as instructed to launch the installer.

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Installation on Mac OS X

Welcome

When the installer starts, you will see the Welcome screen - read the text and click Continue.

Read Me

The POD HD Edit “Read Me” screen is presented next. It’s called “Read Me” for a good reason! Please
review the information carefully, and click Continue when ready to proceed.

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