Enabling Avid Compatibility in ShareBrowser
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Avid Emulation in ShareBrowser
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You may also have the option to mount as AVID://. This functionality is optional on :ref:`ShareBrowser installation<Installing ShareBrowser>`.

If you do not have this option you will see the following message in **Settings**.

.. image:: /images/SB71_Avid_Pref.png

If you need this option, you must reinstall ShareBrowser, with the included option.


Enabling Avid Emulation on Apple Silicon
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When first attempting to mount a volume as AVID:// in macOS 11+, you may see the following error:

.. image:: /images/SB71_Avid_Emulation_Error.png

If third-party kernel extensions are not allowed, macOS will prompt a reboot to the Recovery environment to allow this. The instructions for allowing legacy kernel extensions can also be followed `here <https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchl768f7291/mac>`_.

.. image:: /images/SB71_MacOS_SystemExtension.png

Once this has been allowed volumes can be mounted as AVID:// and recognized by Media Composer as a native storage location.


Enabling Avid Emulation in older versions of macOS
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Avid Emulation in ShareBrowser on macOS requires special System Extension permissions. You may need to enable this in the **System Preferences**.

.. image:: /images/SB6_install_kextpref.png

In some versions of macOS, this may have been taken care of during install.


Launching Avid through ShareBrowser
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When using macOS, Avid Media Composer should be launched through a
special launching method on Mac workstations. This can be selected from
the File menu, or a keyboard shortcut (shift+command+a).

.. image:: /images/SB6_Client_AvidLaunch.png

.. comment::
   removed 2024-05-06
   More information on Avid emulation can be found in our `Avid Configuration Guide <https://studionetworksolutions.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/211026063-EVO-v5-8-ShareBrowser-4-3-Configuration-Guide-for-Avid-Media-Composer>`__.