NM Collector Software Tutorial - 2. Getting Started

1. Download NM Collector Software Cross Platform (CP) for your platform(s).

A single activation allows you to use it on all systems that you own. All of the desktop versions are available on our downloads page. You can also purchase a lifetime activation of NM Collector Software delivered on a USB flash drive.

Other sources include the following.

• Microsoft Store (Windows desktop only)

• Google Play Store (Android only)

• Apple App Store (iPhones and iPads only)

Windows Download

2. "Install" as appropriate for your platform(s)

For windows computers

You can install it from the Microsoft store like any other product. If you choose to download it instead, it will run just fine without installation. However, you have an installation option if you choose to use it. See below for further instructions.

Do not run the software from inside the downloaded .zip file. Please extract it first! After extraction, you can run the application directly from the extracted folder or you can navigate to the sub-directory named "installation" and run the installer.

Windows download extracted to desktop

Open Installer directory to find installer

Note: The windows download also includes documentation including Getting Started, JE to Cross Platform Migration Manual, and the User Manual.

For mac computers

The download for Mac computers is an installation file. Simply double click the downloaded file to install NM Collector Software on your Mac.

For linux computers

The download contains files to extract and includes detailed instructions for running the software..

For mobile apps

Installation is required and it will be handled automatically by the store that you download it from.

3. Run the program

On desktop computers

The way you start the program depends on the Operating System and how you "installed" it. If you actually ran the installation program for your operating system, run NM Collector Software in the same way that you would run any other program. If you did not install the program, you can navigate to where you exported it and run the application.

Windows: Double click the file named NMCollectorCP.exe. Note that the .exe extension may not be visible in your file explorer. In that case it will have a brown NM icon associated with it and a file type of Application.

Run directly from extracted folder

Mac: Run NMCollectorCP as you would any other application.

Linux: Open the NMCollectorCP_Linux directory in a terminal window and enter:

sh run.command

On mobile apps

Start the application in the same way you start other applications on your mobile device.

(Optional) 4. Activation

Should you decide to purchase an activation, and I hope you do, it will be delivered to you by email. Here are the steps for applying the activation. These instructions are for Windows. The process is the same for other operating systems but the file system will look different.

Open the email

Open activation email

Download the activation

Select download

Locate where it was downloaded

Open list of downloaded files in your browser

Open download location by clicking the folder icon

Open NM Collector Software and select Activation > Apply

Select Apply

Navigate to the downloaded activation, select it, and click the Open button

Navigate to downloaded activation

You should get a message like the one below

Activation confirmation

When you click OK the heading of the window will update with your new expiration date.

Page header updated to reflect activation