About the Public Beta Version of Igor 6.1

This Igor Pro 6.10 beta represents a substantial change from the current release of Igor 6.04, so caution is warranted (back up your data).

This public beta does not replace your existing Igor installation, it is installed to a different folder.

Download the Windows Igor 6.1 Public Beta installer IgorPro6.10Beta.exe.
Double-click the downloaded file which runs the WinZip self-extracting archive.
(Vista users should run the downloaded IgorPro6.10Beta01.exe as administrator: right-click IgorPro6.10Beta01.exe and choose "Run as administrator".)
By default it creates an "Igor Pro 6.1 Folder" inside C:\Program Files\WaveMetrics, but you can choose another location. Don't overwrite your existing "Igor Pro Folder".
To run the public beta, open the installed folder and double-click the Igor.exe you find there. You might want to create a shortcut to that Igor.exe on your desktop so you can easily drag .pxp files onto it, or create a shortcut in your Start menu for easy launching.
To check for later beta versions, select the "Help->Updates For Igor Pro" menu while running the beta version of Igor.

Igor 6.10 now requires at least Mac OS X 10.4 (or else it will complain and decline to start).
Download the Macintosh Igor 6.1 Public Beta disk image MacIgor6.10Beta.dmg.
Double-click the downloaded MacUpdateToIgor6Beta.dmg file and follow the directions displayed in resulting the Finder window (drag the "Igor Pro 6.1 Folder" to your Applications folder).
To check for later beta versions, select the "Help->Updates For Igor Pro" menu while running the beta version of Igor.

Please email support@wavemetrics.com if you find any bugs in the beta software! Thanks.