This downladable trial version of MLAB is for Intel Macintoshes running OSX (G5's, mac-mini, mac-pro, etc.). It is a "native" (not emulated) program. This file is called mlabi.zip and it is 1024076 bytes in size. It should take a minute or two to download (There are also versions of MLAB for PPC OSX Macs, and for earlier OS-9 PPC Macs, and for yet earlier OS-8,7 Motorola Macs.)
After you try MLAB please email us with your comments and questions at csi@civilized.com.
Before you download MLAB for an Intel-Mac, you will want to look at the short Introduction to using MLAB HERE. (You should print a copy for later reference.)
(Moreover, you may want to print this web-page now. It contains the directions for downloading and installing Intel-Mac MLAB.)
The trial version of MLAB you will obtain is the complete program with an expiration date. On-line help is available (by typing "help" in MLAB), and you may order the three MLAB manuals and have them shipped to you by mail (see the Order Form page.) You may also download the manuals in PDF format from the Manuals page.
When you click below to download the trial version of OSX-native Intel-Macintosh MLAB, a Macintosh archive file called mlabi.zip will be downloaded to your computer. Using the Safari browser, the default location of this file on your computer will probably be /Users/[your user name]/Downloads/. This is NOT an appropriate place. You should reset the download dirctory to be /Users/[your user name]/Desktop/; this is the "desktop". The downloaded file should then show on the "desktop" with a zip-file icon.
Note, however, if you have your browser preferences set to automatically "open" downloaded files, then the downloaded mlabi.zip file is automatically "unpacked" and a directory called MLAB is created in the directory that was specified as the location to download into. This is also bad behavior. You should turn off the option to automatically "open" downloaded files. However, if you do "open" mlabi.zip in some inappropriate directory, you can manually move that entire directory to /Users/[your user name]/Desktop/. And, even if you do not automatically "open" mlabi.zip, you should manually move the file mlabi.zip to /Users/[your user name]/Desktop/ if necessary before you continue. When you have the file mlabi.zip in the /Users/[your user name]/Desktop directory (not already unpacked,) then you should double-click the mlabi.zip icon on your Desktop. This will run the BOMarchivehelper program to unpack the mlabi.zip file into a directory called MLAB in /Users/[your user name]/Desktop/. The reason it is helpful to have the MLAB directory in the Desktop directory is that Desktop/ contents are displayed with icons on your desktop screen, so that you can easily get to MLAB and run it.
You can discard the MLAB.zip file after the MLAB directory is present.
To run MLAB, double click on the MLAB directory icon on your desktop. The contents of this directory will be displayed. Now, double click on the MLAB executable file to run MLAB. (Later you may want to create an "alias" for MLAB on your "desktop".
Before you run MLAB, it is important(!) that you print out the file intelmac.readme found in the MLAB directory on your desktop. The file intelmac.readme contains these directions plus other important information on using MLAB, such as how to 'navigate' the initial registration request, etc.
Now, click HERE to download MLAB for an OSX Intel-Macintosh.