Installing iPhone Betas

Note: the Laminar Research iPhone Beta program is extremely limited and is not open to the public.

Do not email Laminar Research requesting access to the iPhone Beta Program - you will be automatically disqualified from consideration.

iPhone beta builds are specific to users who are in the beta program - beta binaries cannot be installed on other people's iphones. If you are in thebeta, please do not mail your beta build to other people. (But if you do, you will find that itunes will prevent the other user from installing it.)

The information on this page is only for users who have already been selected for iphone beta.

An iPhone Beta build will come with two files, usually in a zip archive.
 * 1) A .mobileprovision file, which must be installed to confirm membership in the beta.
 * 2) A .api application file, which is the beta build.

To install you must:
 * 1) Drag the .mobileprovision file onto iTunes' icon in the dock while it is running.  If iTunes asks you if you want to overwrite a previous mobileprovision file of the same name, say yes.
 * 2) Pick the "applications" folder in iTunes, to show your purchased applicatins.
 * 3) Drag the application (.api) into the area next to the other applications.  The application should be copied into iTunes.
 * 4) Sync your ipod/iphone.  The application will be copied to your ipod/iphone.