Getting Started

Installation

The Explore Desktop installer — Download the Explore Desktop installer.

Windows

If you haven’t already, download the latest Explore Desktop version or Explore Desktop Legacy version 0.7.4 from GitHub. Select the .exe file.
Double-click on the installer and follow the on-screen instructions.
Once installed, Explore Desktop will reside in the Explore Desktop folder in your installation directory.

On Windows, we recommend using Explore Desktop with the 100% scale. If you change the resolution, content can appear blurry or pixelated.

Mac OSX

If you haven’t already, download the appropriate Explore Desktop installer from GitHub. The file you should select depends on your Mac chip. If your Mac uses an M chip, download the file ending in _macOS_arm.zip. Otherwise, download the file ending in _macOS_intel.zip .
Double click the downloaded .run file to launch it.

A warning will pop-up informing you that the installer couldn’t be opened because the developer couldn’t be verified. Click “Cancel” to close the pop-up.

Open the System Settings, go to “Privacy & Security” and scroll down to the “Security” section. A text indicating that the installer was blocked from running will show up here. Click the “Open Anyway” button.

A new warning will pop-up informing you again that the developer couldn’t be verified. Click on “Open” to launch the installer.

In case this does not work for you, it is possible to override the permissions for the installer using the terminal. To do so, you can follow the following steps after downloading the installer:

Right-click on the downloaded file and click on Show Package Contents.

Once you have downloaded the installer, right click to open its package contents.

Navigate to the Mac OSX folder and open a terminal.

Set the appropriate permission using the chmod +x ExploreDesktopInstaller_x64 command. The screenshot demonstrates this below. Doing this will give Explore Desktop permission to install.

Use the `chmod +x ExploreDesktopInstaller_x64` command to set appropriate permissions.

Right-click on the top level file ExploreDesktopInstaller_x64 file and install ExploreDesktop.
Head to Privacy & Security and ensure that both Bluetooth and Accessibility permissions for ExploreDesktop is enabled. Make sure to remove the current Explore Desktop entry from both Bluetooth and Accessibility sections and add it again.

Allow Bluetooth permission. Make sure to allow accessibility permission as well.

Now right-click on the installed ExploreDesktop file and select Open.

Right-click on `ExploreDesktop` to open.

The status bar at the bottom of Explore Desktop contains:

The connection status of your Explore hardware
The firmware version of your Mentalab Explore amplifier
The battery level of your Mentalab Explore amplifier
The temperature of your Mentalab Explore amplifier
The Explore Desktop version

For more information or support on other platforms, do not hesitate to get in contact at: support@mentalab.com