This quick introduction assumes some knowledge of Apollo and of the Mac. It covers some of the questions most frequently asked about Apollo, but is far from comprehensive. Still, like most Mac applications, the best way of learning to use Apollo is to play with it. Have fun!
Installing Apollo
a) If you are already running a previous version of Apollo and want to retain your current configuration, copy the new Apollo to your hard disk and run the Apollo converter, which will copy your old menu structure into the new version.
b) If you are running a system below system 7, copy Apollo into your system folder. If you are running system 7, drop Apollo and Eagle on your system folder icon and click OK when the Finder asks if it should put them in the Extensions folder. If you have a copy of Eagle in the Startup items folder inside your system folder, put it in the trash.
c) Restart your Macintosh
Adding an item to the menu
a) Choose Configure… from the Apollo submenu, or the appropriate kind of item from the Configure… submenu
b) Choose the kind of item you want to install from the Configuring: popup menu
c) Double-click (in the leftmost list) on the item you want to install
Creating a group
a) Choose Configure… from the Apollo submenu, or any item from the Configure… submenu
b) Click Groups (at the right-hand side of the dialog)
c) Type the name of the new group and hit return to create the group
Putting an item in a group
a) If the item you want to put in the group is not already in the main menu or a group, install it in the main menu (see above)
b) Choose Configure… from the Apollo submenu, or the appropriate kind of item from the Configure… submenu
c) Choose the kind of item you want to install from the Configuring: popup menu
d) Find (in the middle list) the item you want to put into the group
e) Click and hold on its downward-pointing arrow, then choose the group from the menu which appears
Adding documents to submenus
a) Choose Configure… from the Apollo submenu, or Applications from the Configure… submenu
b) Select (in the middle list) the application
c) Double-click (in the left-hand list) on the document you want to add
NB: to add an application to another applications document submenu, hold down the option key as you double-click
Starting without the default document
a) Either hold down the option key while selecting the application from Apollos menu, or choose Other… from its document submenu
b) Click Launch without document
Mounting server volumes
a) Add any item on the server (application, document, desk accessory, control panel or folder) to Apollo’s menu while the server volume is mounted.
b) When the server is not mounted, open or start up the item using Apollo. The volume will be mounted automatically.
NB: there is no need to create aliases to volumes and keep them on your startup disk. Apollo handles everything necessary to mount the volume.
Changing the menu font and size
a) Choose Menu from the Preferences… submenu of the Apollo menu, or choose Preferences… itself and select Menu from the Preferences: popup menu
b) Select the desired font and size from the popup menus
Changing default application settings
a) Choose Application settings… from the Apollo submenu
b) Select (from the list) any application which has no special settings of its own
c) Alter the settings as desired
d) Click Make default
NB: the default document is not stored in the default settings, and only the presence or absence of a default folder is stored, not the folder itself
Exclusions from the switching menu
a) Choose Switching from the Preferences… submenu of the Apollo menu, or choose Preferences… itself and select Switching from the Preferences: popup menu
b) Click Exclusions
c) Click Add…
d) Select an application from the dialog which appears
NB: the Finder, system extensions and desk accessories will appear in the dialog and can be excluded in the same way as applications
