Supported Systems
NOTE: APT is delivered as a native installer package on Mac OS X, so the download is named "APT.pkg".
APT is now bundled with Java 8 (starting with APT 23.4.2) and as a result requires Mac OSX 10.8.3 (Mountain Lion) or higher.
APT requires a minimum of 512 Megabytes of RAM (memory), but we recommend 1 Gigabyte of RAM. Please see our memory discussion for more information.
Depending on your institution's computer security measures (firewalls, blocked ports, etc.), you may initially have communication trouble with APT. If you have any concerns please see our firewall webpage.
1. UnInstall the previous version
Note: If you are going to install APT in the same folder as a previous version, please remove the previous version first. But if you are going to install in a separate folder, you would only need to uninstall to save disk space (and possible version confusion).To get rid of the old version: delete the entire folder where you installed it.
2. Download and Install
Choose your operating system: The installation page you enter next can choose the correct version for your machine for you - just click on the button that says "Download Now". (Or you can just choose the Mac OS X platform from the "Available Installers" table.) Then follow the instructions.
Proceed to the Installation...
3. Start
Once you have installed APT you invoke it by clicking on it. Go to the installation folder (default is in Applications/APT_22.0/) and double click on APT.
4. Help
There is a a series of short training movies which will help get you started (there are also web pages with screen shots available on the same page). APT also has documentation available from the "Help" menu (the right most menu on the menu bar).
If you can't find what you need, please contact us at help@stsci.edu.
How to find out about new releases
We maintain a distribution list for announcing new releases of APT. This may be helpful to people who install APT for others to use. Just send a blank email to: APT-users-subscribe-request@maillist.stsci.edu (Unsubscribe by sending a blank email to APT-users-signoff-request@maillist.stsci.edu)
Troubleshooting
If there are problems with the installation you can turn on debug logging and sometimes that will reveal the problem. (For instance one user found that there was a permissions problem and all that was needed was to run "Repair Disk Permissions"). This debug log would also be useful to send us if you can't figure out the problem. Contact us (through help@stsci.edu) if you have problems with installation.
To turn debug logging on while running APT:
- Go to the folder where you installed APT.
- Double click on the apt script in the bin folder.