How much memory does Apollo need?
Apollo uses a lot of memory, largely due to the sheer size of the annotation data. In order to use Apollo, your computer will need to have at least 164Mb of RAM. Moreover, even if you have that much memory, you will probably find that if you try to run more than one instance of Apollo at the same time, performance will suffer. Also note that if you load a very large region, Apollo will use up more memory. Keep in mind that other applications running on your computer also use memory, so you will get better performance if you shut down other applications (Photoshop, Word, etc.) before you launch Apollo. Q: The installer is not working for me. A: The installer software (a third-party product) has been problematic on some varieties of Unix and Mac OS X. If you are on Linux and are having trouble running the installer, try downloading the Linux installer without Java VM (and make sure you have Java version 1.5+ installed on your computer). If the installer still doesn’t work, click here for
