01 – Installation & First Launch

In this chapter you install Aperio, start it for the first time and set up the most important basics.

Installing Aperio

Aperio is distributed as an archive (ZIP):

1. Download the ZIP file for your operating system.
2. Extract it to a location of your choice (e.g. a dedicated folder in your user directory).
3. Start the program from the extracted folder.

Portable: If a data/ folder sits next to the program, Aperio stores its data there – handy for USB sticks. Otherwise the data is kept in your system’s standard data directory.

The first-launch wizard

The first time you start Aperio – on a fresh install with no accounts, sync or data yet – a short, accessible wizard walks you through the essentials:

• The interface language (default: your system language).
• A first account (or skip it and add one later – see Chapter 02).
• The storage location – restore your data from an existing one, set up a new one to sync across your devices, or skip it for now. The fields you are asked for come from the plugin itself, so they are the same ones you would fill in when adding an account. If you connect to a location that already holds an Aperio dataset, you first see when it was last compacted and which devices use it; then your data and accounts are restored.

Storage comes last either way: joining an existing dataset brings the accounts with it, and starting a fresh one means you have already been through the account step.

You can change everything later in the settings.

Finding your way around

Aperio has two main areas:

• the sidebar on the left with your calendars, task lists and address books (which you can show and hide),
• the main area on the right with the current view (day, week, month …).

Use the Tab key to move between the areas; within a view you navigate with the arrow keys.

Screen-reader note: Aperio runs in application mode (role="application"). You do not need to switch to browse (virtual) mode – the arrow keys control the calendar and lists directly. On startup the active view is announced; changes (e.g. “Event saved”) are communicated through a live region.

Language

By default Aperio uses your system language (falling back to English if your language isn’t available). Under Settings → General → Language you can pin it to Deutsch or English, or pick “System language”. The choice is synced across your devices.

Summary

You have extracted and started Aperio and completed the first-launch wizard. In the next chapter you connect your first calendar or task list.