Bellhop Help
Installation
Installation of the Bellhop application is straightforward: simply drag the application from the disk image and save it anywhere on your hard drive. There are no special requirements for where the application must reside. A good place might be your standard "Applications" directory.
What is Installed?
When you run Bellhop for the first time, the application will automatically some required folders underneath your home folder (note that $HOME signifies your home folder):
- $HOME/Library/Services/BellhopSP.service
This is the Bellhop service provider bundle which Mac OS X uses to build the Services menu. This folder is automatically maintained by Bellhop. However, if you should decide to uninstall Bellhop, you should move the Bellhop service provider bundle to the trash to prevent your services from showing up in the Services menu. Note that you can select Bellhop > Uninstall Service Provider from within Bellhop to do this and at the same time dynamically update the Services menu to disable your services. - $HOME/Library/Application Support/Bellhop
This is support directory for Bellhop and is currently used to store the services database as well as any custom plug-ins that you wish to make available within Bellhop.
Migrating from 1.x
Bellhop 2.0 is not backwards-compatible with Bellhop 1.x, however you can migrate your existing 1.x documents to the new Bellhop database format. The first time you run Bellhop 2.0, you will be prompted to upgrade to the new database format, and be given a chance to import your existing documents. You can also import documents later by selecting File > Import > Bellhop 1.0 Document from the menu.
Uninstalling Bellhop
In order to completely remove Bellhop, you must remove both the service provider bundle (located at $HOME/Library/Services/BellhopSP.service), as well as the Bellhop application. To remove the service provider from within Bellhop, select Bellhop > Uninstall Service Provider from the menu. Then quit Bellhop and drag it to the trash.