Every guide on this site starts with “back up your save first” — this one shows you a complete routine for the whole library. Apollo makes the console side easy: it exports decrypted and encrypted saves to USB, and current builds can even zip and upload saves to an FTP server. What happens to those…
Half of all “Apollo doesn’t see my save” problems are folder problems. Apollo scans specific directories on your USB drive — if a save sits anywhere else, it simply doesn’t exist as far as the app is concerned. These are the paths, taken from the developer’s own documentation. PS4 Paths What USB path Decrypted saves…
Alongside saves, Apollo Save Tool manages trophy data — but what it can do differs by platform, and the difference matters. On PS4: Manage and Export The PS4 build’s trophy tools centre on the current user’s trophy container: Mount trophy.img — Apollo can mount the secure trophy container for the current user. Export trophy sets…
Apollo Save Tool’s built-in Patch Engine applies the cheat codes the community already wrote for other tools — directly on your console, for free. It fully supports Save Wizard cheat patches and Bruteforce Save Data (BSD) patches; the PS3 build also handles Game Genie codes. Current builds (v2.4.0) run Patch Engine v3.0.0. Where the Patches…
Apollo Save Tool has a save library built into the app: the Online Database, a community collection hosted on GitHub (the apollo-saves project). You browse and download saves straight from your console — typically completed or advanced game saves that can save you many hours of playing. Step 1: Open the Online Database Connect your…
A PlayStation 3 that has never signed into PSN lacks the account activation data some content checks for. Apollo Save Tool’s PS3 build includes a Backup Management toolkit that handles this offline: it can create a fake Account ID and generate the console’s offline activation file (act.dat), and back up or restore your licences. What…
On the PS3, Apollo Save Tool replaces the old desktop re-signing routine entirely: its PFD re-signing lets your console accept saves made by other users and other consoles. This guide uses the current v2.4.0 build. Before You Start Install Apollo on a CFW or HEN-enabled PS3. Back up your own save to USB first (Apollo…
Re-signing is what makes a save file created on one account or console work on yours. Apollo Save Tool does the whole job on the PS4 itself — here is the workflow for the current v2.4.0 build. Before You Start Install Apollo on your jailbroken PS4. Back up your own original save first. In Apollo,…
The PS Vita build of Apollo Save Tool manages Vita saves, PSP saves (via Adrenaline) and PS1 saves from one app. This guide installs the current release, v2.4.0 (October 17, 2026), with VitaShell. What You Need A homebrew-enabled PS Vita (HENkaku / Enso family). VitaShell installed, with Enable unsafe homebrew turned on in its settings…
Apollo Save Tool’s PS3 build — the original Apollo, first released in 2020 — runs on any PlayStation 3 that can install homebrew packages. This guide installs the current release, v2.4.0 (October 17, 2026). What You Need A PS3 with custom firmware (CFW), or a console with PS3HEN enabled. A USB drive formatted to FAT32….