To make apple cider you need to press the juice out of the apples. I write a little about how I do it here. We just have a juicer that we use but a cider press would be far better for the large volume that we do.

https://steemit.com/ecotrain/@walkerland/the-art-of-preserving-apples-chapter-2-making-apple-sauce-juice-hard-cider-and-vinegar-from-raw-unpasteurized-apple-juice