Re:As a Windows user, it's a surreal way to install a program
by de6u99er on Saturday August 08, 2026 @11:46PM
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When you look at an application in your Applications folder (like Safari or Microsoft Word), macOS makes it look and act like a single file or icon. But if you were to right-click (or control-click) on that app and select "Show Package Contents", you would see the truth: it is actually a folder structure.
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Re:As a Windows user, it's a surreal way to install a program
by frollogaston on Sunday August 09, 2026 @02:43AM
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I'm guessing this is why Mac apps tend to be more self-contained while Windows ones like to be installed. An exe can have resource files archived into it, but it'd probably be inefficient to run the program off that.