Re: FW: Installer on Mac
Re: FW: Installer on Mac
- Subject: Re: FW: Installer on Mac
- From: Mike Fischer <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 23:49:49 +0200
Am 14.05.2006 um 21:02 schrieb "Lieven Cardoen"
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Will this work on Mac Classic? (packagemaker)
You probably could install things into the Classic folders on a Mac
OS X system using the Mac OS X Installer.app but there might be
limitations. One limitation is finding the correct folders in the
first place because they may not be there at all or they may be moved
or renamed. Also depending on user preference some things are stored
either in global folders or Mac OS X user specific folders. (~/
Library/Classic/) Apart from the user renaming the Classic System
Folder it is named differently depending on localization. There is no
generic file system name for a Classic System Folder. In fact there
might even be multiple Classic System Folders and they need not be on
the Mac OS X boot volume either.
Also, this will not work for older systems booting into Classic (i.e.
pre Mac OS X systems) because the Classic Apple Installer will not
work with Mac OS X .pkg or .mpkg Packages. It has its own format. And
I believe there is (or was) an SDK for using it.
Do you really need to support Classic in this day and age? Ask
yourself if it's worth the trouble.
My concern is that I make cd's for educational purpose, so I guess the
cd will come into hands of customers who don't have a lot of
experience
with computers. In this case, I assume an installer is easier... The
purpose of the installer is not to go and copy files all over the
system. The application can even be run from a cd, but I wish to force
user to run it from harddisk because there's lot of reading sound,
images, ... and running it from cd slows down the app a lot...
You could offer both drag&drop installation as well as an Installer.
That is if you have enough space on the CD. Microsoft Office does
this for example and I think it's a good idea when you don't know
what your customers prefer and your application can be installed
using d&d.
HTH
Mike
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