site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev@lists.apple.com Organization: invers Software & DSD.net User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.10 Hi Doug. Maybe this discussion can be of interest for you: <http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2009/07/24/installing-applications-on-the-mac-still-broken/> <http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2009/07/25/more-on-installing-applications/> Please take the time to learn the benefits of using the DMG format over traditional archives. A feature that comes to mind is the built-in checksumming to detect corruption. I particularly like this feature when I need to backup an entire filesystem and need confirmation that the image taken isn't corrupt. A rough comparison between ZIP and DMG -------------------------------------- Download a ZIP from a website. + It is automatically unzipped by the browser. + You can either run it directly from the Downloads folder, or + you can drag it to any place on your computer. + The Download a DMG from a website. + It is automatically decompressed and mounted by the browser/system. + You can run it directly from the mounted virtual drive (silly). + You can drag it to any place on your computer. - You have to remove the DMG from your Downloads folder yourself. Your turn. ;-) ---UlfDunkel _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... But you'll surely know that ZIP also has a built-in checksumming, right? DMG is perfect for entire filesystem backups. It isn't really handy for app installation on the second view. - When it contains more than one component (we often see Readme.RTF, Manual.PDF, Purchase.webloc and other stuff), you will have to open a Finder window for the Applications folder, create an app subfolder there, then drag all components from the virtual drive to this subfolder, in order not to clutter your Applications folder. - You have to unmount the virtual drive by clicking on the Eject icon in a Finder window, by dragging the drive icon to the Trash in the Dock or by using a context menu command. (Not too intuitive.) PS: Whenever an application comes with more than just the app bundle, I would always prefer a real installation package, no ZIP, no DMG. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com