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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
by de6u99er 1mo ago
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.
- frollogaston 1mo agoI'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.