New to MAC - installing and uninstalling apps
Hello people,
I am new to Macs. I know there are three file extensions for installers - .dmg, .bin, .sit Am I right? I know abt dmg and sit, what about bin? Can I run .exe applications on MAC? How do I go about uninstalling an application?
Thanks a lot in advance.
I am new to Macs. I know there are three file extensions for installers - .dmg, .bin, .sit Am I right? I know abt dmg and sit, what about bin? Can I run .exe applications on MAC? How do I go about uninstalling an application?
Thanks a lot in advance.
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Unlike Windows there is no kludge to clean up.
As it happens none of those extensions are installers. .dmg is a disk image and usually just contains the app or an installer. You'll notice when you double click on one it'll mount a disk for you, or sometimes it'll mount automatically depending on settings. Limewire is a good example it contains the installer within the image.
.sit is a StuffIt compressed archive, similar to a .zip but it compresses better normally. It's courtesy of Aladdin Systems. There is also .sitx, which is their new compression method.
.bin is another form of encoding...not really sure.
Originally posted by Telomar
The very second post courtesy of the old admin should answer your questions.
Off topic but anyway, what happened to Brad?
Originally posted by WJMoore
Off topic but anyway, what happened to Brad?
Strange things have happened to people who asked that question.
That's the very condensed version so needless to say leaves out a few facts