Timeline for answer to Why do Macs mount an additional drive every time I install software? by Wowfunhappy
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| Jun 4, 2021 at 11:55 | comment | added | Wowfunhappy | @mmmmmm but you could imagine an install flow that didn’t require users to unmount drives at the end. For example, the Mail app lets you send folders as attachments by secretly turning them into zip files with a special mime type in the background. Or it could work more like .pkg’s (the modern “flat” format), or Windows installers. | |
| Jun 3, 2021 at 18:20 | comment | added | mmmmmm | The problem is how do you package a macOS App it has to have the correct directory structure to run so an unzip or expand dmg like stage is needed anyway. | |
| Jun 3, 2021 at 16:31 | history | answered | Wowfunhappy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |