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  2. Sparse image - Wikipedia

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    Mac OS X Leopard introduced the concept of the sparse bundle. [3] Instead of a single big file, a sparse bundle is a bundle (directory) containing a number of files called bands, each on the order of 8 MB in size. This means even though to the end user the sparse bundle appears as a single file, it is composed of smaller files.

  3. Apple File System - Wikipedia

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    Apple File System was announced at Apple's developers’ conference (WWDC) in June 2016 as a replacement for HFS+, which had been in use since 1998. [11] [12] APFS was released for 64-bit iOS devices on March 27, 2017, with the release of iOS 10.3, and for macOS devices on September 25, 2017, with the release of macOS 10.13.

  4. Bundle (macOS) - Wikipedia

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    An .lproj file is a bundle that contains localization files for OpenStep, macOS, or GNUstep software. It typically contains the .nib files for a given language along with .strings files and images if needed (for example, ReadMe or license files). These localized files are used by installer makers to customize install packages.

  5. Container format - Wikipedia

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    The differences between various container formats arise from five main issues: Popularity; how widely supported a container is. Overhead. This is the difference in file-size between two files with the same content in a different container. Support for advanced codec functionality.

  6. Resource fork - Wikipedia

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    Each resource has an OSType identifier (a four byte value), an ID (a signed 16-bit word), and an optional name.There are standardized resource types for dialog boxes (DITL), images (), sounds (snd ) – and executable binaries (CODE) which, until the advent of the PowerPC processor, were without exception stored in the resource fork.

  7. Package (macOS) - Wikipedia

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    In the Apple macOS operating system, a package is a file system directory that is normally displayed to the user by the Finder as if it were a single file. [1] Such a directory may be the top-level of a directory tree of objects stored as files, or it may be other archives of files or objects for various purposes, such as installer packages, or backup archives.

  8. Apple Disk Image - Wikipedia

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    Apple [1] Disk Image is a disk image format commonly used by the macOS operating system. When opened, an Apple Disk Image is mounted as a volume within the Finder.. An Apple Disk Image can be structured according to one of several proprietary disk image formats, including the Universal Disk Image Format (UDIF) from Mac OS X and the New Disk Image Format (NDIF) from Mac OS 9.

  9. Macintosh File System - Wikipedia

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    Macintosh File System (MFS) is a volume format (or disk file system) created by Apple Computer for storing files on 400K floppy disks.MFS was introduced with the original Apple Macintosh computer in January 1984.