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Apps packaged in DMG files is sort of an odd artifact of OS X's past. Early versions of OS X didn't really have support for various archive formats in the GUI,
by jcromartie 19y ago
Apps packaged in DMG files is sort of an odd artifact of OS X's past. Early versions of OS X didn't really have support for various archive formats in the GUI, and so the DMG format was the best option that worked out of the box. Now with 10.5 you can use a whole plethora of archive formats. Heck, you can send someone an app in a .tbz2 and it will unpack as expected with a simple double-click.
(I may be remembering this all wrong; someone please correct me if that's the case.)