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Developers can distribute .app's inside of .zip files, and many do, but this can result in users just running the .app inside of their downloads folder. And the
by danieldk 7y ago
Developers can distribute .app's inside of .zip files, and many do, but this can result in users just running the .app inside of their downloads folder. And then this causes problems if they ever decide to clean out their Downloads folder.
Some applications offer to move themselves to the /Applications folder when started the first time outside /Applications or ~/Applications. Though in general, it would be better if Apple made it more attractive to publish in the App Store, since it brings other advantages (e.g. mandatory sandboxing).
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoYeah, and that's a fine solution given the situation Apple has left us in. But it's also kind of a hack, which shouldn't have become necessary. Also, personally, I sometimes purposefully put apps in places other than /Applications—for example, I like to keep games in their own Games folder. And then the dialogs are kind of annoying.
- kelnos 7y agoHell, why doesn't Finder do this? If you try to run a .app from a .dmg, it should pop up a dialog asking you if you want Finder to move it to /Applications for you and run it from there.
- danieldk 7y agoI agree, that would be awesome!