TOPIC Mac OS 9 supports a new way to distribute applications, documents or libraries. A series of related files (templates, preferences or other application-specific files) can be "combined" into a folder that looks and behaves like a file. DISCUSSION You can identify a package file by looking at the general information pane of the Get Info window in the Finder. A package will have the word "package" in the kind field. Some examples are: document package, library package, application program package, or simply 'package'. ![]() In most cases, the package will be treated just like it's single file equivalent. However, any software that has not been revised to work correctly with packages may show a package as a folder and you will be able to see the files inside of it. |
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Product Area: | Mac OS System Software |
Category: | Mac OS 9.0 |
Sub Category: | General OS Topics |
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