What is the difference between .dmg and .gz?
- Extension
- .dmg
- .gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- Apple
- The GNU Project
- Description
- It is a raw format image file that is developed in MacOS. The mountable disk image data is compressed or encrypted at times and is mainly used for installing Mac application that has been downloaded online.
- This is a compressed archive file that contains one or more files compressed by standard GNU zip (gzip) compression algorithm. It is mainly used by Unix OS.
- MIME Type
- application/x-apple-diskimage
- application/x-compressed
- Sample
- sample.gz
- Wikipedia
- .dmg on Wikipedia
- .gz on Wikipedia