What is the difference between .dmg and .rar?
- Extension
- .dmg
- .rar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- Apple
- Eugene Roshal
- 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.
- A RAR file is an archive that contains one or more files compressed with RAR compression. It uses a higher compression ratio than typical ZIP compression and incorporates a proprietary compression algorithm that is now used by other compressors, including 7-Zip for its .7Z files. RAR files may be extracted using a variety of programs.
- MIME Type
- application/x-apple-diskimage
- application/x-rar-compressed
- Sample
- sample.rar
- Wikipedia
- .dmg on Wikipedia
- .rar on Wikipedia