What is the difference between .dmg and .tar.7z?
- Extension
- .dmg
- .tar.7z
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- Apple
- Igor Pavlov
- 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 format works based on the LZMA principle compression algorithm. It was originally used in 7-Zip archives. tar.7z archives were created for storing info about file owners and for ease of use in Unix systems, based on a TAR archiving tool.
- MIME Type
- application/x-apple-diskimage
- application/x-7z-compressed
- Wikipedia
- .dmg on Wikipedia
- .tar.7z on Wikipedia