What is the difference between .dmg and .tgz?
- Extension
- .dmg
- .tgz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- Apple
- GNU
- 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.
- Unix .TAR file archive compressed with Gnu Zip (.GZIP) compression; uses a TAR archive to bundle the files together and Gzip compression to reduce the file size; commonly used on Unix and Linux systems; originally created as the shorthand version of the compound extension .TAR.GZ.
- MIME Type
- application/x-apple-diskimage
- application/x-compressed
- Sample
- sample.tgz
- Wikipedia
- .dmg on Wikipedia
- .tgz on Wikipedia