What is the difference between .dmg and .zipx?
- Extension
- .dmg
- .zipx
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- Apple
- PKWARE, Inc.
- 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.
- WinZip, starting with version 12.1, uses the extension .zipx for ZIP files that use compression methods newer than DEFLATE; specifically, methods BZip, LZMA, PPMd, Jpeg and Wavpack. The last 2 are applied to appropriate file types when "Best method" compression is selected.
- MIME Type
- application/x-apple-diskimage
- application/zip
- Wikipedia
- .dmg on Wikipedia
- .zipx on Wikipedia