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Package (OS X)
Under OS X, a package is a directory that is normally treated by the Finder as a single file, with the components of the object that the package represents being stored in files in the directory tree under that directory.[1] Control-clicking (or right-clicking) on the package in the Finder, and selecting "Show Package Contents", allows a user to open up the bundle and see the contents.[1]
Bundles containing executable code are usually packages. In addition, some documents are also represented as packages[2]:
- Rich Text Format documents with images, which carry the .rtfd extension;
- Dashboard widgets;
- partially downloaded files in Safari, which carry the .download extension;
- project files in GarageBand, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, iMovie HD and Xcode;
- Installer packages.
NOTE: The new versions of Keynote 4, Pages 3, and Numbers 2 included in iWork '09 now save a document bundle as a compressed flat file by default. To view the contents of an iWork '09 document bundle, change the extension to .zip and decompress the file.[3]
The Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) for a package is com.apple.package.[4]
References
- ^ a b "About Bundles". Bundle Programming Guide. Apple, Inc.. http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/AboutBundles/AboutBundles.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000123i-CH100-SW1. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- ^ "Document Packages". Bundle Programming Guide. Apple, Inc.. http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/DocumentPackages/DocumentPackages.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000123i-CH106-SW1. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- ^ Open iWork' 09 flat files as folders
- ^ "System-Declared Uniform Type Identifiers". Uniform Type Identifiers Reference. Apple, Inc.. http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Miscellaneous/Reference/UTIRef/Articles/System-DeclaredUniformTypeIdentifiers.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009259-SW1. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
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