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Mac In The Shell: Plumbing the Depths

by Edward Marczak
Aug, 2007 Issue

Article Synopsis

With the advent of OS X, most Mac developers were introduced to the concept of bundles. More properly divided into bundles or packages, they both refer to a file-system directory that groups related resources together. This is true for frameworks (bundles: transparent structures that a user can easily access the contents of), applications (a package: an opaque bundle that requires work on the part of the user to open; contents are not easily modified), kernel extensions (another package), certain document types (check out Pages and Keynote, for example) and others. A bundle follows a very specific file layout, meaning, you’ll know where to go find the goods. Follow along for a tour, and let’s uncover some hidden apps.

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