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As I have explored my Mac OS X, I have been struck by the difference in things like installing new programs. For example, today I installed Myst 3: Exile (it's the only one of trilogy that runs natively in OS X and I still haven't been able to locate Classic).
There was no one-click installation. I just copied a file or two over to hard drive and that was it. The same has been true for many other applications, aside from big suites like Adobe and Macromedia.
The comparison that seems the most applicable is that of a Palm OS based PDA. Programs are similarly self-contained and it is simply a matter of dragging them into memory and that's it.
Am I missing something going on behind the scenes here? If I want to make back-ups of specific applications, is it really enough just to drag the actual app onto a CD?
There was no one-click installation. I just copied a file or two over to hard drive and that was it. The same has been true for many other applications, aside from big suites like Adobe and Macromedia.
The comparison that seems the most applicable is that of a Palm OS based PDA. Programs are similarly self-contained and it is simply a matter of dragging them into memory and that's it.
Am I missing something going on behind the scenes here? If I want to make back-ups of specific applications, is it really enough just to drag the actual app onto a CD?