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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1360945" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>Ok, I'm trying a little experiment. Using LibreOffice, I made a series of zip files to see if those files change, and what happens when I unzip them.</p><p></p><p>LibreOffice: 436.5 MB; copy of this: 363.8 MB</p><p>LibreOffice (zipped): 171.4 MB, made 3 zips files, all stayed the same.</p><p>LibreOffice (copy of zipped): 171.4 MB</p><p>LibreOffice (unzipped): 436.5 MB</p><p></p><p>It looks to me like Finder is adding some sort of metadata inside the directory structure of apps (after all, apps are really special folders), and copy/pasting the app doesn't include that metadata. The zip files remain unaffected because they are a true single file. Perhaps it's an index for Spotlight?</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I'll have to try this later since LO has been updated to a newer version than what I have, but I'm curious to see if the file size changes after LO has been on my hard drive for a bit by comparing it against the original download before extracting it from the DMG file.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1360945, member: 38864"] Ok, I'm trying a little experiment. Using LibreOffice, I made a series of zip files to see if those files change, and what happens when I unzip them. LibreOffice: 436.5 MB; copy of this: 363.8 MB LibreOffice (zipped): 171.4 MB, made 3 zips files, all stayed the same. LibreOffice (copy of zipped): 171.4 MB LibreOffice (unzipped): 436.5 MB It looks to me like Finder is adding some sort of metadata inside the directory structure of apps (after all, apps are really special folders), and copy/pasting the app doesn't include that metadata. The zip files remain unaffected because they are a true single file. Perhaps it's an index for Spotlight? EDIT: I'll have to try this later since LO has been updated to a newer version than what I have, but I'm curious to see if the file size changes after LO has been on my hard drive for a bit by comparing it against the original download before extracting it from the DMG file. [/QUOTE]
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