[SATLUG] [OT] Apple dmg's compressible?

[Jeremy Mann]

Bob, the DMG file is already compressed. Once you "open" the DMG for
the Xcode tools it comes out to about 1.5 gigs. You could try using
Stuffit to see if it will compress more, but doubtful.

If you'd like I can put it on our FTP server.

On 2/9/07, Bob Tracy <rct at gherkin.frus.com> wrote:
> Off-topic question for the OS X people...  Are ".dmg" (disk image) files
> compressible?  Yeah, I suspect the answer is "it depends", but the
> reason for asking on *this* occasion is the size of the Xcode 2.4.1
> image (923.2 MB).  If it's sufficiently compressible to make it fit on
> a CD, I'd be a happy man.  Otherwise, I've gotta find me a DVD burner
> in a land of comparative scarcity when it comes to that item.
>
> Sheesh...  I originally asked this question because I figured it would
> be faster to download this critter at the day job and sneaker-net it
> home, but I'm getting a whoppin' 15.x KB/sec transfer rate off the
> Apple site over a cable-modem connection.  If the situation doesn't
> improve, it would be just as fast to do the download at home over my
> IDSL connection :-(.  As things stand right now, I'm looking at another
> 12-14 hours before the download completes.
>
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