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Old 03-27-2006, 05:30 PM
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A sparse image is a read/write image that only takes up about as much space as the data.

A DMG is a read-only image that can't be updated once created.

When we create a DMG, we start with a sparse image, then convert that to read-only. That ensures it's as small as possible.
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