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An OS X '''bundle file''' is actually a directory (folder), but the Mac Finder treats it like a single file. This concept of treating a directory as a file is used commonly in OS X (and iOS) file formats, in preference over the earlier system of using [[Resource Fork|resource fork]]s to attach related items to a file. Various special-purpose "bundles" of this sort exist with a number of different file extensions, such as '''.app''' for [[iOS app]]s. General-purpose bundles can have a .bundle extension, and some are used in the System and Library directories of OS X. The purpose is to group related files together and treat them as a unit when the user is installing, copying, and moving them, while they remain individually accessible by the programs needing to use them.

Some bundle files have an internal structure with subdirectories within them, while others have a flat structure with all their files in the "root" directory within them.

== Links ==
* [[Wikipedia:Application bundle|Wikipedia article]]
* [http://superuser.com/questions/67249/what-is-a-bundle-file-and-how-do-i-run-it What is a .bundle file and how do I run it?]

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 Some bundle files have an internal structure with subdirectories within them, while others have a flat structure with all their files in the "root" directory within them.
 == Links ==
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 * [https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/Introduction/Introduction.html Bundle Programming Guide]
 * [https://eclecticlight.co/2018/03/07/common-packages-documents-which-are-folders-in-drag/ Common packages: documents which are folders in drag]
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 * [http://superuser.com/questions/67249/what-is-a-bundle-file-and-how-do-i-run-it What is a .bundle file and how do I run it?]
 * [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/corefoundation/conceptual/cfbundles/DocumentPackages/DocumentPackages.html More info on bundle files and how to use them]
 * [https://eclecticlight.co/2018/03/07/common-packages-documents-which-are-folders-in-drag/ Common packages: documents which are folders in drag]

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 * [http://superuser.com/questions/67249/what-is-a-bundle-file-and-how-do-i-run-it What is a .bundle file and how do I run it?]
 * [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/corefoundation/conceptual/cfbundles/DocumentPackages/DocumentPackages.html More info on bundle files and how to use them]
 [[Category:Apple]]
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	* [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/corefoundation/conceptual/cfbundles/DocumentPackages/DocumentPackages.html More info on bundle files and how to use them]		* [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/corefoundation/conceptual/cfbundles/DocumentPackages/DocumentPackages.html More info on bundle files and how to use them]
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	* [[Wikipedia:Application bundle\|Wikipedia article]]		* [[Wikipedia:Application bundle\|Wikipedia article]]
	* [http://superuser.com/questions/67249/what-is-a-bundle-file-and-how-do-i-run-it What is a .bundle file and how do I run it?]		* [http://superuser.com/questions/67249/what-is-a-bundle-file-and-how-do-i-run-it What is a .bundle file and how do I run it?]
		+	* [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/corefoundation/conceptual/cfbundles/DocumentPackages/DocumentPackages.html More info on bundle files and how to use them]