This is something I’ve always wondered. Whevenever I install apps on my Mac it has just been a simple drag to the Application folder.
With Windows however, it’s always a series of steps that an installer has to do to make the application run.
Wonder why this is so. What is exactly happening when I’m installing something on a Windows vs a Mac. Windows just makes installation seem like a complicated process
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Mac hides everything because Apple is like that – square peg in the square hole and don’t you dare question anything that happens behind the scenes.
Windows installers show varying degrees of what is happening, usually through a progress bar with a label or a small text box with an installation log scrolling under it.
Linux package managers make little effort to hide anything. [This is what installing a package using APT looks like.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dfgzb.png)
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