Would it be possible to make portable apps for mac,like some games,internet browser ect,it would be great as my school have loads of mac pc's but you cant use the apps you want,like we cant play games,ect,if you could make some i would be very gratefull
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This topic has been brought up many times with explanations why its not being done.
1. not enough demand
2. lack of developers interested
3. no specific programs
4. fear from the support people that there will be a increase in stupid people asking for mac programs to be ported to Windows or why the mac programs are not working in windows/linux
5. this is mainly a windows based site
Aren't Mac apps more or less portable anyway? The Mac doesn't have the notion of a registry as Windows does, and I believe that most apps are already bundled to have all the resources they need in one file (mostly). Then it's just a case of settings which are usually stored in some library folder somewhere. Granted that's a rather simplistic and crude overview, based on incomplete knowledge but I would think it makes it a lot easier to port an app from one Mac to another.
that was true. i am not too sure with MacOS X on intel machines though.
http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps
I haven't used these because I don't use Mac OS, but there is a pretty good selection...
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thanks for the links,i will test 2moz,and will get back to you and will tell you if they work,Great find though,thanks