Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: David Brooks Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,comp.sys.mac.system,uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Why? - EXPLANATION! Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:44:57 +0100 Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <66ce3099$0$3620712$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <66ce3914$0$2757$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net an6GpI/vbt5TBnq+MUP9bQDMqS+EEaIr3b4ISgAx2kqqI6Yisg Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ahql3/ESTa8f51lMb83LCeNwNM0= sha256:Q8ujlGoKyPwci+diGXnUYZMxVH1MfVOFQcINZQSv7pI= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <66ce3914$0$2757$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:144702 uk.comp.sys.mac:178969 On 27/08/2024 21:37, Snit wrote: > On Aug 27, 2024 at 1:31:36 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote > : > >> On 27/08/2024 21:01, Snit wrote: >>> On Aug 27, 2024 at 12:46:59 PM MST, "Alan Browne" wrote >>> : >>> >>>> On 2024-08-22 12:52, Snit wrote: >>>>> On Aug 22, 2024 at 7:36:19 AM MST, "Da >>>> >>>> Why do you reply to it at all? >>> >>> I think David does have a good heart... he does not mean to be harmful as say >>> Pothead or Skeeter or Carroll or Gremlin do. But his focus here is not healthy >>> for him. >> >> People ignore my questions about file size discrepancy, Snit. > > I think that is the most interesting part of your recent questions. >> >> Will you, please, ask if anyone can explain why the downloaded file from >> EtreCheck is far smaller that the total files found by AppCleaner? > > The total files? You mean including the ones made after by the app and the > ones made by the OS? Files which are not a part of the download? One would > expect that to be larger, no? I don't know about "the ones made after by the app". Does it 'feel right' to you? >> https://i.ibb.co/y0t7T54/Screenshot-2022-04-15-at-10-54-52.png >> >> The reason might be as simple as the fact that the downloaded file is a >> ZIP file! >> >> But I don't think that's it! > > So you are asking about the file size discrepancy? Yes, I am.