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Is there a functional macOS equivalent to a Windows DLL?

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Mar 15, 202641415 views
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A DLL is similar to a folder, but it allows for multiple programs/executables to access it at once, thus conserving memory (I think). What is Mac's equivalent of a DLL? I was looking through the Google Chrome folders inside , and instead of the regular Windows Default.dll there was just a folder, "…

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~/Library/Application Support

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The equivalents to a Windows DLL on OS X are Frameworks (Cocoa) or dylibs (BSD). The system supplied ones are in and respectively. The folder you mention, is similar to the (or now?) folders in Windows, containing your applications' personal setting…

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