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Growl

Growl - 1.1.3

systemwide notifications

All Time: (4.5)
Version 1.1.3: (5.0)
Selected Version: 1.1.3
Release Date: 2008-06-06
License: Freeware
Downloads (version 1.1.3): 4,369
Downloads (all versions): 148,520

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Product Description:

Growl is a global notifications system for OS X. (for example) Growl allows you to get notifications on iTunes track changes, new email notifications, and many other things.

What's new in this version:

Growl core improvements

  • Worked around conflict with Logitech Control Center 2.4, and implemented countermeasures in case another input-manager hack in the future has the same bug
  • Show notifications on every Space (Leopard)
  • Fixed bug that caused Growl to silently not show notifications if you deleted your default display
  • Fixed bug where Growl would fail to clean up .growlRegDict files in the Temporary Items folder, instead leaving them to appear in the Trash when you next logged in
  • Use the alert-sound device, rather than the default sound device, to play sounds
  • Don't spam the Console log when a forwarding attempt fails

Extras improvements

  • Rewrote GrowlMail to fix conflict between it and Leopard, and make it much more robust for the future
  • GrowlMail installer package now allows installing to other startup volumes without restarting
  • Updated GrowlSafari to work with Safari 3.0 and later (thanks to Ben Willmore)
  • Fixed growlnotify to actually send the notification on Leopard
  • GrowlTunes no longer shows the rating if it's 0, since you probably just haven't rated it
  • Fixed German localization of GrowlTunes

Preference pane improvements

  • Moved the version number outside of the Credits file, so we don't need to update that file every version
  • Fixed a hang on changing the default display
  • Updated the Brazilian Portuguese localization

Display improvements

  • Fixed displaying a close widget on mouse-over
  • Fixed humongous memory leaks in WebKit display
  • Made obtaining image data in WebKit display more efficient
  • Fixed displays to register a click on mouse-up, not mouse-down
  • Updated French and Dutch localizations of displays' preferences

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.0
  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS Classic

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Feedback Summary:

Version 1.1.3:
Overall Rating: (5.0) Features: (5.0) Support: (4.0)
Ease of Use: (4.0) Quality / Stability: (4.0) Price: (5.0)
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Growl CommentaryNot Tiger compatible - Version: 1.2b4, 9/22/2009 07:27PM PST

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tcora
Please update the tracking page - the 1.2 beta is not compatible with Tiger...

Thanks.
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Growl ReviewSnow Leopard now complete! - Version: 1.2b4, 9/22/2009 06:21AM PST

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EdtheMacDyer
I have been reduced to one "space" since SL came out, but now that Growl is updated, I can safely confine Adium and other chatty apps to other spaces.
Growl is an effective tool for showing heads up displays for many apps that may update (or may not) their dock icons. For a dock hider like myself, and multiple space user, this utility is INVALUABLE.
Try in conjunction with GrowlMail and hardware growler. For sysadmins, use growlnotify and use the "listen" feature in the pref pane to monitor your flock of sheep, whether it be workstations or servers.
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Growl CommentaryNeeds Update for 10.6 Support - Version: 1.1.6, 8/17/2009 01:32PM PST

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libertyforall1776
I get a lot of Console messages under 10.6, and would you believe the uninstaller is a PPC app, not Universal?! GrowlMail is disabled on 10.6...
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