The strength of Mac OS X is in the software on the platform: some good, some bad, some expensive, others free. The question is, how does a good, free piece of software that is even copied on other platforms, end up with angry users? I recently talked to two of the people behind Growl and the issue of its installation.
Instructions for uninstalling Growl are available on the Web. CF: Essentially we both have final say the direction of Growl, with Peter focusing on developery things, and Chris focusing on the other stuff.
Peter is also a Developer on Adium, and has spent a lot of time on his blog talking about programming and providing applications to help people with all sorts of things. I also have the most awesome 6-month-old on the planet. What does it do for a user? It enables applications to send the user notifications, which, by default, Growl displays as little rounded-rectangle bubbles that fade in and out on the screen.
Growl also enables the user to configure how it displays the notification; options include alternate styles of bubble, reading the notification aloud via text-to-speech, and even sending SMS messages or with a third-party plug-in for Growl called Prowl iOS push notifications.
Say you have a few applications open on your Mac, and you receive an e-mail. What I use Growl for is very limited, actually. I like knowing when uploads complete in Cyberduck, and then a few random things in iTunes. Other people love things like our HardwareGrowler, which tells you when some hardware is plugged in and unplugged, or when they get onto a new wireless network.
And of course people love GrowlMail. Macworld has written a few articles about Growl and HardwareGrowler. DD: A lot of people have been angry with you on your mailing list. This happens because the applications install what is now an old version of Growl, so the next time that it is out of date and does its update check, it finds that it is out of date and reports that to the user.
The vast majority are the latter. First, there was Dropbox. Dropbox decided to basically install Growl if you left a box checked when it installed. If you removed Growl, then Dropbox would reinstall Growl whenever it needed to use Growl. Dropbox has subsequently released an updated version that fixes this reinstallation issue, but Dropbox does still install Growl without prompting the user.
CF: Crazy, right? You decide to remove something, and something else reinstalls it? Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Can the Growl update message be stopped without removing Growl?
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Many thanks! I don't think I'll be upgrading though - by the time compatibility with the old version becomes an issue, most apps will support the notification centre anyway. Jun 8, PM in response to jshetley In response to jshetley. Jun 12, PM in response to jshetley In response to jshetley.
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User profile for user: jshetley jshetley. New Mac user here - sorry. But I just got this onscreen message saying that a new version of Growl was available. So what is this? And do I need to update it?
Is this a Mac software or something provided by Apple? My computer is "perfect" and I don't want to install anything that messes it up!
I went to their website, but it didn't give me much. Thanks for any info -. Reply I have this question too I have this question too Me too Me too.
All replies Drop Down menu. Loading page content. User profile for user: Fortuny Fortuny. Jun 6, PM in response to jshetley In response to jshetley Hi, Growl is a notification system, which enables applications to send notices that 'something has happended' to other applications which then can perform specified tasks when receiving such notices. It's a third-party system and not something that Apple provides. Most likely it was installed with another application that you installed.
If you don't use it, then you don't need to update it. Regards Stefan. Reply Helpful Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. User profile for user: babowa babowa. Jun 6, PM in response to jshetley In response to jshetley Growl is third party software, not from Apple.
If you got the notification that an update is available, you have it installed. You don't "need" it. Reply Helpful 1 Thread reply - more options Link to this Post.
User profile for user: TildeBee TildeBee. Jun 6, PM in response to jshetley In response to jshetley Funny you should mention this.
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