- Growl (software) Growl is a global notification system and pop-up notification implementation for the Mac OS X and Windows[1] operating systems. Applications can use Growl to display small notifications about events which may be important to the user.
- Growl is a global notification system and pop-up notification implementation for the Mac OS X and Windows operating systems. Applications can use Growl to display small notifications about events which may be important to the user.
- Growl 1.3, a classic formerly free third-party notification application, is now on sale in the Mac App store for $1.99. With Growl on your Mac you can always know what's going on with other applications on your system.
- Growl 2.1.3 - Notification system for OS X apps. Download the latest versions of the best Mac apps at safe and trusted MacUpdate Download, install, or update Growl for Mac from MacUpdate.
Growl's 'General' preferences in System Preferences running on Mac OS X Leopard. | |
Developer(s) | The Growl team led by Christopher Forsythe |
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Stable release | |
Written in | Objective-C |
Operating system | Mac OS X, Windows XP or later |
Platform | Macintosh, Windows |
Type | Notification system |
License | |
Website | growl.info |
While we usually recommend that new Mac owners work with their computers for a while before diving into the Mac App Store, the apps on this list should find a home on nearly every Mac.
Growl is a global notification system and pop-up notification implementation for the Mac OS X and Windows[1]operating systems. Applications can use Growl to display small notifications about events which may be important to the user. This software allows users to fully control their notifications, while allowing application developers to spend less time creating notifications and Growl developers to concentrate on the usability of notifications. Growl can be used in conjunction with Apple's Notification Center that is included in Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and higher.[2][3]
Details[edit]
Growl is installed as a preference pane added to the Mac OS X System Preferences. This pane may be used to enable and disable Growl's notifications for specific applications or specific notifications for each application. Each notification provides some information, such as 'Download Finished' or the name of the current iTunes track. The software comes with multiple display plugins, providing the user with different style options for presenting the notifications. Display plugins include visual styles as well as the ability to send notifications via email, SMS, or push notifications.[4] Additional third-party plugins or scripts exist to add Growl notifications to iChat, Mail, Thunderbird, Safari, and iTunes.
Application developers may make use of the Growl API to send notifications to their users. Growl includes bindings for developers who use the Objective-C, C, Perl, Python, Tcl, AppleScript, Java, and Ruby programming languages.
Controversies[edit]
The Growl website lists applications that install Growl without the user's permission, including AdobeCreative Suite 5. Adobe has published a blog post apologizing for installing Growl on users' systems without permission, and says that they are 'actively working to mitigate the problem'.[5] Adobe has an article in their knowledge base explaining what notifications CS5 sends and how to remove Growl.[6]
What Is Growl
See also[edit]
- Growl Fork – open source fork
References[edit]
Growl Software
- ^'Growl for Windows'. Growl for Windows. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^'Hands-on: Growl 2.0 integrates with Notification Center on OS X, iOS'. Ars Technica.
- ^'Quick Tip: Growl vs. Notification Center'. Computer Skills Tuts+.
- ^'Howl - a Growl app for iPhone and iPad'. Tanka Tech. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ^'Growl Installation with Adobe CS5'. Adobe. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^'Disabling Growl notifications in Adobe Creative Suite 5 applications'. adobe.com.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Growl (software). |
Growl Notifications Mac
- Chris Forsythe and Growl, CocoaRadio, 5 June 2006
- Interview with Chris Forsythe of Adium and Growl, OSNews, 9 August 2006
- Mumbles Project – a Growl-inspired notification-application for Linux
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Growl App Macbook
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