![]() Growl has been around since 2004, and was originally called Global Notifications Center.The name was changed to Growl (like the noise a dog makes) since we felt the name Notifications Center was too geeky. It is a a free, open-source app for Mac (Linux version coming soon) developed by Uri Nieto as the final project. Its page on GitHub explains: Growl is a notification system for OS X. Like Singstar/Rockband but it detects screams. The "default" branch seems to be old and unused. Growl is being retired after surviving for 17 years. ![]() Stop Growl and make sure the menu item isn't running either. Growl 1.2 If you are running Growl 1.2.x, Growl is in your System Preferences application. (The tip of this tree is the "fork-1.2" branch, which was branched from the "maintenance-1.2" branch. Stop Growl and the menu item if it's running.None of this work is official, it is not endorsed by the folks, it is not guaranteed to work at all.Stop Growl and make sure the menu item isn’t running either. If you are running Growl 1.2.x, Growl is in your System Preferences application. This branch also incorporates a patch for HardwareGrowler.app, which otherwise crashes on Lion if your WiFi adapter changes state. Stop Growl and the menu item if it’s running.As provided, it constructs binaries that run only under OS X 10.7 "Lion", though people running Snow Leopard are probably better off using the official 1.2.x binaries anyway. The branch builds cleanly under XCode 4.1./pmetzger/growl is an unofficial patched version of the Growl 1.2.x sources taken from the last available public source tree.For example, you can be notified that you have new email, or that a download completed. Growl Fork is a notification system that can display information from a variety of apps.
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