Growl

Growl is a notification utility you can find in the System Preferences. You can get various notifications, too many to list, and there are some that run with Mail, iTunes and other programs too. You can also get some plugins like HardwareGrowler that notify you of when things connect or disconnect. I find it pretty handy, and I got mine set up to flash me a little black box in the upper right corner whenever I get a notification. Worth looking into before you get rid of it...

I wouldn't say it's a must-have, but personally I'm glad I have it. - Wm. Chris Howard

Credits

• Contributed by Chris Howard on the Mac-Ministry List, September 2011

External links

• http://growl.info/
• Reviews at MacUpdate (mostly very positive)