Growl

Growl is a utility that can be tailored to notify the user of all kinds of information, e.g. network activity or downloads finishing. This can be presented in a translucent popup in a corner of the screen, or in other ways if the user prefers.

Growl 1.2

Recommendation

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

Availability

Growl 1.2 was open source software and is still available free of charge, e.g. from MacUpdate.

Growl 1.3

Growl 1.3 was released after Apple's 2011 release of OS X 10.7 (Lion). This version of Growl is no longer a System Preference pane, but an independent app. It is also no longer free, but available for US $1.99 from the Mac App Store. Initial reviews are mixed. Growl 1.2 still works under Lion.

Credits

• Contributed by Chris Howard on the Mac-Ministry List and expanded by Neville Reid, September 2011

External links

• http://growl.info/ – official site with latest version
• Growl page (including download link for Growl 1.2) at MacUpdate