It offers a number of customization features for the style, position, and frequency of these notifications. Workarounds like Hiss and Bark sprung up in the meantime, but Growl 2.0 is designed to make such workarounds redundant.Īt its heart, Growl listens for apps to send it some type of notification using the Growl API, and then displays the notification on a small pop-up window on your desktop.
#GROWL APP REVIEW UPDATE#
But Mountain Lion was released on July 25, and the Growl update did not materialize. Growl developers had promised an update that would integrate with OS X notifications, as many apps that use Growl haven't been updated to use OS X's notification APIs. And perhaps most important to long-time Growl users, the update addresses several persistent performance bugs that cropped up in the app as its developers worked to recode it to work within Apple's Mac App Store guidelines. You can choose these as an "action" to fire on certain notifications, and Growl will forward a notification to any suitably configured iOS device.įor those who aren't fans of Apple's baked-in notifications, Growl 2.0 also adds a number of customization features to tailor your notifications setup. In addition, the new version supports forwarding notifications to iOS devices using Prowl or BoxCar. The new version allows apps that use Growl's notification APIs to have those notifications forwarded to Notification Center, replacing several hacks that attempted to bridge the two systems since Mountain Lion was released in July.
#GROWL APP REVIEW UPGRADE#
Growl, the system-wide OS X notification framework that has been somewhat usurped by Notification Center in OS X Mountain Lion, saw a major 2.0 upgrade on Thursday.
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