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Growl

  • 07-04-2012 11:56AM
    #1
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey so, having recently got a new MBP I wanted to install growl as I had on my older one.

    Problem is Growl has apparently become a paid for Appstore app, and apparently, the new lion version sucks beyond belief.

    Well I'm not inclined to pay for that. But I like the functionality of growl. Is there an alternative ? Will the older version of growl run on Lion ?


Comments

  • #2
    Sad Professor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,714 ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Wait for Mountain Lion, which will have notifications. Growl was always a bit crap.


  • #3
    Colonel Panic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭Colonel Panic


    Growl is fine. The older version runs on Lion.


  • #4
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    Wait for Mountain Lion, which will have notifications. Growl was always a bit crap.

    I like Growl. And not sure I will splash for Mountain Lion tbh. Aspects I don't like. As with Lion. But since I got new machine didn't want hassle of putting snow leopard on it. SL is awesomely awesome.


  • #5
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    I like the new growl, it has a nice window that will collect and display your notifications while you've been away. Well worth it for that alone.

    No need to pay for it. You can checkout the source code from their repo and build it locally. It uses a mercurial repo, you can install mercurial using homebrew,e.g. brew install mercurial


  • #6
    thecommander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,532 ✭✭✭thecommander


    jester77 wrote: »
    No need to pay for it. You can checkout the source code from their repo and build it locally. It uses a mercurial repo, you can install mercurial using homebrew,e.g. brew install mercurial

    It's €1.79. Hardly going to break the bank to support them.


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  • #7
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    jester77 wrote: »
    I like the new growl, it has a nice window that will collect and display your notifications while you've been away. Well worth it for that alone.

    No need to pay for it. You can checkout the source code from their repo and build it locally. It uses a mercurial repo, you can install mercurial using homebrew,e.g. brew install mercurial
    thecommander wrote: »
    It's €1.79. Hardly going to break the bank to support them.

    I don't have an issue with the 1.79. I have an issue with it supposedly sucking according to the intertubes


  • #8
    Groinshot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭Groinshot


    opinion guy wrote: »
    I don't have an issue with the 1.79. I have an issue with it supposedly sucking according to the intertubes
    Interwebs isn't always right you know. I love it! would be lost without it.
    I'd say pay for it tbh.


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