Growl is a global notification system for the Mac OS X and Windows operating systems. -Wikipedia

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Is there a way to forward Growl notifications to Notification Centre?

Since there's a lot of apps that support Growl, and only a handful have been updated yet, I'd like to know if there's a way to convert those Growl notifications into Notification Centre notifications. ...
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How can I show Growl notifications on both displays?

I've got a MacBook Pro connected to an external display. Right now the notifications come through on on the primary display (MacBook Pro built in display) and not the external display. I know I can ...
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Notifications on Mac OS X

I would like to receive a notification somehow when system events happen. For example, a process writes to a directory, or a sandbox violation gets logged. (Ideally when it occurs, the sandbox ...
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Growl notifications with Mail.app?

Is it possible to configure Mail.app to use the growl notifications for incoming mail ? Maybe there is an external script doing that too ?
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Is it possible to set the duration of a GrowlNotify notification?

Looking to speed up Growl notifications on a per-application basis (doesn't seem possible within Growl's own GUI), I'm sceptical but still curious if this is possible via GrowlNotify: Does anyone ...
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Mac Sudden Motion Sensor: Obtaining activation state

Very similar to this SuperUser question, I'd like to know if there's a way to know when the SMS is actually engaged. Note that I do not want to know if the sensor is enabled (which can be done from ...
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Does Growl keep a history?

Does Growl, either natively or with an extension, keep a history, possibly accessible through a graphic interface? (something like Jumpcut, I mean) I'm talking about OSX 10.6 (hence Growl 1.2.2), I ...
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Growl notifications when a user logs in to Minecraft server?

Would love to be able to get a Growl notification when a user logs in to my (locally hosted) Minecraft server. I took a peek in the Console but it doesn't seem to record the logins, although my ...
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Why does Google Chrome mount and unmount a volume every few hours?

I'm assuming it's part of the 'check for updates' process, but does anyone know how this is controlled and what it's mounting and unmounting? I first discovered this behavior after updating Growl, ...
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Do I need to buy Growl in order to use the iterm2 grown feature?

Seems the notification is not working, or do I need to buy the Growl from App Store in order to use?
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Have Apps with Notification Center Support Use Growl on Lion

I'm still on Lion, and recently noticed that a lot of my apps are being updated with Notification Center support. Since I'm not on Mountain Lion and therefore don't have Notification Center, I won't ...
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How can growl be used with syslog?

I have a shell script that logs messages to syslog using the 'logger' command. In my syslog.conf, I filter those messages to a specific log file. This is a portable solution that works across all ...
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Growl 1.3+: Location of (rollup) Log for use with GeekTool

Where can I find Growl's log(s)? Would like to use with GeekTool to display it on the desktop.
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Running Growl without a user logged into a graphical session?

I currently have an OS X server (running 10.8.2) that has irssi installed, and is set up to send Growl notifications to my laptop when I am mentioned or have received a private message on IRC. ...
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Limit Growl to one app only

Is it possible to limit Growl notifications to one App only? I'm really bothered by notifications by Adium, Bowtie and lots more but I don't want to deactivate each of them manually. Something like a ...
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How can I make Growl Tunes start automatically?

How can I make GrowlTunes start automatically when either Growl or OSX does?
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Is there a way to send a growl notification when an application reaches a certain memory threshold?

I've been noticing that Safari skyrockets in terms of memory usage. I've been getting some results by restarting it, but I'm wondering if there is an app or some easy script to run that would send a ...
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View all Growl notifications

Does Growl logs all the notifications that it handles? And if yes, is it possible to view a list with all of them?
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Can the Growl update message be stopped without removing Growl?

I've recently migrated to Mountain Lion. Every now and then I get a Growl notification saying that a new version of Growl is available. The new version is a paid app, which I don't want to buy, but I ...
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How to style notifications in Mountain Lion?

Growl notifications can be styled using css. Has anyone made any inroads on styling the notifications in Notification Center in Mountain Lion?
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Disable Growl Notification When a Certain App is Running

Is there a way to disable Growl notifications automatically when a certain app is running, Quick Time for example. I don't want to get the notifications while watching a movie.
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Mail.app notification filtering

Is it possible to disable notification generated by Mail.app for a certain set of folders? For e.g. if have Inbox and Inbox > fol1 & Inbox > fol2, I want notification from Inbox and fol1 ...
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I'd like OS X 10.8 to receive network notifications

I've got some shell scripts that can send network notifications to Growl for Windows, and it's working fairly well. Can Notification Center on 10.8 (or iOS devices for that matter!) be configured to ...
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How much does Hardware Growler affect performance?

I'm interested in knowing how much Hardware Growler affects performance. My MacBook's performance at some of point in time became terrible and I could not figure out the reason. The Beachball of ...
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AppleScript and Growl: How to choose the display style?

I'm using AppleScript and calling Growl notifications and I notice that it ignores my choice of using Bezel as my system default style. It only changes if I manually change it in Growl's preferences. ...
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Why is Growl showing redundant notifications for Keka?

Whenever I carry out an action in Keka, such as extraction or compression, I receive three Growl notifications. All are identical, but only one has the correct icon (Keka's icon) while the other two ...
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How do I create Growl notifications for FCE?

I found this script online somewhere and I'm trying to make it so that it constantly checks to see if Final Cut Express is rendering and when it finishes rendering, it displays a Growl notification. ...
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deactivate growlmail rss notification

Is it possible to tell growlmail to stop notifying me on RSS feeds and just show me the new mails I get? It is getting really disturbing when I get some 30 or more RSS Notifiers when I'm working!
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Does notification logging to a file still works in Growl 2.0?

I want to log growl notifications to a log file. I know about the defaults settings as of this answer which supposedly make it happen. However, I have tried this with Growl 2.0 and notifications do ...
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How can Growl trigger an shell script or AppleScript (NOT vice versa!)

When a Growl notification gets issued I want to trigger an AppleScript. I had a look at the "Actions" in the Growl preferences, and you can trigger things like an email or a text-to-speech call, but ...
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Growl does not pass on Tweets to Notification Center

I've recently switched to Mountain Lion, which means that I now have Notification Center. I'm using the Twitter app by Twitter, and on my previous system I used Growl to display tweets. Now, however, ...
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Growl 2 and Bark 1.1

According to the Bark website, I should be able to just install the Bark plugin, and turn it on in Growl. I swear I had this working on another OS X installation, but isn't working now. The steps I ...
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Growl notifications in Fullscreen Apps

I've just re-installed Growl and noticed it's version 2.0 and for some reason cannot get growl notifications whilst in fullscreen applications like Chrome, Safari or iTunes. The notification is ...
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Why is there / what is this RED, translucent square within my Apps “stacks”?

I was having trouble with growl, and was sorta moving it around within other folders, etc.. and now I have this STRANGE, translucent, Red Square underneath the icon. See below. I've never seen ...