Comments on: Disable Growl Notifications

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:58:00 +0000

“Umm…” Growl installs with Skype and other things, whether you want it or not… Gary, you dumbass.

By: ecg

ecg — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:01:22 +0000

The comment would have had some value without the product chest-thumping.
The instant I saw the “and always has been” comment I moved on to the next comment. Being an apple os fan boy is very very tired and has been for endless years. If you like it use it, and if you don’t like the other thing, then don’t use it, and stop boring and annoying people.

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How To Start Your Information Diet | Lifehacker Australia — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:26:35 +0000

[...] Turn off all desktop notifications on your computer. If you’re an Outlook user, turn its desktop alerts off. If you’re an OS X User, and have somehow ended up with Growl installed on your computer, turn off all notifications. [...]

By: randy

randy — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:09:36 +0000

thanks for posting this. fair or not, i’m uninstalling growl over this issue. not cool.

By: Carynfs

Carynfs — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:04:33 +0000

I don’t have Growl installed on my computer, but an icon pops up constantly asking me to download. How do I stop this??

thanks

By: Dana K

Dana K — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:25:31 +0000

Thank you so much. My GAHD, Growl is annoying! Now I don’t have to look at that stupid paw every five minutes!

You da man.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:18:33 +0000

Anyone know how (or if possible) to have Growl turn off when specific programs are running. For example, I have a game for my son, Diego Dinosaur Rescue. When it runs, it occupies the full screen. The Growl popups during this game are distracting for a 4-year-old. It would be nice if Growl could auto shut off (as a preference) when this program runs then turn back on when the program ends.

Anyone know if this is possible?

By: Maca

Maca — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:53:45 +0000

“What? That makes no sense. The Mac is (and has always been) the platform that is littered with floating windows and on-screen clutter. When you combine that with the bad decision to make all apps share one menu that’s stuck to the top of the screen, you spend half your time rolling the cursor around and herding windows instead of getting things done.”

What??? THAT makes no sense, learn to use the shortcuts, master your machine, I have no problem running many apps and loads of screens.

Who’s the noob??

By: onepercentyellow

onepercentyellow — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:16:42 +0000

Thanks so much! That was getting really really annoying!

By: greg

greg — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:25:42 +0000

how do you stop growl from being installed by other apps like acrobat?

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:35:23 +0000

What I think dra meant when he said “it reminds me of Windows” is that, in general, OS X doesn’t use pop-up boxes the way Windows does for system notifications.

Think of all the crap that pops out from the bottom right hand side of the Windows desktop. Notifications about Windows Updates, Java updates, Adobe updates, antivirus attention needed, the network connection being lost, not all network drives were able to be reconnected, take a tour of Windows XP, etc., etc., etc.

In general, OS X doesn’t use those pop-up notifications. So this nonsense from Growl is in fact quite “Windows-like.”

To each their own, of course. But I love the Mac’s single menu bar. Why do I need to see multiple menu bars on my screen? It’s not like I can use multiple programs simultaneously.

By: What Haveyou

What Haveyou — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:11:28 +0000

“I dislike growl strongly as it reminds me of windows, which is why I returned to macs.”

What? That makes no sense. The Mac is (and has always been) the platform that is littered with floating windows and on-screen clutter. When you combine that with the bad decision to make all apps share one menu that’s stuck to the top of the screen, you spend half your time rolling the cursor around and herding windows instead of getting things done.

The whole noob strategy of claiming that anything you don’t like “reminds you of Windows” is played out. Really, really tired.

By: dra

dra — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:16:01 +0000

I dislike growl strongly as it reminds me of windows, which is why I returned to macs. What are they thinking? Thank you so much for the info on doing away with it. I tried uninstalling it and was not successful. dra

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:11:39 +0000

Umm…if you don’t like it, don’t install it. Otherwise, why not just customise how long the notifications stay on screen? I have mine set to 5 seconds but you can easily change it from 0 to 10 seconds in the Growl Pref Pane. You can even change the opacity of the notification.

By: kevin

kevin — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:13:34 +0000

excellent, I don’t like growl at all I find it annoying