MakeUseOf - Growl for Mac

8 Tips For Making Great Use Of The OS X Notification Center

James Bruce — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:01:56 GMT

With Mountain Lion came the introduction to the desktop of the familiar Notification Center, ported from its iOS origins. It’s brought even more unity between the desktop and mobile OS, and essentially replicates functionality that’s been available with third party applications for a few years now.

Growl 1.3 Now On Sale In The Mac App Store [News]

Bakari Chavanu — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:01:26 GMT

Growl 1.3, a classic formerly free third-party notification application, is now on sale in the Mac App store for $1.99. With Growl on your Mac you can always know what's going on with other applications on your system. It can tell you, for example, when you get new Twitter mentions or direct messages, when content is added to your Dropbox, and information about songs you play on streaming music services like Spotify.

Move, Copy, Open, & Remove Files With File Sorter [Mac]

Bakari Chavanu — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:30:36 GMT

I’ve written several articles on Mac automation software, including Automator and Apple‘s smart technology folders and albums. Much of our purpose with computers is to get work done faster and more efficiently. To this end, there are several paid third-party automation apps on the market, including Hazel and QuicKeys 4.0, that require no knowledge or use of automation code, as with AppleScript.

How To Set Up A Motion Detection Surveillance System With iPhone Notifications

James Bruce — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:31:16 GMT

One thing I've been meaning to do is set up my always-on home server as a CCTV Surveillance System that sends alerts to my iPhone whenever it detects motion. Though the results are fantastic, you do need a lot of free software to get the thing up and running properly. It's a lot to download, but there isn't anything inherently difficult about it.

Set Up Growl Notifications Between Different Computers And Devices

Jeffry Thurana — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:00:04 GMT

How To Customize Windows Notification Messages with Snarl

Saikat Basu — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:01:00 GMT

A snarl is something you would associate with a really cross guy. But the software which takes the same name does its job ever so silently.