I recently upgraded my OS to from 10.6 to Mountain Lion. Now I am constantly getting bombarded with Update Available notifications that say "A newer version of Growl is available online. Click here to download now." So far I have not fallen for this. I never installed anything called Growl on my computer.
What is it? Do I want it? Is it a scam? If I don't want it, how do I get rid of it? and how do I stop these annoying alerts?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Growl is a notification that has been taken over by Mountain Lion notification. Growl must be in your system, look for it in the Application folder and delete it using an uninstall application like Cleane my Mac for example. Uninstall by moving to the Trash leaves related files intact which should not be lift in the system.
If I'm not wrong, Growl sits in System Preferences, in the bottom row under "Other".
If so, then right-click on it, then remove it.
You are right LousyFool.
FWIW, further information about Growl can be found at the App Store.
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JJW
Growl is sometimes included with third party apps - and it is installed without your knowledge. Here is an explanation from the developer (and uninstall instructions):
http://growl.info/thirdpartyinstallations.php
If however, you may be referring to Notifications, that is part of OS X Moutain lion; if you don't want those, you can disable it in your System Preferences.
What is Growl?
