What is Growl?

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)

Posted on Dec 13, 2012 2:48 PM

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Dec 13, 2012 4:05 PM in response to MikeLV

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.

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