Growl’s nagging problem

by Jared Earle on January 27th, 2012

If you’re a user of the excellent Growl on Mac OS X, you probably got fed up with the update nagging and paid for it, removed it or tolerated it. Here’s how to remove the nagging, though.

Kill it with fire

Be careful, though. If Growl’s lead developer catches you doing this, even though it’s mentioned on their site, he will suggest you turn the fire on yourself because, apparently, that’s his idea of customer care.

The Troll! It Burns!

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Kevin Spencer permalink
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:54:47 +0000

Wait, what? The ability to turn off the automatic check for update is a *feature-of-their-software* and he’s upset you’re pointing that out?

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- Jared Earle permalink
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:25:59 +0000
  
  Correct. This is how they roll. Here is another story about how they deal with stuff: http://www.geek.com/articles/apple/dev-doesnt-want-to-pay-for-growl-2011117/
  
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