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"While we may think of notifications as something that is primarily for mobile apps, they're also incredibly useful on full-fledged computers as well. One of the most popular solutions is Growl, a notifications protocol that takes all of the various status updates you get from apps running on your Mac and presents them to you in an attractive way.\r\n\r\nNew emails, IM conversations or Twitter updates; if an app is trying to get your attention, Growl is its conduit.\r\n\r\nNow Growl has taken it to a new level with version 1.3 and for the first time, it's only available on the Mac App Store, and it's $1.99. Up until now, Growl has been free.\r\n\r\nThe Growl team had to update the app for the latest version of Apple's Mac OS X, Lion. Up until now, the free version of the software has tucked itself away in your System Preferences. Growl now has its own application and preferences window to easily customize all of your system notifications.\r\nNew in Growl 1.3\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\tHistory\r\n\r\n\r\nThere is now a history for all notifications you've gotten from apps. This is stored on your machine, but you can disable it if you like.\r\n\r\n\r\n\tNotification Rollup\r\n\r\n\r\nMuch like iOS notifications, Growl &amp;quot;rolls up&amp;quot; notifications while you're away from your computer for easy viewing when you get back.\r\n\r\n\r\nOther notable updates\r\n\r\n\tSpeech display for hearing your notifications.\r\n\tSend Growl notifications from Cocoa or Applescript\r\n\tNetworking two or more Macs to forward notifications to each other\r\n\tWorks with the iPhone and iPad via Prowl\r\n\r\nEven if you've never used Growl before, if you're an Apple diehard this is a must purchase and essential utility. The $1.99 isn't a bad pricetag, considering the team is dedicating itself to staying up to date on all of Apple's OS changes.\r\n\r\nOnly the best Web, mobile and desktop apps get reviewed at TNW Apps."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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