On Aug 29, 2009, at 08:48:41, Dick Guertin wrote: > I installed Adium so I could use Stanford's IM system. Part of that > install asked me to install Growl …
Not exactly true. You had already installed Adium; the prompt comes up when you run Adium for the first time. > Next thing I know, strange files are showing up in my Trash. Every > start or restart of my computer leaves Recovered Files in the > Trash. Where were they coming from, I asked myself. That's what we want to know. My question stands: What application's name is in the filenames of these files? > There was no "GrowlMenu" application or control panel, so when Peter > started talking about that, I had no idea what he was talking about. My apologies. I shouldn't be throwing around under-the-hood names of Growl features like that. > I still don't see GrowlMenu, unless that means the Growl icon on the > menu bar, which only appears if I open System Preferences -> Growl. Yes, it does mean that. So, what happens when you uncheck and recheck the “Show Growl icon in the menu bar” checkbox? > There are NO Login Items under Accounts having to do with Growl. > Yet I keep being told there should be such items. Yes. If “Start Growl on login” is checked, then GrowlHelperApp should be in your log-in items. Also, once the Growl icon in the menu bar has appeared at least once, GrowlMenu should be in your log-in items. > What would have installed them? They are already installed, being inside the Growl preference pane. If GrowlHelperApp were not installed, Growl would not work at all: You would not see Growl notifications. Likewise, if GrowlMenu were not installed, you would not be able to have the Growl icon in your menu bar. The log-in items list is just that: A list. Log-in items are simply entries in the list, like names in a guestbook. There is no separately- installable file that defines a log-in item; GrowlHelperApp is the application that receives and displays notifications, and if you have Growl set to start on log-in, then GrowlHelperApp itself should have an entry in the list. > That's the basis of my assertion that Growl wasn't properly installed. If you have Growl in System Preferences, and Growl shows notifications and the Growl icon can appear in your menu-bar, then Growl is properly installed. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
