Hi Nick. I am happy to say that I did get rid of Growl by doing a combination of the instructions on the Growl web site in combination with bruit force search and destroy of every single file with Growl in the title. It is interesting to me that, as I researched the answer to my problem with Growl, a lot of people said the same thing you did, that it was easier to just turn it off than to uninstall it. One of my character flaws, however, is my chronic stubbornness. I'm not content leaving well enough alone. I have a brand new computer, and if there is something on there that I don't like, I want it gone, not just forgotten. Thankfully, I did find the solution to my problem. I had to go into my library folder under my name and delete all references to Growl. I was like a maniac on a mission (LOL). I went through every folder and subfolder and wacked off every file that referenced Growl, and as far as I can see, it is gone for good.
On Oct Î6, 2009, at 2:11 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > > Hi, > > A good idea is simply to turn your Growl off in System preferences. > I'm not kidding you. Every time I used Skype, or Adium even if I > turned Growl notifications off, it kept saying "Adium/Skype has new > dialog", and it annoyed the heck out of me. So yes, you're safe to > turn it off. The notifications in Adium still work, speaking events > and all. > > Regards, > Nic > On Oct 6, 2009, at 3:28 AM, Lynn Schneider wrote: > >> >> Hi everyone. I am a very recent switcher who has tried to install >> and >> use Adium. Upon starting up Adium for the first time, it wanted me >> to >> install something called Growl. I was not sure if this was >> absolutely >> necessary to use Adium, but I said yes. Since then, things look >> different on my system. I did some research on Growl, but I still >> don't understand what it does. I'd really like to get it off my >> system, so I did the uninstall procedures suggested by the >> developers, >> but when I go into system preferences, I still see a Growl button. >> All of this is reminding me of the reason I stopped using Windows. >> Now, also, when I click on my Mac HD, I see all my apps listed there >> instead of just in my apps folder like it was before. I uninstalled >> Adium to see if that would help, but things are still not like they >> were. Why is that Growl button still in my system preferences even >> though I uninstalled the program? I didn't think Mac had a registry, >> so where is this stupid thing hiding? Thanks in advance for any >> assistance. >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
