Yes. I have done all that. This is why I was wondering if there was a hidden trick that I couldn't find or didn't know about.
Jeff On 2011-09-05, at 12:08 PM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Jeff, > You can instruct growl to make a sound. Look in the per program > configuration, but be ware that you must enable the sound for each > application in turn. It involves some repetitive work but I think that's the > problem. > To get into the growl configuration window, go to system preferences and find > growl there. You need to click the applications tab, and in the list you > find, highlight the program you want to configure sound for, say Skype or > something else. Then, click configure and go into the second tab sheet of the > configure dialog. The tab is called notifications, and there you enable your > sound. > > Hth, > Paul. > On Sep 5, 2011, at 5:51 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > >> I have set this all up but, Growl never makes a sound. I am wondering if >> there are any hidden tricks I need to do to get this working? >> >> I realize this may be difficult for you to identify without investigating my >> system but, perhaps somebody else has had this problem and can identify how >> they solved it. >> >> Thx, >> Jeff >> >> On 2011-09-05, at 11:32 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: >> >>> Hi Tracey, >>> >>> In growl, found via system preferences and then growl, you can set and >>> further configure a default notification style. One of them is speech. If >>> you set that as the default, then it will automatically be chosen for new >>> programs you use growl with, but you can also configure the growl >>> notification scheme on a per program basis if you want. By the way, any new >>> program that supports growl notifications, will automatically be added to >>> the growl window. This is because growl is always running, and growl sees >>> which program you are launching. If it happens to be one of those that it >>> recognizes as being growl compatible,then growl will automatically add >>> that program name for you in its own window. Which notification scheme, >>> either one out of the many visual ones, or the speech one, is chosen, >>> depends on what you set as the default scheme for new programs. >>> Hth, >>> Paul. >>> On Sep 5, 2011, at 12:03 AM, Traci wrote: >>> >>>> Holy cow Paul, that was an excellent tutorial. Thank you very much. >>>> >>>> Under Growl display options, should I select speech instead of any visual >>>> choice? Does this mean speech will give me notifications? >>>> >>>> This is fun to try to figure out. >>>> >>>> Traci >>>> On Sep 4, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Paul Erkens wrote: >>>> >>>>> Tracey, >>>>> Let's explain that step by step so you don't get lost. >>>>> >>>>> First off. A disk image is a normal file on your hard drive. If you click >>>>> it, os10 will mount it as if it were a normal volume. In other words, >>>>> just like when you insert a cd, it gets mounted as an icon on your >>>>> desktop that you can open, browse etc, a dmg, once clicked, will mount a >>>>> new imaginary disk on to your desktop. >>>>> >>>>> First thing to do is Click the dmg. It doesn't matter where you have the >>>>> dmg. inside downloads is the easiest. if you're new to images then close >>>>> everything that pops up till you are in your desktop, and then look >>>>> around there. You will find the growl volume on the desktop. Just as you >>>>> dive into macintosh hd, into the contents of a cd or an external usb >>>>> drive, you open the growl volume the same way. From the desktop, press >>>>> command down arrow on the growl volume icon. A new window will open, >>>>> showing the contents of the image file that growl sits in. >>>>> >>>>> Once you have the newly mounted volume open, look at the files it >>>>> contains. You will hear that the current screen look and feel is set to >>>>> image browser, and not to list view or column view. To switch this back >>>>> to a normal list view that you can read as normal, just press command and >>>>> the number 2 and you will hear, as list view, checked. >>>>> >>>>> Now, explore the contents of the image file. It now looks like any other >>>>> folder on the mac. Find the item named growl dot pkg. A pkg file is an >>>>> installer bundle. If you click a pkg file, the installer inside it will >>>>> run. You can do that now. >>>>> >>>>> Next, follow the instructions in the installer screens. Don't be >>>>> distracted by all the unnecessary repetitive information on these >>>>> screens. I find these installers terrible, but they are doable. Follow >>>>> their instructions until you get a finish or a close button, and the >>>>> installer ends. >>>>> >>>>> Now, you are back n the mounted disk image and growl installation is >>>>> done. Now you need to perform a few final steps. >>>>> >>>>> As said, you are now back inside the mounted image volume where you found >>>>> the growl dot pkg installer. You came here by pressing command plus down >>>>> from the desktop, and you close it again by pressing command w. You will >>>>> land back in your desktop. >>>>> >>>>> Now, unmount the volume where you installed growl from. Find the growl >>>>> icon on the desktop and press command e for eject. If you type command e >>>>> on a cd icon on your desktop, the cd disk would pop out of your drive. In >>>>> the case of unmounting a dmg volume, nothing pops out but the growl >>>>> desktop icon, containing the installer for it, will disappear to clean >>>>> your desktop. >>>>> >>>>> Now, you have growl installed. But, there will be no menu item to go to, >>>>> not in the finder menu bar, not in the apple menu, not even in the vo m >>>>> m, status menus. The place to turn on growl, and to tweak its options, is >>>>> system preferences. The place where you go for your system stuff, vo m, >>>>> and then down to system preferences. One of the last items within system >>>>> preferences will be the item for growl. Open it and configure growl. >>>>> Close the growl panel with command w as normal. If you want, you can now >>>>> get rid of the growl dmg disk image file, because growl is installed and >>>>> running. >>>>> >>>>> Now that this is clear and done, you should go to the growl website, and >>>>> read all of its documentation. It's not very much, and it will help you >>>>> understand and work with growl. >>>>> >>>>> Hth, >>>>> Paul. >>>>> On Sep 4, 2011, at 7:18 PM, Traci wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thank you, I like the sound of this growl. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ok, I am still very new to downloading and installing. I did some >>>>>> googling and learned the following: >>>>>> To Install the application, open the disk image, and double click in the >>>>>> Growl.prefPane >>>>>> >>>>>> Can someone break that down for me? I have my set up to download my >>>>>> disk images to my desktop, is this a case where I should keep it in my >>>>>> downloads folder? IE, I should not delete this disk image? >>>>>> >>>>>> Once I open the disk image, then go over to the preference pain, I'm >>>>>> done? Should I close that window and go over to system preferences to >>>>>> begin setting up Growl? >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm looking forward to figuring this out further. Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> Traci >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: Paul Erkens >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 7:01 AM >>>>>> Subject: Re: more system sound feedback? >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Tracey, >>>>>> Well, each case where you want to have sound on the mac is indeed >>>>>> possible, but you will have to know what to do. For example, Eric Caron >>>>>> already wrote about the progress bar that you can follow while a file is >>>>>> downloading. But growl is another option. To answer your questions: >>>>>> growl comes with an additional separate extension that you can install. >>>>>> So, first install growl, familiarize yourself with it, and then install >>>>>> the safari extension. This will let growl tell you when a download is >>>>>> complete. Regarding ejecting a usb disk: there is a growl extension that >>>>>> is called hardware growler. It also comes in the dmg bundle that growl >>>>>> comes in, if you download it. The hardware growler can keep an eye on >>>>>> the battery status, and also notify of hardware changes such as mounting >>>>>> and unmounting external partitions etc. Worth taking a look at. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hth, >>>>>> Paul. >>>>>> On Sep 2, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Traci wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is there a way to have more sound feedback on Mac? I'm still quite >>>>>>> new, and I'm switching from windows, it is something that has surprised >>>>>>> me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For example, when downloading a program from Safari, how do I know it's >>>>>>> progress or when it is completed? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Also when I connected or ejected an external hard drive, I don't >>>>>>> remember hearing a sound. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you, >>>>>>> Traci >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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