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Growl updated to 1.1.4, fixes "Install Failed" message in Leopard
It was only a couple weeks ago that Growl version 1.1.3 was released, but as some commenters noted on the 1.1.3 post, there was a bug that caused some the inability to install Growl under Leopard. Well, the Growl team has heard your cries and issued an update to Growl that hopes to solve the problem. Some of the bug fixes include: - "Install Failed" message on Leopard is now fixed
- Fixed the problem of Growl thinking it was 1.1.2 even after installing 1.1.3
- Fixed Growl updater to stop showing updates after you've already installed them
- Growl Safari actually works now
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
booticon said 4:30PM on 6-18-2008
"Fixed Growl updater to stop showing updates after you've already installed them."
Heh, well, THAT makes sense now.
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Randy said 4:50PM on 6-18-2008
Please forgive my "noobness" but what exactly does this growl thing do? The about page at growl.info doesn't make it any clearer.
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kurt.tappe said 4:56PM on 6-18-2008
It's a vastly-improved on-screen alert messaging system. Instead of you receiving hidden, obscure, or layered messages from your various programs, you get them where you want, on top of everything, and in a controllable form. More and more programs these days are supporting it, and some (such as Adium) come with the Growl installer built-in. Give it a try--it will become much clearer once you install it.
Blaktornado said 10:15PM on 6-18-2008
I think the majority of Mac Users would recommend it. I, for one, would :D
As kurt.tappe said, download it and try it. It's free, so there's nothing to lose :)
Jon said 5:35PM on 6-18-2008
Ironically, I am now getting the install failed message which I didn't get with the 1.1.3 release.
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Eric Lubin said 6:34PM on 6-18-2008
me too, i now get the install failed, something that definitely did not exist in 1.1.3
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Robert McGovern said 2:20AM on 6-19-2008
I am also getting the Install Fail error. Selected Close and ran the installer again and it installed fine.
I got the error in 1.1.3 as well. I ended up selecting a different install location (Me, not all users) and it installed fine. (Didn'T think to try restarting the installer that time)
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Maria Ribera Vicent said 8:26AM on 6-19-2008
I got the install failed message the first time i tried with the previous version, but when i tried again it worked.
Same thing with this version, first attempt failed, second succeeded.
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larry said 6:22AM on 6-24-2008
BS! Growl install package 1.1.4 does the very same thing that 1.1.3 did (Failed to Install).
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Johnathon Zirkle said 11:13AM on 7-02-2008
I'm getting it under 10.5.4 now.
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