Oooh, this is pretty. MacThemes forum user SkyJohn has created a theme for Growl that emulates iOS 5 style notifications. It’s not a perfect fit, but it does exhibit the same cube animation you see when you get a notification under iOS 5 on your iPhone or iPad.
Don’t have Growl? The popular notification system for the Mac is now available for $1.99 on the Mac App Store. You can also download an older free version, but be warned: because of the changes Apple will be instituting to Mac App Store apps early next year, the free version of Growl will not work with sandboxed Mac App Store apps.
For a look at how sandboxing can affect your Mac apps, check out our editorial here.
[via MacStories]
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14 responses to “Get iOS 5 Style Notifications On Your OS X Desktop Right Now With This Gorgeous Growl Theme”
what is this icon next to the wi-fi signal icon? shows the core usage?
This guy has some awesome system icons going on – can we get a break down?
This download broke my growl. Not only that but its pretty ugly and I can’t seem to get rid of it.
Thanks for featuring my growl theme :)
I dwoownloaded this and my butthol broke and i cannt poo anymmor ahhahhahhahahaahahahahahhahaahahahhah :'( i need to crap so bad ive had feces sergiclaly removed once already please hellp i cant uninstall it iether HELP I GOTTA MAKE POOPEE
By the way windows 7 is better than lion by far even ubuntu beats that sad piece of shit called os x
Here’s how to build the AppStore version of growl yourself: http://thehobbsfamily.net/arch…
Disclaimer: the website linked to above is my own; sorry for the shameless plug!
Looks like iStat Menus
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If you want the AppStore version of Growl for free, the source code is freely available. Here’s some instructions from my website including a build I did: http://thehobbsfamily.net/arch…
If you want the AppStore version of Growl for free, the source code is freely available. Here’s some instructions from my website including a build I did: http://thehobbsfamily.net/arch…