Figure 1 shows the preferences for the Windows and Mac versions, they are virtually identical.įigure 1a: Android Notifier (Listening Server) Preferences Pane, Windows versionįigure 1b: Android Notifier (Listening Server) Preferences Pane, Mac OS X version - virtually identical to Fig 1a.īoth of these are enabled to receive notifications over WiFi (actually just any machines on the LAN - my PC is a wired connection for instance), and then display a notification using Growl (Growl Notification Transport Protocol).įigure 2: Growl Fork General Preferences in Mac OS Xįigure 3: Growl Fork Applications Preferences in Mac OS Xįigure 4: Growl Fork Display Options Preferences in Mac OS X - choose Screen 1 rather than 0 if using an additional monitor, if the monitor is not connected, then it will switch temporarily to screen 0 until it is reconnected, a nice feature. To accompany the Remote Notifier app on the phone, is the Android Notifier listening server, that has both OS X and Windows compatible versions. A choice of sending via the protocols UDP, TCP or both is given - TCP is usually sufficient but this will make more sense once we've looked at the listening server configurations on the MacBook and PC respectively. Specific IP addresses to push the notification to can be added (recommended for security), or a subnet broadcast can also be done. This sends out notifications using the IP protocol (simply as any other HTTP push event would do). In addition, a free app called Remote Notifier is a quick way of pushing or broadcasting notification messages from your phone to machines on the Local Area Network (LAN) - i.e. I used both of these Growl Fork on the MacBook w/ Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) and GFW on the PC w/ Windows 7. Alongside this, GrowlForWindows (GFW) remains a free implementation of the Growl style notifications for Windows operating systems. In answer to this, Growl Fork was set up an open source project to emulate Growl for OS X, keeping it free. Sidenote about Growl: After being the ubiquitous notification agent for Mac OS X, it was rudely obsoleted by Apple's own Notification Centre, forcing Growl to start charging for their (increasingly less and less relevant) software. I recently setup a system to popup Growl notifications in the top-right corner of my two computer systems (MacBook w/ 40" TV as secondary monitor, and PC w/ 27.5" monitor). When a Pokémon is holding Normalium Z and uses its Z-Power, Growl turns into Z-Growl and raises Defense one stage, in addition to its usual effect as above. Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages each. Keep missing calls or texts because you're engrossed in a film, listening to music, making music or any other activity involving your computer and/or associated screens and monitors? Growl lowers the targets Attack by one stage.
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