How to set up and use Growl如何設置和使用growl

This tutorial will guide you in downloading, installing and setting up本教程將引導您在下載，安裝，並設立 Growl growl , a notification system for Mac OS X. Notifications are a way for your applications to provide you with new information (new email arrived, one of your IM buddies came online, a file finished transferring etc) without you having to switch from the application you’re already in… ，通知制度，為Mac OS X的通知方式為你的應用程序來為您提供新的信息（新的電子郵件到達時，一個的IM朋友來到網上，檔案完成移交等） ，您不需要開關從您的應用'重新已經在…

1. To get started, visit若要開始，請訪問 http://growl.info/downloads.php to download Growl.下載growl 。 Save the .dmg file to your desktop and when the download is finished, open it.保存。 DMG的文件到您的桌面，當下載完成後，打開它。 Inside the .dmg file, locate the file named Growl.prefPane and double-click it.內。 DMG的文件中，找到文件，名為growl.prefpane並雙擊它。



2. After Growl has installed, minimize (but don’t close) the .dmg window.後growl已安裝，盡量減少（但不要關閉） 。 DMG的窗口。 There are some great ‘extras’ included with Growl that we’ll review in a few minutes.有一些偉大的'演員' ，包括與growl ，我們將檢討在幾分鐘的時間。

   If the Growl preferences pane did not open automatically after the installation, launch it by opening your System Preferences and then select Growl from the Other row.如果growl預置面板沒有打開後，就會自動安裝，發射它的開放您的系統偏好設定 ，然後選擇growl從其他行。



3. One of the first things you’ll want to do is place a check in the box labelled Start at Login .其中的第一件事您想要做的是設立一個檢查在方塊中的標籤開始登錄 。



4. Skip the Applications tab (for now) and select Display Options .跳過應用程序選項卡（現在） ，並選擇顯示選項 。 Here you’ll decide which of the notification ’styles’ you want to use.在這裡，您可以決定哪些該通知'風格'您要使用的。 Try each one out by selecting it and then clicking the Preview button.嘗試每一個選擇它，然後點擊預覽按鈕。



5. Each of the notification styles has its own options - typically you can (at the least) adjust the opacity and duration of the notification.每個通知作風，有自己的選擇-通常你可以（在至少）調整不透明度和持續時間的通知。







6. Once you’ve found a notification style that you’d like to set as the default, select the General tab again and choose that style from the Display Style: drop-down list.一旦您找到了作風通知您想要設置為默認，選擇常規選項卡上，再選擇作風，從顯示風格：下拉式清單中。



7. Now lets add and customize your applications with Growl.現在可以添加和自定義您的應用與growl 。 Some of the more common programs that people typically use with Growl are: Colloquy, Adium, Cyberduck, Transmit, iTunes and Mail (more on the last two later).一些較常見的程序，人們通常使用的與growl是：座談會， Adium的， cyberduck ，傳輸， iTunes和電子郵件（更在最後兩年後） 。 If you have an application installed that’s如果你有一個應用程序安裝的 compatible with Growl兼容growl , launch it (or close and re-launch it) now. ，發射它（或關閉並重新啟動它）現在。 Select the Applications tab and you should see that program listed.選擇應用程序選項卡，你應該看到，計劃上市。



8. Select the newly added program in the top window, and you can customize its settings in the bottom window.選擇新增計劃在頂部的窗口，您可以自訂其設置在底部的窗口。 Each program will have different notification options, and you can enable and disable each one to your liking.每個項目將有不同的通知選項，您可以啟用和禁用每一個您想要的。 You can even choose to over-write the default notification style and choose a different one on a per-program basis.您甚至可以選擇超過寫入預設的通知方式和選擇不同的一對每個計劃的基礎上。



9. Now lets go back to those ‘extras’.現在可以回去向那些'演員' 。 Bring up the Growl .dmg window that you minimized in step 2.帶來了growl 。 DMG的窗口，你盡量減少在第2步。 Open the Extras folder, and then the GrowlMail folder.打開額外的文件夾，然後該growlmail文件夾中。 Make sure that Mail is closed, and then double-click the GrowlMail.pkg file.確保郵件是關閉，然後雙擊growlmail.pkg檔案。 Follow the setup instructions (mostly clicking Continue a bunch of times).按照安裝程序的指示（大多是點擊繼續一群倍） 。



10. In the Applications tab of the Growl Preferences, select GrowlMail .在應用程序選項卡的growl偏好，選擇growlmail 。 If you want the notification to remain on your screen until you click it each time you receive a new email, place a check in the box labelled Sticky .如果你想通知留在您的螢幕上，直到您點擊它每一次您將收到一份新的電子郵件，地點檢查，在該框中標籤粘 。



11. Now each time you get a new email, Growl will notify you!現在每一次你得到一個新的電子郵件， growl會通知您！



12. One of the other great extras is GrowlTunes .另一位偉大的演員是growltunes 。 To install it, open the GrowlTunes folder (which is in the Extras folder) and drag GrowlTunes to your Applications folder.把它安裝，打開growltunes文件夾（這是在額外的文件夾中）並拖動growltunes到您的應用程序文件夾。 Run GrowlTunes by double-clicking it.運行growltunes雙擊它。 A small ‘headphones’ icon will appear in your menu bar.一個小'耳機'圖標會出現在您的菜單欄。 While the actual GrowlTunes application has to be running in order for notifications to work with iTunes, GrowlTunes itself does provide some neat extra features.而實際growltunes的應用要運行的命令，通知，工作有了iTunes ， growltunes本身並提供一些好用的額外功能。 You can explore them by selecting the headphones icon.你可以探索他們的選擇耳機圖標。



13. While GrowlTunes is running, you’ll get a Growl notification each time a song is played in iTunes.而growltunes正在運行，您將獲得一個growl通知，每次一首歌是發揮在iTunes 。



14. If you don’t love the way that iCal notifies you of upcoming events, you can get Growl to work with iCal by following the instructions如果你不愛的方式的iCal通知您即將舉行的活動，您可以growl工作的iCal按照下列指示 here這裡 . 。 Or head over to the首長或向 Growl Forums growl論壇 and see how other folks are using Growl.看看其他人如何使用growl 。