Growl and GrowlMail Problems…

Having problems with GrowlMail not working in the latest version of Growl? You’re not alone. There seems to be a bug that has yet to be documented in the release notes. If after installing the GrowlMail plugin you still don’t have the GrowlMail prefpane in Mail.app, run these commands in the terminal:

defaults write com.apple.mail EnableBundles 1
defaults write com.apple.mail BundleCompatibilityVersion 2

Restart mail, and voila – GrowlMail should now work.

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A user of Macs since they had silly names like Performa and Centris, Theodore Lee is a techie who prides himself on his vast knowledge of all things Apple. OS X Factor was started in 2001 (originally as macosxcentric), and continues to churn out tips, tutorials, reviews and commentary on the tech sector.