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Google Notifier (formerly Gmail Notifier) is an application that shows you alerts in your menu bar, so you can see when you have new Gmail messages or upcoming Google Calendar events without having to open a web browser.

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Version 1.10.7.1294: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Sir Gadabout reviewed on 27 Apr 2011

Use this with generally no day-to-day problems. However, two problems I've noticed: occasionally icon remains red (indicating mail waiting) after login even though no mail is waiting; and it writes a huge amount to the Console, including the full headers etc. of every email that it notifies you of. This last really needs to be fixed.

[Version 1.10.4.676]

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Sir Gadabout replied on 27 Apr 2011

EDIT to above post: using version 1.10.7.1294

Astroyuan reviewed on 03 Dec 2010

http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/notifier_mac.html
Version 1.10.7.1294
Last updated November 19, 2010

[Version 1.10.4.676]

Michaelpalacio commented on 19 Apr 2010

My two cents; Google Notifier 1.10.4.676 as posted in Macupdate it is not the latest version: 1.10.6.879 is.
It can be DL from http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/notifier_mac.html
Please note the release date of 1.10.6.879 though: August 18, 2006.
It works fine on a MacBook Pro with Mac OS X 10.6.3 as of April 19, 2010. Kind regards, MP

[Version 1.10.4.676]

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Jon555 commented on 14 Feb 2010

Is development for this app just completely dead or what?

[Version 1.10.4.676]

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Doug S. commented on 02 Aug 2009

While I prefer this to other solutions I've seen in some ways I still use alternatives if only because (1) they support multiple accountsâ€”I have fourâ€”and (2) this has no support for Growl, something I find extremely surprising.

[Version 1.10.4.676]

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Wcitymike commented on 18 Sep 2009

This plugin for Google Notifier addresses your concerns about it not using Growl:

http://wafflesoftware.net/googlegrowl/

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2Shae commented on 18 Jul 2009

I like this app, but recently my Google Notifier quits by it self. It just disappears from the menubar.

Also, it's to bad that it doesn't check every minute anymore. Sometime it takes 10 minutes before it checks...kinda ridiculous.

[Version 1.10.4.676]

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WCityMike commented on 18 Sep 2009

Hold down Command and Option, and pick Preferences from the menu. You'll be presented with a Preference dialog with two fields. In the first, type "AutocheckInterval" (with that specific capitalization). In the second, type "1". It now will check every minute.

Sharpieee reviewed on 16 Dec 2008

as has been mentioned by others, this really needs a few more options in its preferences window. i'm kind of confused why google didn't provide more choices. i personally don't need my notifier to check every minute, or every 5 minutes for that matter, and yet there's no apparent way to choose the time between checks. i also had frequent problems with the notifier glitching out, weird problems with the email checks failing and never starting back up, etc. its a great utility to have, i just hope google puts a little more polish onto this.

[Version 1.10.4.676]

Roro01 commented on 12 Nov 2008

BEWARE!!!

This version checks for mail every 5 minutes as opposed to every minute in the previous version. It would have been better if the developer had given us the option in Preferences to choose the interval like in Apple Mail.

[Version 1.10.4.676]

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Roro01 replied on 12 Nov 2008

... apart from the above, I cannot see any difference between the two versions.

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samadore commented on 13 Nov 2008

See Jonnygozy's post in this thread to change notifier AutoCheck Frequency. Worked for me.
http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-Help-Message-Delivery-en/browse_thread/thread/54d0fb72c58ca79c/46d1a3de371d247e?hl=en&q=Notifier&lnk=ol&

Roro01 replied on 13 Nov 2008

Thank you, Samadore, I have read it. Basically, what he says is: click the application icon in the menu bar to open the pull down menu, Command-Option click on "Preferences" and a window entitled "Defaults Editor" will open. Type "AutocheckInterval" in the Key field (case sensitive) and the number of minutes of how often you want it checked in the Value field. Click set and relaunch the application. I'm not going to try this, however, because I haven't found any other difference between this new version and the previous one and so I'm going to stick with the older one. For those of you who discarded the previous version, though, this is the remedy.

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samadore replied on 13 Nov 2008

I agree. I don't see any other differences between the two.

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Cuneyt commented on 07 Mar 2009

Thanks to JonnyGozy:
I think I've figure out a solution for this problem. If you click on
the mail icon, then hold down command and option keys while clicking
on preferences in the drop down box, you will be prompted with a box
that has a key and value prompt. Type "AutocheckInterval" under key
(this seems to be case-sensitive) and then under value type in the
number in minutes of how often you want it checked. You will need to
quit out of the notifier (again found in the drop down box under the
mail icon) and then run the app again for your change to take effect.
I typed in 1 and it is checking every minute or so now for me. I hope
this works for everyone else too.

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MacUpdate Admin commented on 06 Aug 2008

The download link here at MacUpdate points directly to the Google server, you are downloading Google Notifier from Google and there is no Google Updater app installed, only Google Notifier.

[Version 1.10.2.580]

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samadore replied on 13 Nov 2008

While true that Google Updater isn't installed, GoogleSoftwareUpdate IS installed and is a pain to disable (though possible).

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freebsd reviewed on 24 Jun 2008

Google Notifier downloaded directly from Google will avoid the Google Updater junk that you can read about in several other reviews.

That aside, once you actually get the Google Notifier.app installed, you may encounter the same problems that I have seen with respect to latency, redundancy, and time outs.

I assume that Notifier checks for new mail each minute, which is a fixed time that has no easy preference change that I can see. However, this operation times out frequently (several times per workday), irrespective of the state of my internet connection, which is fine and always on (and working during these time outs).

Additionally, Google Notifier will from time to time ask for my login credentials again, to erratic behavior. When it asks for this info, pressing cancel seems to have the same effect as pressing OK. Yet the annoying pop up dialog box invariably disrupts my work once or twice a day.

Finally, I have noticed that, though it looks to have been checking successfully for new mail within each minute and finding nothing new, checking Gmail manually in a browser has sometimes yielded new mail that is greater than 1 minute old. It looks like Google Notifier just missed this mail. It's unclear whether or not Notifier would have eventually found it, as manual checking from Notifier did not find the new mail. Strange.

I do find this app better than the other ones I've used, for simplicity and size. However it's imperfect and could use a more rigorous testing and release schedule to be truly useful.

[Version 1.10.0.522]

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MacUpdate Admin replied on 24 Jun 2008

"Google Notifier downloaded directly from Google"... The download link here at MacUpdate is the same as the download link at Google. No difference. If you download it here at MacUpdate, you are downloading it directly from Google.

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freebsd replied on 02 Jul 2008

Actually, for awhile there were two links - one that went directly to the Google Notifier only package and one that went to the Google Updater.

Now, it seems that the MacUpdate one is not going to the Google Updater. I don't recall if this was always the case. Regardless, the Updater is with what most/all of us take issue.

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MacUpdate Admin replied on 02 Jul 2008

Actually, for Google Notifier here at MU there has always been one download link and it is and has been the same as the one at the Google page for Google Notifier.

I would be in a position to know as I am the admin responsible for these matters.

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JoshP replied on 02 Jul 2008

If you install the Notifier program, GoogleSoftwareUpdate will be a running process on your machine. If you Quit the process from the Activity Monitor and then trash it from your user/Library/Google folder then it will be truly gone. Notifier continues to work fine.

General had trouble on 21 Sep 2006

Previous version kept asking me for password. This version fixed that issue, but still - if I want to create calendar entry from menu icon - web page displayed does not comply to my regional settings. I live in Europe and I wouldn't use calendar in which starts on Sunday.

If I create the event via Google Calenar - all is well, but if I invoke it from menu icon - it defaults to American settings. I'll stick with Gmail Notifier, still works for me :)

[Version 1.9.90]

nemesys had trouble on 25 Aug 2006

1.9.65 seems to be having the same problem than 1.9.63. Basically, if you try to access your Inbox or compose or try to read a message from the Gmail menu bar item, nothing happens if Google calendar notifications are off. I don't use the application in the Dock so I don't know if it works from the Dock or not.
However, somebody emailed me a fix yesterday. Go in the Preferences and turn on the Google calendar notifications. A page will open in your default browser and you might be prompted if you want to activate your Google calendar. Just cancel. Go back to the Google calendar notifications preference and turn it off. Now, whenever you choose something from the Gmail notifier menu, it will open up correctly in your default browser.

[Version 1.9.65]

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SanHolo replied on 04 Sep 2006

Thanks for the fix, now it finally works again.

andre.ambrosio had trouble on 23 Aug 2006

Same as so many others, this program is absolutely not useful for me. Although it looks better then the old Gmail Notifier, it simply does not work. The calendar part of it keeps asking me for login, the compose and all other buttons that link to gmail also don't work. I hope google fix it soon, because I have deleted my old program file.

[Version 1.9.61]

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ThreeDee912 had trouble on 22 Aug 2006

Help! I still am using 10.3.9, and deleted the old Gmail Notifier because I didn't know the new version was for 10.4 only! Does anyone know where to get the old version?

[Version 1.9.61]

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twistermc replied on 15 Jan 2007

I found the 10.3.9 version at http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Internet-Utilities/Gmail-Notifier.shtml

No calendar support though.

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macpi had trouble on 21 Aug 2006

The previous version (1.8.2) had absolutely no problems, but this new one keeps asking my login data. It happened on both my Macs (office and home) and I had unfortunately to switch it off for the moment, waiting for a quick solution...

[Version 1.9.61]

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zetsurin had trouble on 20 Aug 2006

The calendar keeps asking me for my login account even though I can log in using the same details directly at calendar.google.com.

[Version 1.9.61]

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amcan12 commented on 20 Aug 2006

Turn off calebdar notification and it will stop asking

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zetsurin replied on 20 Aug 2006

Yeah, I switched it off for now, but I kinda want the calendar notifications as well :)

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umijin had trouble on 20 Aug 2006

This release appears to be buggy on my G5 iMac. It infinitely keeps requesting my gmail login info over, and over, and over...

Gmail Notifier still works fine, however.

Please address this issue, as I'm likely not the only one experiencing it.

[Version 1.9.61]

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robackja had trouble on 11 May 2006

On the PowerMacG5, Gmail Notifier will not ify me of new messages. I been using 1.8.2 for quite some time. On my MacBook Pro, it works fine... :(

[Version 1.8.2]

Tarik74 had trouble on 28 Mar 2006

I've been using this for months now but today it quit receiving notifications ? what could be the problem?

[Version 1.8.2]

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69number69 commented on 28 Mar 2006

Same here with the new version

Lewisham commented on 30 Mar 2006

This is happening for me too. The notifier is aware of new email, and its logged to the console. However, it doesn't update the icon, nor does it trigger any notification plugins.

humajime commented on 20 May 2006

I stopped getting notifications when someone else logged into gmail using Safari. The program seems to be linked with safari. I didn't even know they were logged in. I opened safari, went to gmail. Logged out of gmail then told the notifier to check my mail and it just worked.

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