(N.B: Step 3 will also download the necessary files if they are not already installed.) AppleScript This way is a little easier, because you don't have to get into the Terminal. There are two ways to accomplish this: with AppleScript or with sudo. Now, that last step is a little tricky because one of those commands has to be run with elevated "permissions" which can be done, but requires some extra work.
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How to do this in Keyboard MaestroĬreate a new macro which will run the following commands every time GrowlVoice launches: OK, now that we know the steps, we can automate them. Wait for an alert panel that looks like this: Here are the (non-automated) steps involvedīefore we can automate it, we have to know what steps to take to make it work manually.ĭownload the files described in the 'gist' you have to do something every time something else happens? Can I automate that?" You can probably already guess what I thought when I heard that: Unfortunately, even after you download the necessary files, this fix requires that you run a Terminal command every time GrowlVoice launches. Ī big-time hat-tip and thank you to Terry McCall for telling me about Elliot's instructions! However, just as clever developers found a way to make Google Voice work without an official API, someone else has figured out how to make Google Voice's current setup work with GrowlVoice, to extend its life, at least until Google changes something else.Įlliot Kroo came up with an ingenious solution to patch the information that comes from Google Voice so that GrowlVoice can understand it. You can disable notifications at any time in your settings menu.
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Could GrowlVoice be patched to fix this? Probably, but how long will it be until Google changes something else? And how long will it take Apple to approve the update for the Mac App Store? With no official API for Google Voice, and Google Voice's entire future uncertain, I don't think I'd want to try keeping the app working either if I was the developer. Google has announced plans to integrate Google Voice into Google Hangouts, and the recent change which broke GrowlVoice was part of that. See for instructions on patching this which does not require Keyboard Maestro.īackground: As I understand it, there has never been an official API for Google Voice, so developers have had to figure things out on their own and build a workable solution without the tools they really need. Update (): There is now a much easier way to do this now. Google recently made some changes to the way Google Voice responds to some requests, and GrowlVoice stopped working.
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