Parallels Desktop.app and Growl

[TamasC]

Hello there,

from time to time, on reboots of my Mac my trash got some growlRegDict files recovered. After sniffing on Growl mailing list, I was told that by opening that same dict file, you can inspect from "where" (which app) comes that file.

It turned out that it's Parallels Desktop.app version 6.0.11990.621014. Snipped from Growl RegDict file:

cstamas@marvin Recovered files$ strings 959C182E-E51D-419F-BACC-0EA407257FBB.growlRegDict
bplist00
]ApplicationId_
AllNotifications_
ApplicationName_
ApplicationIcon[AppLocation_
DefaultNotifications_
Parallels Desktop
Parallels DesktopO
....junk
_CFURLStringType_
_CFURLAliasData\_CFURLString
Marvin HD
Parallels Desktop.app

Applications
,Marvin HD:Applicationsarallels Desktop.app
"Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
#/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app


So, this verified that Parallels Desktop.app does use Growl (personally, I was unaware of it, I never saw a notification), but it also might mean that the old (and buggy) 32bit Carbon binding is used.

Can someone verify this?

 

[TamasC]

Information from Growl mailing list:

Growl Cocoa API is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. The .growlRegDict -- that I found in my Trash (Tamas) -- file does suggest that Parallels uses deprecated Carbon API.

Hope helps,
~t~