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So Mountain Lion isn't perfect. It's got its flaws. But overall, it's a solid platform, and a lot of the smaller issues that pop up can be fixed with third party apps. Here's how to make everything just to your liking, using non-Apple software. Notifications are terrific in Mountain Lion. But a lot of us have had that same functionality for a while now, with Growl . The problem? They don't play nice together; Notification and Growl banner alerts both show up in the same place by default. So, you've got a few options: Abandon Growl; move Growl's notifications to a different corner of your screen; don't use notifications and only use apps that have Growl support (Sparrow ($10), Adium, etc.); or use Hiss . You'll like that last option. Hiss takes all of your Growl notifications, and converts them into Notifications. The big benefit is that all of your notifications will funnel through the same pipes. The bad news is that Notifications is way less custo...

The silhouette of Tiger Woods on the 11th fairway at Royal Lytham & St Annes golf club during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship, Lytham St Annes, England, Friday, July 20, 2012. By Golfweek A look at the tee times for the third round at the 141st Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes on Saturday, July 21, 2012: 3:10 a.m.: Joost Luiten 3:20 a.m.: Tom Watson, Lee Westwood 3:30 a.m.: Chad Campbell, John Daly 3:40 a.m.: Adilson Da Silva, Rickie Fowler 3:50 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Sang-moon Bae 4 a.m.: Ross Fisher, K.J. Choi 4:10 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Charles Howell III 4:20 a.m.: Pablo Larrazabal, Juvic Pagunsan 4:30 a.m.: Brendan Jones, Troy Matteson 4:45 a.m.: Aaron Baddeley, Vijay Singh 4:55 a.m.: Rafael Echenique, Matthew Baldwin 5:05 a.m.: Justin Hicks, Alexander Noren 5:15 a.m.: Fredrik Jacobson, Jim Furyk 5:25 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Rory McIlroy 5:35 a.m.: Nicolas Colsaerts, Gonzalo Fernadez-Castano 5:45 a.m.: Harris English, Branden Grace 5:55...