diff --git a/macosx/PrefsController.m b/macosx/PrefsController.m
index 58800e4dc..15f12e9fc 100644
--- a/macosx/PrefsController.m
+++ b/macosx/PrefsController.m
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 
 - (void) setPrefView: (id) sender;
 
+- (void) updateGrowlButton;
+
 - (void) setKeychainPassword: (const char *) password forService: (const char *) service username: (const char *) username;
 
 @end
@@ -175,19 +177,8 @@
     
     [self setPrefView: nil];
     
-    if ([GrowlApplicationBridge isGrowlRunning])
-    {
-        [fBuiltInGrowlButton setHidden: YES];
-        [fGrowlAppButton setHidden: NO];
-#warning remove NO
-        [fGrowlAppButton setEnabled:NO && [GrowlApplicationBridge isGrowlURLSchemeAvailable]];
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        [fBuiltInGrowlButton setHidden: NO];
-        [fGrowlAppButton setHidden: YES];
-        [fBuiltInGrowlButton setState: [fDefaults boolForKey: @"DisplayNotifications"]];
-    }
+    //make sure proper notification settings are shown
+    [self updateGrowlButton];
     
     //set download folder
     [fFolderPopUp selectItemAtIndex: [fDefaults boolForKey: @"DownloadLocationConstant"] ? DOWNLOAD_FOLDER : DOWNLOAD_TORRENT];
@@ -338,6 +329,12 @@
     return [self toolbarAllowedItemIdentifiers: toolbar];
 }
 
+- (void) windowDidBecomeMain: (NSNotification *) notification
+{
+    //this is a good place to see if Growl was quit/launched
+    [self updateGrowlButton];
+}
+
 + (void) restoreWindowWithIdentifier: (NSString *) identifier state: (NSCoder *) state completionHandler: (void (^)(NSWindow *, NSError *)) completionHandler
 {
     NSWindow * window = [[(Controller *)[NSApp delegate] prefsController] window];
@@ -1453,6 +1450,23 @@
     }
 }
 
+- (void) updateGrowlButton
+{
+    if ([GrowlApplicationBridge isGrowlRunning])
+    {
+        [fBuiltInGrowlButton setHidden: YES];
+        [fGrowlAppButton setHidden: NO];
+#warning remove NO
+        [fGrowlAppButton setEnabled:NO && [GrowlApplicationBridge isGrowlURLSchemeAvailable]];
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        [fBuiltInGrowlButton setHidden: NO];
+        [fGrowlAppButton setHidden: YES];
+        [fBuiltInGrowlButton setState: [fDefaults boolForKey: @"DisplayNotifications"]];
+    }
+}
+
 - (void) setKeychainPassword: (const char *) password forService: (const char *) service username: (const char *) username
 {
     SecKeychainItemRef item = NULL;
diff --git a/macosx/en.lproj/PrefsWindow.xib b/macosx/en.lproj/PrefsWindow.xib
index 7837ec596..7696de8b8 100644
--- a/macosx/en.lproj/PrefsWindow.xib
+++ b/macosx/en.lproj/PrefsWindow.xib
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 					<reference key="NSWindow"/>
 					<reference key="NSNextKeyView"/>
 				</object>
-				<string key="NSScreenRect">{{0, 0}, {2560, 1418}}</string>
+				<string key="NSScreenRect">{{0, 0}, {2560, 1440}}</string>
 				<string key="NSMaxSize">{10000000000000, 10000000000000}</string>
 				<bool key="NSWindowIsRestorable">YES</bool>
 			</object>
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@
 											<string key="NSFrame">{{363, 259}, {55, 17}}</string>
 											<reference key="NSSuperview" ref="159788047"/>
 											<reference key="NSWindow"/>
-											<reference key="NSNextKeyView" ref="466216419"/>
+											<reference key="NSNextKeyView" ref="754675227"/>
 											<bool key="NSEnabled">YES</bool>
 											<object class="NSTextFieldCell" key="NSCell" id="517021610">
 												<int key="NSCellFlags">67239424</int>
@@ -1959,20 +1959,20 @@
 												<int key="NSPeriodicInterval">25</int>
 											</object>
 										</object>
-										<object class="NSButton" id="466216419">
+										<object class="NSButton" id="754675227">
 											<reference key="NSNextResponder" ref="159788047"/>
 											<int key="NSvFlags">264</int>
 											<string key="NSFrame">{{91, 235}, {367, 18}}</string>
 											<reference key="NSSuperview" ref="159788047"/>
 											<reference key="NSWindow"/>
-											<reference key="NSNextKeyView" ref="1040184697"/>
+											<reference key="NSNextKeyView" ref="653956150"/>
 											<bool key="NSEnabled">YES</bool>
-											<object class="NSButtonCell" key="NSCell" id="140497183">
+											<object class="NSButtonCell" key="NSCell" id="608056912">
 												<int key="NSCellFlags">67239424</int>
 												<int key="NSCellFlags2">0</int>
 												<string key="NSContents">Remove from the transfer list when seeding completes</string>
 												<reference key="NSSupport" ref="86725571"/>
-												<reference key="NSControlView" ref="466216419"/>
+												<reference key="NSControlView" ref="754675227"/>
 												<int key="NSButtonFlags">1211912703</int>
 												<int key="NSButtonFlags2">2</int>
 												<reference key="NSNormalImage" ref="1001726176"/>
@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@
 												<int key="NSPeriodicInterval">25</int>
 											</object>
 										</object>
-										<object class="NSTextField" id="1040184697">
+										<object class="NSTextField" id="653956150">
 											<reference key="NSNextResponder" ref="159788047"/>
 											<int key="NSvFlags">264</int>
 											<string key="NSFrame">{{109, 217}, {180, 14}}</string>
@@ -1991,12 +1991,12 @@
 											<reference key="NSWindow"/>
 											<reference key="NSNextKeyView" ref="977701368"/>
 											<bool key="NSEnabled">YES</bool>
-											<object class="NSTextFieldCell" key="NSCell" id="1020816654">
+											<object class="NSTextFieldCell" key="NSCell" id="591915608">
 												<int key="NSCellFlags">67239424</int>
 												<int key="NSCellFlags2">272760832</int>
 												<string key="NSContents">Applies to newly added transfers</string>
 												<reference key="NSSupport" ref="26"/>
-												<reference key="NSControlView" ref="1040184697"/>
+												<reference key="NSControlView" ref="653956150"/>
 												<reference key="NSBackgroundColor" ref="977951849"/>
 												<reference key="NSTextColor" ref="540507142"/>
 											</object>
@@ -5455,10 +5455,18 @@ AAABAAAAAQ</bytes>
 					<object class="IBActionConnection" key="connection">
 						<string key="label">setLPD:</string>
 						<reference key="source" ref="511492310"/>
-						<reference key="destination" ref="466216419"/>
+						<reference key="destination" ref="754675227"/>
 					</object>
 					<int key="connectionID">2120</int>
 				</object>
+				<object class="IBConnectionRecord">
+					<object class="IBOutletConnection" key="connection">
+						<string key="label">delegate</string>
+						<reference key="source" ref="359484234"/>
+						<reference key="destination" ref="511492310"/>
+					</object>
+					<int key="connectionID">2126</int>
+				</object>
 				<object class="IBConnectionRecord">
 					<object class="IBBindingConnection" key="connection">
 						<string key="label">value: values.CheckQuit</string>
@@ -7674,10 +7682,10 @@ AAABAAAAAQ</bytes>
 				<object class="IBConnectionRecord">
 					<object class="IBBindingConnection" key="connection">
 						<string key="label">value: values.RemoveWhenFinishSeeding</string>
-						<reference key="source" ref="466216419"/>
+						<reference key="source" ref="754675227"/>
 						<reference key="destination" ref="356871564"/>
 						<object class="NSNibBindingConnector" key="connector">
-							<reference key="NSSource" ref="466216419"/>
+							<reference key="NSSource" ref="754675227"/>
 							<reference key="NSDestination" ref="356871564"/>
 							<string key="NSLabel">value: values.RemoveWhenFinishSeeding</string>
 							<string key="NSBinding">value</string>
@@ -8003,8 +8011,8 @@ AAABAAAAAQ</bytes>
 							<reference ref="338014056"/>
 							<reference ref="658629919"/>
 							<reference ref="58756917"/>
-							<reference ref="466216419"/>
-							<reference ref="1040184697"/>
+							<reference ref="754675227"/>
+							<reference ref="653956150"/>
 						</array>
 						<reference key="parent" ref="298493360"/>
 					</object>
@@ -10315,29 +10323,29 @@ AAABAAAAAQ</bytes>
 					</object>
 					<object class="IBObjectRecord">
 						<int key="objectID">2118</int>
-						<reference key="object" ref="466216419"/>
+						<reference key="object" ref="754675227"/>
 						<array class="NSMutableArray" key="children">
-							<reference ref="140497183"/>
+							<reference ref="608056912"/>
 						</array>
 						<reference key="parent" ref="159788047"/>
 					</object>
 					<object class="IBObjectRecord">
 						<int key="objectID">2119</int>
-						<reference key="object" ref="140497183"/>
-						<reference key="parent" ref="466216419"/>
+						<reference key="object" ref="608056912"/>
+						<reference key="parent" ref="754675227"/>
 					</object>
 					<object class="IBObjectRecord">
 						<int key="objectID">2122</int>
-						<reference key="object" ref="1040184697"/>
+						<reference key="object" ref="653956150"/>
 						<array class="NSMutableArray" key="children">
-							<reference ref="1020816654"/>
+							<reference ref="591915608"/>
 						</array>
 						<reference key="parent" ref="159788047"/>
 					</object>
 					<object class="IBObjectRecord">
 						<int key="objectID">2123</int>
-						<reference key="object" ref="1020816654"/>
-						<reference key="parent" ref="1040184697"/>
+						<reference key="object" ref="591915608"/>
+						<reference key="parent" ref="653956150"/>
 					</object>
 				</array>
 			</object>
@@ -10759,7 +10767,7 @@ AAABAAAAAQ</bytes>
 			<nil key="activeLocalization"/>
 			<dictionary class="NSMutableDictionary" key="localizations"/>
 			<nil key="sourceID"/>
-			<int key="maxID">2125</int>
+			<int key="maxID">2126</int>
 		</object>
 		<object class="IBClassDescriber" key="IBDocument.Classes">
 			<array class="NSMutableArray" key="referencedPartialClassDescriptions">