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Agen Schmitz

Agen Schmitz

Agen Schmitz has worked within the Apple eco-sphere since helping manage conference speaker content for Thunder Lizard Productions in the mid-90s. After spending time at Amazon in the early 2000s (as senior editor for the Electronics, specializing in PDAs and MP3 players—he still has his original pre-release iPod), he has continued to focus on e-commerce content and works with a variety of brands across the e-retail landscape. Agen lives in Seattle with his wife and son (who, sadly, has moved onto Windows for gaming), loves making monthly music mixes, and is always dreaming of Iceland.

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PDFpen and PDFpenPro 8.2.1

Fixes a few bugs in the PDF editing apps. ($74.95/$124.95 new, free update, 70.4/71 MB)

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ChronoSync 4.7 and ChronoAgent 1.6.1

Adds direct support for Amazon S3 and Google Cloud services to the ChronoSync synchronization and backup app. ($49.99 new for ChronoSync, $14.99 new for ChronoAgent; free updates; 40.9 MB, 12.7 MB)

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SpamSieve 2.9.26

Ensures compatibility with Apple Mail in macOS 10.12.1 Sierra and improves filtering accuracy. ($30 new, free update, 13.4 MB)

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1Password 6.3.5

Improves verification and authentication of 1Password browser extension. ($64.99 new, free update, 43.9 MB)

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BusyCal 3.1.1

Brings improvements and bug fixes to the calendar app. ($49.99 new, free update, 11.3 MB)

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Audio Hijack 3.3.2

Corrects a critical bug when running in macOS 10.12 Sierra. ($49 new, free update, 16.2 MB)

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Microsoft Office 2016 15.27 and Office 2011 14.6.9

Makes improvements to Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint in Office 2016, and resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities for both editions. ($149.99 new, free update)

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OmniFocus 2.7.2

Reverts a change that made TaskPaper text the default pasteboard format. ($39.99 new, free update, 29.6 MB)

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Typinator 6.11

Maintenance release for the text-expansion tool resolves several bugs. ($€24.99 new, free update, 8.0 MB)

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TextExpander 6.1

Adds the capability to use fill-in snippets with Apple’s Dictation and makes several improvements to the Snippet Editor. ($40 annual subscription, $20 upgrade subscription, free update from version 6, 6.5 MB)

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iFinance 4.1.3

Fixes a couple of issues related to iCloud synchronization. ($39.99 new, free update, 25 MB)

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PDFpen and PDFpenPro 8.2

Adds support for iCloud synchronization and tabbed windows in macOS 10.12 Sierra. ($74.95/$124.95 new, $30 upgrade, free update from version 8.0, 70.4/71 MB)

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DEVONthink 2.9.5

Works around a variety of issues introduced with the overhauled PDF library in macOS 10.12 Sierra. (All updates are free. DEVONthink Pro Office, $149.95 new; DEVONthink Professional, $79.95 new; DEVONthink Personal, $49.95 new)

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Default Folder X 5.0.7

Fixes a crash that occurred at startup with macOS 10.12 Sierra ($34.95 new, free update, 8.1 MB)

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Airfoil 5.1.2

Fixes a couple of critical bugs, one when running tvOS 10 and the other in macOS 10.12 Sierra. ($29 new, free update, 14.1 MB)