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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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1Password 6.3.1

Adds support for the Vivaldi, Brave, and Opera Developer Web browsers, plus enables anchoring of the Large Type window. ($49.99 new, free update, 47.5 MB)

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AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.6.7 and 7.7.7

Bug fix updates for AirPort models with 802.11n Wi-Fi and new tower-like models with 802.11ac Wi-Fi. (Free)

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Airfoil 5.1

Improves the layout and labels of the Effects window. ($29 new, free update, 13.8 MB)

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Skype 7.28

Enables you to start a call or a text chat from the dock icon. (Free, 43.7 MB)

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OmniOutliner 4.5.3

Fixes a couple of crashes. ($49.99 new, free update, 24.2 MB)

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Parallels Desktop 11.2

Adds a new Developer Settings pane for managing automatic updates in virtual machines ($79.99 new for standard edition, $99.99 annual subscription for Pro/Business Edition, free update, 294 MB)

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PDFpen and PDFpenPro 8.0.1

First maintenance update for recently upgraded PDF editing apps. ($74.95/$124.95 new, $30 upgrade, free update from version 8.0, 70.3/70.9 MB)

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Security Update 2016-003 (Mavericks and Yosemite)

Patches a select few security vulnerabilities in the two older California-themed OS releases. (Free, various sizes)

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Safari 9.1.1

Fixes an issue that prevented browsing history from being fully deleted. (Free)

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Microsoft Office 2016 15.22

Adds support for saving PowerPoint decks as PDF files. ($149.99 new, free update)

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Fantastical 2.2.2

Adds support for Google Apps rooms and resources when adding invitees. ($49.99 new, free update, 13.3 MB)

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Default Folder X 5.0.4

Brings some tweaks and bug fixes to the Open/Save dialog enhancement utility. ($34.95 new, free update, 8.7 MB)

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Art Text 3.0

Major new version of the graphic design app gains a 3D rendering engine for creating 3D text and logos. ($49.99 new, $29.99 upgrade, 611 MB)

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Pages 5.6.2, Numbers 3.6.2, and Keynote 6.6.2 for Mac

Maintenance updates for Apple’s trio of iWork apps. ($19.99 each, free updates)

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Gemini 2

Major new release of the duplicate file finder utility now detects similar files. ($19.95 new, free update, 34.8 MB)