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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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Fantastical 2.1

Adds support for OS X 10.11 El Capitan plus a number of oft-requested features and fixes. ($39.99 new for a limited time, free update, 11.7 MB)

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Airfoil 4.9, Nicecast 1.11.6, and Piezo 1.2.9

Updates minimum requirements to OS X 10.9 Mavericks for all three apps, plus updates the Instant On component for Airfoil and Nicecast. (Free updates)

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BusyCal 2.6.7 and BusyContacts 1.0.6

BusyMac’s calendar and contact apps gain compatibility with OS X 10.11 El Capitan and numerous bug fixes. ($49.99/49.99 new, free updates, 10.2/5.4 MB)

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Fission 2.2.5

Adds compatibility for OS X 10.11 El Capitan and improves file support for several different file types. ($29 new, free update, 14.1 MB)

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Boom 2 v1.3

Volume booster and equalizer app adds three new effects. ($14.99 new, free update, 10.5 MB)

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iTunes 12.3

Adds support for iOS 9, improves support for OS X 10.11 El Capitan, and adds support for two-factor authentication. (Free, 239 MB)

Final Cut Pro X 10.2.2, Compressor 4.2.1, Motion 5.2.2 Agen Schmitz No comments

Final Cut Pro X 10.2.2, Compressor 4.2.1, Motion 5.2.2

Maintenance updates for Apple’s professional video editing apps. ($299.99/$49.99/$49.99 new, free updates)

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ChronoSync 4.6.3

Fixes several bugs specific to OS X 10.11 El Capitan and adds controls for bandwidth limits when communicating with ChronoAgent. ($40 new for ChronoSync, free update, 28.5 MB)

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TextExpander 5.1.1

Fixes a couple of expansion failure bugs in OS X 10.11 El Capitan. ($44.95 new, free update, 16.9 MB)

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Alfred 2.7.2

Improves focusing behavior and enables you to manually add and edit UTIs (£17 new, free update, 3.7 MB)

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Carbon Copy Cloner 4.1.4

Adds support for OS X 10.11 El Capitan and fixes a variety of bugs. ($39.99 new, free update, 12.0 MB)

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VMware Fusion 8.0 and Fusion 8.0 Pro

Major new release offers support for OS X 10.11 El Capitan and Windows 10. ($79.99/199.99 new, free update, 362 MB)

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PopChar X 7.2

Improves support for OS X 10.11 El Capitan and adds support for Unicode 8.0, which introduces 7,716 new characters. (€29.99 new, free update, 4.5 MB)

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Simon 4.1

Redesigns the Web (HTTP) feature and adds supports dynamic Web content. ($99.99 new, free update, 14.4 MB)

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Evernote 6.1

Darkens the sidebar and makes a couple of changes that affect Evernote Business users. (Free, 60.5 MB)