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.
Improves compatibility with the public beta of OS X 10.11 El Capitan. ($34.95 new, free update, 11.1 MB)
Refines the Suggestions feature to exclude most single dictionary words. ($44.95 new, free update for version 5.0 licenses, 17.0 MB)
Introduces per-user installations for computers that have multiple users. (Free with a 30-day trial of online backup service, 55.9 MB)
Adds support for the public beta of OS X 10.11 El Capitan. (All updates are free. DEVONthink Pro Office, $149.95 new; DEVONthink Professional, $79.95 new; DEVONthink Personal, $49.95 new; DEVONnote, $24.95 new)
Updated versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, but currently available only to Office 365 subscribers. ($6.99/$9.99 monthly subscription)
Attempts to resolve issues experienced by current and former iTunes Match subscribers. (Free, 222 MB)
Adds new batch operations while increasing system requirement to 10.8 Mountain Lion or later. ($39.95 new, free update, 159 MB)
Brings minor improvements to the Action Editor and fixes several nagging bugs. ($29 new, free update, 13.2 MB)
Adds automatic placement of rich visual previews for links in instant messages. (Free, 39.9 MB)
Adds Editing preference for automatic selection tool switching. ($74.95/$124.95 new, free update, 52.5/53.2 MB)
Adds iOS screen recording capabilities, plus video recording through the Mac’s FaceTime camera. ($29.99 new, free update, 28.6 MB)
Brings a number of improvements to the text expansion tool, which celebrates its 10th anniversary. (€24.99 new, free update, 7.0 MB)
Adds new drummers and synthesizer patches, while promising direct sharing to Apple Music Connect (a feature currently available on the iOS version of GarageBand). ($4.99 new, free update, 911 MB)
Integrates the Apple Music streaming music subscription service and the free Beats 1 radio service into iTunes. (Free, 222 MB)
Lengthy list of vulnerability fixes mirrors many of those patched by 10.10.4 Yosemite. (Free, various sizes)