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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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Hazel 3.3.5

Adds support for importing images into Photos for Mac. ($29 new, free update, 9.0 MB)

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iMac Graphics Update 1.0

Fixes a bug related to opening very large JPEG image files on specific iMac models released since late 2013. (Free, 772 KB)

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Fantastical 2.0.3

Reduces CPU usage when syncing large calendars, and provides fixes for snoozing. ($39.99 new, free update, 12.2 MB)

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KeyCue 7.5

Adds the capability to omit keyboard shortcuts for both specific applications and system-wide shortcuts. (€19.99 new, free update, 3.4 MB)

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BusyCal 2.6.6

Adds support for auto-filling matching tags for the Attendee and Contact fields from BusyContacts. ($49.99 new, free update, 10.3 MB)

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BusyContacts 1.0.3

Brings several helpful additions to the contact manager, including support for a tag extension that auto-fills the Attendee and Contact fields in BusyCal. ($49.99 new, free update, 5.4 MB)

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OS X Server 4.1

Updated for changes in 10.10.3 Yosemite as well as iOS 8.3. ($19.99 new, free update, 198 MB)

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Nisus Writer Pro 2.1.1

Provides a number of fixes for crashes, hangs, and other bugaboos in the venerable word processor. ($79 new, free update, 242 MB)

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OmniOutliner 4.2

Updates the user interface to fit better with Yosemite, plus adds a number of improvements. ($49.99 new, free update, 21.6 MB)

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Tinderbox 6.2

Brings more than 100 improvements to the personal content assistant. ($249 new, free update, 45.3 MB)

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LaunchBar 6.3

Improves support for Finder tags and adds multiple-selection dragging capabilities. ($29 new, free update, 9.8 MB)

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Final Cut Pro X 10.2, Compressor 4.2, Motion 5.2

Adds capability to create animated 3D text in Final Cut Pro X and Motion, plus adds iTunes Store packaging capabilities to Compressor. ($299.99/$49.99/$49.99 new, free updates)

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OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 Supplemental Update 1.0

Fixes a video driver issue that prevented a Mac from starting up. (Free, 1.8 MB)

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DEVONagent Lite, Express, and Pro 3.9.1

Adds plug-ins for searching Stack Overflow and GitHub to all three editions, plus a recipe scanner to the Express and Pro editions. (Free/$4.95/$49.95, free updates)

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FileMaker Pro 13.0.9

Important update that fixes a vulnerability with FileMaker’s root SSL certificates. ($299/$549 new, free update, 620 MB)