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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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SpamSieve 2.9.17

Adds support for Apple Mail in Yosemite. ($30 new, free update, 14.1 MB)

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Hazel 3.3

Adds support for matching multiple rules and using custom attributes defined in earlier conditions. ($29 new, free update, 8.9 MB)

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Examining iTunes 12’s New Interface

iTunes 12 gets flattened (in a design sense) with a spare, but functional user interface design for Yosemite. Agen Schmitz dives in to find where the sidebar and MiniPlayer have gone.

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Carbon Copy Cloner 4.0.2

Maintenance update with a flurry of fixes for the popular backup utility. ($39.99 new, free update, 11.1 MB)

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Things 2.5

Updates user interface for Yosemite and adds a new Today widget to Notification Center. ($49.99 new, free update, 17.6 MB)

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Coda 2.5

Major new release with a goodly number of new additions and improvements to the Web site development tool. ($99 new, free update, 84.5 MB)

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Parallels Desktop 10.1

Maintenance release focused on fixes for the virtualization software. ($79.99 new, free update, 283 MB)

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Airfoil 4.8.10

Ensures Netflix videos play properly in the Airfoil Video Player in Yosemite. ($25 new, free update, 15 MB)

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Microsoft Office 2011 14.4.5

Fixes a critical security vulnerability that could allow remote code execution. (Free update, 114 MB)

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Scrivener 2.6

Adds support for Yosemite and provides a long list of fixes. ($45 new, free update, 77.3 MB)

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DEVONthink/DEVONnote 2.8.1

Improves compatibility with user-installed Spotlight plug-ins. (All updates are free. DEVONthink Pro Office, $149.95 new; DEVONthink Professional, $79.95 new; DEVONthink Personal, $49.95 new; DEVONnote, $24.95 new.)

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DEVONagent Lite, Express, and Pro 3.8.2

Updates user interface elements to Yosemite and adds Baidu search engine plug-in. (Free/$4.95/$49.95, free updates)

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SuperDuper 2.7.3

Adds support for Yosemite and provides fix for a Backup on Connect bug (Free, $27.95 for additional features, free update, 2.9 MB)

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Apple Configurator 1.7

Updates Apple’s tool for configuring and deploying software to multiple iOS devices; requires Yosemite. (Free, 14.5 MB)

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GarageBand 10.0.3

Adds support for Yosemite, and the capability to build your own bass rig with Bass Amp Designer. ($4.99 new, free update, 1.17 GB)