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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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PopChar X 6.5

Adds a custom insertion technique for apps that don’t reliably support direct event-based insertion of characters. (€29.99 new, free update, 3.7 MB)

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Apple Remote Desktop 3.7.2

Improves performance on networks where clients change IP addresses frequently and fixes a number of bugs. ($79.99 new, free update, 19.6 MB)

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GarageBand 10.0.2

Brings back the capability to export files in MP3 format. (Free, 986 MB)

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Alfred 2.2

Adds a number of new features and improvements to the keyboard-driven launcher. (Free, £15 for Powerpack, 3.0 MB)

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Default Folder X 4.6.4

Fixes a number of bugs and improves how the initial folder is set in a file dialog in a wide range of applications. ($34.95 new, free update, 11.1 MB)

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1Password 4.2.1

Improves 1Password mini, AutoSave, and item editing. ($49.99 new, free update, 38.6 MB)

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BBEdit 10.5.9 and TextWrangler 4.5.7

Both text editors patch a couple of memory leaks, as well as squash a variety of bugs. ($49.99/free new, free updates, 12.5/9.4 MB)

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Dragon Dictate 4.0

Major new release can now transcribe from recorded materials, plus lets you mix talking and typing in Pages and your Gmail inbox. ($199.99 new, $149.99 upgrade from previous versions, 28.8 MB)

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Delicious Library 3.1.6

Maintenance release with fixes for a number of user-submitted bugs. ($25 new, free update, 77.5 MB)

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OmniOutliner 4.0.3

Improves performance with long documents and fixes issues related to both embedded and linked attachments. ($49.99 new, free update, 43.2 MB)

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Retrospect 11

Major new release adds a block-level incremental backup option and a new dashboard with a high-level view of recent backup. ($119–$2,199 new, $69–$1,299 upgrades, 362 MB,)

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Mellel 3.3.1

Fixes numerous bugs and rejiggers the opening and closing behavior of the Find strip. ($39 new, free update, 100 MB)

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Downcast 1.0.10

Adds options for sorting local episodes by time remaining and file size, plus several fixes. ($9.99 new, free update, 6.4 MB)

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Mac Pro SMC Firmware Update 2.0

Enables most Power Nap activities without running the Mac Pro’s fan. (Free, 585 KB)

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iTunes 11.1.5

Squashes a bug that caused a crash when a device was connected. (Free, 222 MB)