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Agen Schmitz

Agen Schmitz

Agen Schmitz has worked within the Apple eco-sphere since helping manage 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 and Camera & Photo stores), he has continued to focus on e-commerce content and works with a variety of brands across retailers. 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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ReadKit 2.2.1

Fixes syncing issues with Feedly. ($4.99 new, free update, 3.6 MB)

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Final Cut Pro X 10.0.9

Fixes a problem that created green artifacts when using Sony XAVC media. ($299.99 new, free update, 1.64 GB)

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ReadKit 2.2

Adds Feedly integration and keyboard shortcut navigation, along with numerous bug fixes. ($4.99 new, free update, 3.6 MB)

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Instacast 1.0.2

Adds support for using Quick Look to view podcast feeds, episode images, and chapters. ($19.99 new, free update, 5.7 MB)

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AirPort Utility 6.3.1 for Mac

Fixes a bug that prevented some AirPort base stations from appearing. (Free, 21.4 MB)

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Cloud Mate 1.5.6

Fixed a variety of bugs and adds experimental support for OS X 10.9 Mavericks. ($6.99 new, free update, 16 MB)

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Evernote 5.2

Adds capability to annotate notes and images in the Skitch screenshot utility. (Free, 39.1 MB)

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DEVONthink and DEVONnote 2.6

Adds support for OS X 10.9 Mavericks and for importing notes from Evernote. (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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PDFpen and PDFpenPro 6.0.4

Maintenance release with a smattering of targeted fixes for opening, editing, and saving PDFs. ($59.95/$99.95 new, free update, 50/50.8 MB)

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Twitter 2.3

Adds direct message syncing across Mac, iOS, and Android apps, as well as the Twitter Web site. (Free, 5.3 MB)

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Keyboard Maestro 6.1

Brings a grab bag of improvements and fixes to the macro utility. ($36 new, free update, 24 MB)

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LaunchBar 5.5.2

Adds further refinements to LaunchBar’s new snippet capabilities. ($35 new, free update, 5.3 MB)

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Mailplane 3.0.1

Maintenance release with small revisions to keyboard shortcuts for opening mail and several fixes. ($24.95 new, free update, 3.6 MB)

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CloudPull 2.4.2

Disables backup of Google Reader, plus adds new copy capabilities to the contextual menu. ($9.99 new, free update, 12.8 MB)

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Security Update 2013-003 for Mountain Lion, Lion, and Snow Leopard

Closes multiple vulnerabilities in QuickTime for Mountain Lion, Lion, and Snow Leopard. (Free)