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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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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)

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SuperDuper 2.7.2

Adds full support for Mavericks. (Free, $27.95 for additional features, free update, 2.9 MB)

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PDFpen and PDFpenPro 6.1.5

Small but important fixes for some possible issues introduced in the previous update to the PDF manipulation software. ($59.95/$99.95 new, free update, 52.5/53.3 MB)

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Vox 2.0.1

Maintenance release for the free minimalist music player with fixes for reported issues and added support for global hotkeys. (Free, 11 MB)

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DEVONagent Lite, Express, and Pro 3.7

Adds a new Twitter scanner plug-in to DEVONagent Pro and provides minor updates to other editions. (Free/$4.95/$49.95, free updates)

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GraphicConverter 9.1

Maintenance update to the graphics software with a number of new and updated features. ($39.95 new, free update, 222 MB)

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ReadKit 2.4

Improves keyboard navigation and adds Buffer support. ($6.99 new, free update, 4.0 MB)

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CrashPlan 3.6.3

Includes a version of Java dedicated to CrashPlan to streamline the installation process. (Free with a 30-day trial of online backup service, 50 MB)

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Marked 2.2 (Build 823)

Improves how the Markdown previewer handles the opening of external files. ($11.99 new, free update, 16.3 MB)

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PDFpen and PDFpenPro 6.1.4

Maintenance release for both editions fixes an elusive printing problem and improves responsiveness when drawing on a tablet. ($59.95/$99.95 new, free update, 52.5/53.3 MB)

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Boot Camp 5.1

Two versions of Boot Camp — one for most 2013 Macs, and another for older models plus the Mac Pro — add support for 64-bit versions of Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. (Free, 883 MB)

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Mellel 3.3

The word processor gains a new comments feature and enhances Find and Replace capabilities. ($39 new, free update, 100 MB)

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Evernote 5.5

Adds descriptive search capabilities to the information management service’s Mac app. (Free, 49.5 MB)