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.
Fixes crash occurring after importing photos and subsequently deleting files from camera or memory card. ($79.99 new, free update, 550 MB)
Fixes problem with multiple requests for your iTunes password and prevents a crash when switching between wired and wireless syncing. (Free update, 188 MB)
Maintenance release with over 50 fixes and improvements. ($49.99 new, free update, 12.6 MB)
Maintenance release to the free text editor that mirrors many of the fixes in BBEdit 10.5.4. (Free, 9.6 MB)
Addresses a variety of vulnerabilities in both Snow Leopard and Lion, and their Server counterparts. (Free)
Adds automatic guide feature that snaps graphical items to the edges and center point of other items. ($39.99 new, free update, 8.6 MB)
Opera Software released a preview version of its Opera 15 Web browser with a smattering of new features. But the big news is this is the first version of Opera to use Blink, the new Chromium-based rendering engine, after ditching its home-brewed Presto engine.
Adds reminders capability with in-app and email due-date notifications. (Free, 40.8 MB)
New internal drawing order and menu-scanning technique improves speed in looking up keyboard shortcuts. (€19.99 new, free update, 2.6 MB)
Addresses a storage firmware issue that could cause a system to fail to recover from a crash. (Free, 1.69 MB)
Adds infinite scrolling through your chat history, plus the capability to jump to a specific time period. (Free, 39.6 MB)
Maintenance release fixes Zoom to Width on smaller screens. ($59.95/$99.95 new, free update, 50/50.7 MB)
The release also tweaks the rendering of multi-disc albums for an improved display in Albums view, plus adds display of album artwork to the Songs view, provides AppleScript control of AirPlay speakers, and tweaks the interface for iOS app updates. (Free, 188 MB)
Fixes issues recognizing connected video cameras and improves compatibility with iMovie for iOS ($14.99 new, free update, 1.08 GB)
Adds two new designs geared toward image galleries, plus adds support for optimizing Web site images for Retina displays. ($79.99 new, free update, 37.8 MB)