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.
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)
Adds support for OAuth 2.0 authorization and Google’s new CalDAV API for Google Calendar. ($29.99 new, free update, 9.4 MB)
Addresses stability issues with Target Disk Mode (Free, 1.22 MB)
After a recent major update to the keyboard-driven launcher, version 2.0.3 squashes a heaping helping of bugs. (Free, £15 for Powerpack, 2.8 MB)
Maintenance release with a few targeted fixes for Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word. (Free update, 113 MB)
Updates Batch Converter to handle all Windows Media files and ALAC-encoded CAF files. ($32 new, free update, 11.5 MB)
Adds compatibility with Mountain Lion, while dropping support for Dropbox, Google Drive, and Windows Azure. (Free, 26.1 MB)
Reduces power usage for MacBook Pro models with dual GPUs, plus links Notification Center alerts directly to messages. ($9.95 new, free update, 21.5 MB)
Adds Automatic Profile Switching feature that can assign and change to a designated profile when you connect to a specific Wi-Fi network. ($34.95 new, free update, 13.2 MB)
Fixes a problem where the user interface wouldn’t respond while synchronizing folders on Snow Leopard. ($34 new, free update, 29.4 MB)
Maintenance release with a number of fixes and improvements to enhance accuracy in the spam-filtering utility. ($30 new, free update, 10.8 MB)
Adds new features, including layers, brightness with curve function, and support for the DPHOTO online service. ($39.95 new, free update, 155 MB)
Apple recently updated Safari with a new security feature for managing Java plug-in usage on a site-by-site basis, and also updated Java itself for Mountain Lion, Lion, and Snow Leopard.