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.
Security update patches a vulnerability associated with opening a “specially crafted email message.” (Free updates, 113 MB/210 MB)
Corrects several issues that were introduced (or left out of) recent maintenance releases of the Open and Save dialog utility. ($34.95 new, free update, 11.4 MB)
Redesigned menu bar interface adds improved view of recently changed files, plus adds the capability to accept shared folder invitations. (Free, 26.1 MB)
Moves backup snapshots of Google data to a CloudPull database file (which requires a migration) and sandboxes the Mac App Store version (which has been split into premium and free apps). ($9.99 new, free update, 11.9 MB)
Fixes a conflict with the BetterTouchTool gesture utility, plus adds Quick Look previews to the contextual menu in Open and Save dialogs. ($34.95 new, free update, 11.4 MB)
Fixes crashes associated with dragging remote files in from Coda and importing FileZilla favorites. ($34 new, free update, 26.5 MB)
Maintenance release improves gesture-based image zooming in Mountain Lion and fixes broken DEVONthink To Go synchronization. (All updates are free. DEVONthink Pro Office, $149.95 new; DEVONthink Professional, $79.95 new; DEVONthink Personal, $49.95 new; DEVONnote, $24.95 new)
Redesigns its Quick Note menu bar helper. Evernote also requires users of all versions to provide an updated password due to a recent data breach. (Free, 34.6 MB)
Maintenance release serves up a heaping helping of bug fixes for the screencast recording app. ($99 new, free update, 27.7 MB)
Maintenance release to the graphic utility with a mix of new additions and welcome bug fixes. ($39.95 new, free update, 150 MB)
Fixes yet another round of critical vulnerabilities. (Free, 63.8 MB and 69.3 MB)
Adds an abundances of refinements and fixes to the writing tool, including support for Retina displays and many improvements in compiling projects. ($45 new, free update, 35.7 MB)
Maintenance release to the Internet backup app adds Retina display support, but drops support for 10.4 Tiger. (Free with a 30-day trial of the CrashPlan+ online backup service, 21.2 MB)
Significant update adds capability to synchronize databases between multiple computers and locations (including Dropbox and WebDAV server options), plus improves Web sharing features of DEVONthink Pro Office. (All updates are free. DEVONthink Pro Office, $149.95 new; DEVONthink Professional, $79.95 new; DEVONthink Personal, $49.95 new; DEVONnote, $24.95 new)
Maintenance release squashes a small set of bugs in the PDF-manipulation programs. ($59.95/$99.95 new, free update, 47.5/48.5 MB)