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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.

TextWrangler 4.5 Agen Schmitz No comments

TextWrangler 4.5

Significant update to the free text editor brings it line with recent BBEdit features. (Free, 9.6 MB)

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Adobe Acrobat XI and Reader XI 11.0.02

Patches critical security vulnerabilities in the PDF creation and reading apps. (Free updates, 11.9 MB and 25 MB)

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Transmit 4.3.2

Maintenance release to the file transfer program with a few targeted fixes ($34 new, free update, 26.5 MB)

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KeyCue 6.4

Adds optional menu bar icon, plus stamps out a number of bugs in the keyboard shortcut utility. (€19.99 new, free update, 2.4 MB)

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Java for OS X 2013-001 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 13

Patches for vulnerabilities discovered in the recent hacking of Macs at Apple and Facebook. (Free, 66.6 MB and 72.4 MB)

iTunes 11.0.2 Agen Schmitz 20 comments

iTunes 11.0.2

Brings the Composers view option back to the Music library. (Free, 188 MB)

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iOS 6.1.2 Fixes Battery-Draining Exchange Bug

The latest version of iOS fixes a bug that caused excessive battery drain on iOS devices communicating with Exchange Server, but it doesn’t patch the recently discovered passcode security exploit.

Firefox 19 Agen Schmitz 2 comments

Firefox 19

Adds HTML5-based PDF viewer to the long-standing Web browser. (Free, 37.2 MB)

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Fission 2.1.2

Ensures that exporting and transcoding functions in the audio editing app don’t seem unresponsive. ($32 new, free update, 11.5 MB)

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BusyCal 2.0.3

Maintenance release for the calendar app with an assortment of fixes and tweaks. ($29.99 new for a limited time, free update, 9.0 MB)

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Mailplane 2.5.11

Displays an alert if using the Gmail’s new inline composition scheme, which is not supported by Mailplane. ($24.95 new, free update, 12.6 MB)

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Skype 6.2.73.1117

Adds gifting option for sending Skype credit to contacts on their birthdays, and suggests a workaround for a crash affecting the MacBook Pro with Retina display when connected to a non-Retina external display. (Free, 37.4 MB)

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MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.7

Addresses an issue affecting batteries with over 1,000 charge cycles, specifically targeting MacBook Pro models from 2010 and 2011. (Free, 1 MB)

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Mellel 3.1.3

Creates new documents based on updated default template scheme, and provides a number of fixes. ($39 new, free update, 93.8 MB)

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BBEdit 10.5.2

Wide-ranging assortment of fixes for customer-reported bugs. ($49.99 new, free update, 12.6 MB)