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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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TinkerTool 4.95

Small update adds the capability to disable default suggestion to save new documents to iCloud in Mountain Lion. (Free, 3.9 MB)

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Mac mini EFI Firmware Update 1.7

Addresses video flicker issues on the latest model of Mac mini. (Free, 4.53 MB)

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SOHO Organizer 9.3.1

Minor update to the contact and calendar management suite with improved display of overlapping events in Day and Week views and a few fixes. ($99.99 new, free update, 78 MB)

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OmniFocus 1.10.4

Provides fixes for a few Lion- and Mountain Lion-specific issues in the GTD-inspired task management utility. ($79.99 new, free update, 22.6 MB)

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PopChar X 6.1

Adds Font Info view that displays background information such as version number, supported language, copyright, and more. (€29.99 new, free update, 3.1 MB)

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ChronoSync 4.3.6 and ChronoAgent 1.3.7

ChronoSync now funnels more information to the ChronoAgent remote helper app to improve monitoring in the synchronization/backup utility. ($40 new for ChronoSync, $10 new for ChronoAgent; free updates; 28.9 MB, 8.3 MB)

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Final Cut Pro X 10.0.7

Small grab bag of fixes, including a problem with uploading large clips to Vimeo. ($299.99 new, free update, 1.53 MB)

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Mactracker 7.0

Adds recent Apple operating system and hardware releases to the popular encyclopedia of Apple products, plus support for Retina displays. (Free, 30.1 MB)

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iWork 9.3

Adds support for the version 1.7 update to iWork for iOS apps. (Free update, 380 MB)

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Hazel 3.0.15

Enables you to choose either Notification Center or Growl for notifications on Mountain Lion. ($25 new, free update, 6.2 MB)

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CloudPull 2.1.7

Makes changes to Google document file extensions, with subsequent update to fix a crashing bug within the app. ($9.99 new, free update, 8.4 MB)

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Snapz Pro X 2.5.1

Remembers screen capture positioning on multiple monitors. ($69 new, free update, 13.8 MB)

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TweetDeck 2.1

Adds support for photo and audio/video player cards, keyboard shortcuts, and the capability to edit search queries. (Free, 1.4 MB)

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Redesigned iTunes 11 Brings iCloud Streaming and New MiniPlayer

Apple’s smorgasbord of media management gets a spare, iOS-like visual overhaul while enabling you to stream previous music and video purchases from iCloud. It also adds the Up Next song queuing feature and a unified search across all media types.

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Audio Hijack Pro 2.10.6

Updates Instant On component to improve audio capture from VMware Fusion. ($32 new, free update, 5.6 MB)