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.
Office 2011 gains Retina display support and makes several improvements to Outlook. Office 2008 gets a fix for a specific crash related to Excel. (Free updates, 111 MB/218.4 MB)
Patches a number of security vulnerabilities — recommended for all Snow Leopard users, though there’s no reason to update instantly. (Free, 257/276 MB)
Provides fixes for a variety of commonly used services. (Free update, 1.22 to 1.99 GB)
Firmware updates that tackle issues found on 2012 models, plus an update that adds the Power Nap feature to MacBook Air models from late 2010. (Free, 658 KB to 4.97 MB)
Adds support for iCloud’s new Shared Photo Stream feature to both photo management applications. (Free updates)
Adds the Gatekeeper security feature to Lion, along with a smattering of other fixes. (Free update, 894 MB to 1.91 GB)
Amongst many other added features and tweaks, Mountain Lion’s second major revision receives fixes for shortening URLs in Notification Center tweets and viewing iMessages on your Mac sent to your phone number.
Adds compatibility with Mountain Lion and detection of USB 3.0 connection speeds, plus provides a number of fixes. ($99.99 new, free update, 54.8 MB)
Improves performance and syntax highlighting, adds support for Notification Center, and squashes a myriad of bugs. ($99 new, free update, 48.4 MB)
Maintenance release with a variety of updates and fixes, including support for Notification Center in Mountain Lion and access to Aperture’s library. ($39.95 new, free update, 128 MB)
Improves scanning multi-page document across all editions, while the Pro and Pro Office editions add support for Mountain Lion’s Calendar and Reminders apps. (All updates are free. DEVONthink Pro Office, $149.95 new; DEVONthink Professional, $79.95 new; DEVONthink Personal, $49.95 new; DEVONnote, $24.95 new)
Major new release of the font utility features a streamlined interface while adding new preview capabilities and keyboard shortcuts. ($29.99 new, €15 upgrade, 3.2 MB)
Adds compatibility for for iOS 6 running on compatible iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch models, plus support for new iPod nano and iPod shuffle models. (Free update, 157.33 MB)
In addition to the iPhone 5, Apple announced the next generations of its iPod touch and iPod nano devices, plus introduced a new streamlined version of iTunes — all to be made available in October 2012.
Along other fixes, addresses a rare problem that would trigger a false “File Not Found” error when syncing very large files. ($40 new for ChronoSync, $10 new for ChronoAgent; free updates; 28.9 MB, 8.3 MB)