Lex Friedman
Lex Friedman's Internet career has included significant roles at Intermix and Demand Media. He co-founded The Daily Plate, a diet-tracking Web site, which is now part of Livestrong.com. Beyond his professional Internet work, Lex also writes. He publishes the Lex, Briefly blog, co-authored humor book The Snuggie Sutra and contributes frequently to Macworld. He lives in New Jersey with his wife Lauren, his two daughters, and too many iOS devices to count. He also tweets too much.
Improves integrations with Apple Mail, Outlook, Entourage, and MailMate, and packs in other fixes. ($30 new, free update, 7.8 MB)
Works around a Google syncing bug, improves MobileMe syncing, and includes numerous other bug fixes. ($49 new, free update, 6.6 MB)
Adds support for Flash 10.2, fixes numerous crashes, and adds a few tiny features. ($25 new, free update, 11.1 MB)
Introduces HD video support and improves contact management. ($0.99 new, 16.8 MB)
Fixes various bugs, including a crash on newer Macs, and adds more image manipulation options to the screenshot-editing utility. (Free, 6.3 MB)
Improves PDF handling and includes lots of bug fixes. (Free, 15.9 MB)
Over at Macworld, Lex Friedman writes up his backup strategy for keeping his Mac’s data secure, and the paranoia that motivates his approach. The short version: Time Machine, plus a bootable clone via SuperDuper, plus offsite backup with CrashPlan, plus Dropbox, plus Google Docs. And did we mention the heavy helping of data-loss paranoia?
Adds the capability to search clip archives, restores Clip Revolver, and adds several new preferences to the multiple-clipboard utility. ($30 new, free update, 4.3 MB)
Improves compatibility with Chrome, Safari, and Firefox, and provides other minor improvements. ($39.95 new, free update, 19.7 MB)
Fixes issues with iSight, FTP, and overall performance. ($49 new as part of iLife ’11, free update, 177.12 MB)
The updates address security vulnerabilities and boost stability.
Offers full-hardware accelerated video playback, multiple monitor full-screen support, and more. (Free software, 5.54 MB)
Fixes syncing bugs with the new MobileMe calendar, adds preferences for meeting organizers, and fixes various bugs. ($49.99 new in Mac App Store, $49 direct from BusyMac, free update, 6.6 MB)
Adds deck.ly and Instagram support and fixes several bugs. (Free)
Adds integration with Microsoft Outlook 2011, more font control, new inline help, and more.