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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.

Lunar 6.7.3 Agen Schmitz No comments

Lunar 6.7.3

Provides more accurate nits readings for Apple displays and prepare for the next version of macOS. ($23 new, free update, 22.2 MB, macOS 11+)

Fantastical 3.8.13 and Cardhop 2.2.17 Agen Schmitz No comments

Fantastical 3.8.13 and Cardhop 2.2.17

Adds a prompt to alert you to a change in a local copy of a calendar event. ($56.99 annual subscription, free update, 66.3/29.9 MB, macOS 11+)

Unite 5.2 Agen Schmitz No comments

Unite 5.2

Site-specific browser introduces a revamped App Library. ($29.99 new, free update, 17.9 MB, macOS 12+)

Alfred 5.5 Agen Schmitz No comments

Alfred 5.5

Brings new workflow components and improvements to the keyboard-driven launcher. (£34 new, free update, 5.3 MB, macOS 10.14+)

BBEdit 15.0.2 Agen Schmitz 1 comment

BBEdit 15.0.2

Maintenance update for the venerable text editor focused on bug fixes. ($59.99 new, free update, 29.6 MB, macOS 11+)

Retrobatch 2.1 Agen Schmitz 1 comment

Retrobatch 2.1

Adds new Lookup Table (LUT), Tile Chop, and Camera Capture nodes to the bulk image processing utility. ($29.99 new, free update, 54.8 MB, macOS 12+)

Parallels Desktop 19.3 Agen Schmitz 2 comments

Parallels Desktop 19.3

Fixes a bug that prevented the virtualization software from launching on Macs with Apple silicon. ($99.99 Standard Edition, free update for version 19 licenses, macOS 10.14.6+)

Little Snitch 5.7.4 Agen Schmitz No comments

Little Snitch 5.7.4

Resolves an issue Automatic Profile Switching problem with macOS 14.4 Sonoma. ($45 new, free update, 32.2 MB, macOS 11+)

Audio Hijack 4.3.2 Agen Schmitz No comments

Audio Hijack 4.3.2

Maintenance update for the audio-recording workflow app. ($64 new, free update, 37.1 MB, macOS 11+)

Piezo 1.9 Agen Schmitz No comments

Piezo 1.9

Introduces new, simplified audio capture backend to the audio recording tool. ($19 new, free update, 24.5 MB, macOS 14.4+)

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.83 Agen Schmitz No comments

Microsoft Office for Mac 16.83

Update focused on improvements and fixes for Outlook. ($149.99 new for one-time purchase, $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update, macOS 10.15+)

GarageBand 10.4.11 Agen Schmitz No comments

GarageBand 10.4.11

Addresses an important security vulnerability. (Free, 855.3 MB, macOS 13.5+)

Mimestream 1.3 Agen Schmitz No comments

Mimestream 1.3

Brings a few handy features and bug fixes to the Gmail-specific email app. ($49.99 new, free update, 12.2 MB, macOS 12+)

Quicken 7.6.1 Agen Schmitz 1 comment

Quicken 7.6.1

Improves Tags and Categories lists and brings more Home Dashboard card customization. ($59.88/$83.88/$119.88 annual subscription, free update, 3.2 MB, macOS 11+)

EagleFiler 1.9.13 Agen Schmitz No comments

EagleFiler 1.9.13

Improves importing from Evernote. ($49.99 new, free update, 34.5 MB, macOS 10.13+)