Reprinted from TidBITS by permission; reuse governed by Creative Commons
license BY-NC-ND 3.0. TidBITS has offered years of thoughtful commentary
on Apple and Internet topics. For free email subscriptions and access to the
entire TidBITS archive, visit http://www.tidbits.com/


   TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 13 March 2017

   TidBITS Staff

   1Password 6.6.2 -- AgileBits has released [1]1Password 6.6.2, enabling
   1Password Watchtower by default and clarifying the sync options shown
   during initial setup. The update also fixes a layout issue where the
   Trash would float halfway up the sidebar, resolves a bug that prevented
   the Watchtower database from updating automatically, and eliminates a
   crash when adding a 1Password.com account by signing in using a Web
   browser. AgileBits also ensures that those who purchased 1Password via
   the Volume Purchase Program on the Mac App Store won't be put into
   read-only mode.

   As of version 6.6, the [2]Mac App Store edition of 1Password is now
   free to download and works for 30 days in trial mode. After that, it
   prompts you to subscribe to 1Password ' see this AgileBits [3]blog post
   for details. ($64.99 new [4]from AgileBits or free with a $2.99 or
   $4.99 per month subscription, free update, 47.4 MB, [5]release notes,
   10.10+)

   [6]Read/post comments about 1Password 6.6.2.

   Hazel 4.0.9 -- Noodlesoft has released [7]Hazel 4.0.9 with bug fixes
   for the file cleanup utility. The update eliminates crashes that could
   occur while editing or saving a rule or when editing a rule using
   unsupported attributes, ensures that the Pattern editor window no
   longer appears in the lower-left corner of the screen, and resolves an
   issue with the pattern field not expanding when you drag an item into
   it. ($32 new or $49 for five-member family pack, free update, 7.9 MB,
   [8]release notes, 10.10+)

   [9]Read/post comments about Hazel 4.0.9.

   Lightroom CC 2015.9 and Lightroom 6.9 -- Adobe has released the
   standalone Lightroom 6.9 and [10]Lightroom CC 2015.9 (available as part
   of Adobe's Creative Cloud) with bug fixes and added support for new
   cameras and lenses. The professional photo cataloging and editing
   applications fix erratic cursor movements on Point Curves, resolve a
   problem with Lightroom unexpectedly exiting Full Screen mode in macOS
   10.12 Sierra, improve the speed of exporting, fix a bug that caused
   iPhone Capture Time to shift after import, and patch a memory leak.
   ($9.99 monthly subscription or $149 for the standalone app, free
   update, [11]release notes, 10.8+ for Lightroom CC 2015.9 and 10.9+ for
   standalone Lightroom 6.9)

   [12]Read/post comments about Lightroom CC 2015.9 and Lightroom 6.9.

   ChronoSync 4.7.4 -- Econ Technologies has released [13]ChronoSync 4.7.4
   with enhanced cloud sync performance (via parallel operations working
   to copy and destroy multiple objects ' see '[14]Investigating
   ChronoSync 4.7 for Cloud Backup,' 22 December 2016, for why this is
   important) and improved responsiveness of the Analyze panel. The
   synchronization and backup app also improves memory usage and sync
   document save performance, enhances recognition and mounting of
   relocated volumes, tunes memory management options to reduce memory
   consumption when syncing to Amazon S3, eliminates a memory leak in the
   push notification delivery procedure, and fixes a bug that generated
   erroneous errors when syncing files containing resource forks to Amazon
   S3 and Google Cloud. (Free update, $49.99 new for ChronoSync with a 20
   percent discount for [15]TidBITS members, 41.2 MB, [16]release notes,
   10.8+)

   [17]Read/post comments about ChronoSync 4.7.4.

References

   1. https://agilebits.com/onepassword/mac
   2. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1password-password-manager/id443987910?mt=12&at=10l5PW
   3. https://blog.agilebits.com/2017/02/27/introducing-1password-6-6-for-mac/
   4. https://agilebits.com/store
   5. https://app-updates.agilebits.com/product_history/OPM4
   6. http://tidbits.com/article/17104#comments
   7. http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php
   8. http://www.noodlesoft.com/release_notes.php
   9. http://tidbits.com/article/17101#comments
  10. http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom.html
  11. https://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2017/03/lightroom-cc-2015-9-now-available.html
  12. http://tidbits.com/article/17100#comments
  13. http://www.econtechnologies.com/pages/cs/chrono_overview.html
  14. http://tidbits.com/article/16858
  15. http://tidbits.com/member_benefits.html
  16. https://www.econtechnologies.com/chronosync/notes.html
  17. http://tidbits.com/article/17099#comments

.