De-esser for GarageBand 4.1.2

Hi team,
I'm doing some vocal recording (mono - spoken word) and I'm looking for a de-esser plugin for GarageBand. I've tried ducking the offending frequency in the graphic EQ and achieved some success, but it has a tendency to leave the overall quality of the recording kinda' flat and hollow sounding (burying the 4K frequency).
Read some forums and everyone RAVES about Spitfish, but the developers stopped updating it and my version of GB won't recognize it.
Could anyone more knowledgeable than this ol' dog seeking to learn some new tricks offer any advice?
Many thanks,
MW

I too would like to know this.

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