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The AppSumo “That’s Entertainment!” Bundle Giveaway

Just because we overslept Sunday and messed up some homemade DVDs doesn’t mean you should miss out on the latest AppSumo bundle. We’re into day two of yet another fantastic package, which includes everything you need to start enjoying your Mac as a writer, a movie enthusiast, or a casual gamer. There’s a little something for everyone this time around, so we advise you to click past the break to check out our latest giveaway where you can win one of five AppSumo bundles.

For the next three days, AppSumo is selling a $19 dollar bundle (valued at $165) that’s worth its weight in diamond Minecraft pickaxes. It’s the third bundle offered in a month of OS X, and we’re lucky enough to be giving away five of them to some lucky readers.

The Bundle:

MacJournal: Having just bought a MacBook Air, you might be wondering how you can best spend your time sitting outside in your verandah. How about noting the pleasures of life in MacJournal, a personal diary and blogging utility for the Mac. Whether it be ideas, notes, or a publishing platform for your WordPress blog, MacJournal dates and archives your notes for later reference, while providing options to lock down your plans for world domination. I use MacJournal with the iPad app for noting MacStories ideas and daily notes.

Machinarium: Machinarium is a work of art designed to get the ol’ brain box thinking critically through an imaginary, colorful world full of problems that you’ll ultimately have to end up solving. Acceptable for all ages, if you’re not captivated in the story that unfolds, then you’re just a cold, cold robot.

Wondershare Video Converter Pro: You might be an iTunes convert, but you can still prep those stone-age DVDs to a format passable for Generation-Y. Chuck some DVDs into your Mac, open Wondershare, and start importing video playable for the iPad, iPhone, or your iPod touch. You can also import video into iMovie, Youtube, or iTunes if you’re a desktop junkie, but either way we’re not letting 2001 have their DVDs back.

Senuti: Old beat up hard drives and iPods are no places to store a good music collection. With Senuti, you’ll be able to wrangle all of your old music collections into iTunes, and get a grasp on what’s missing and what’s not so you don’t have to worry about losing that favorite tune. Transfer music off of an old iPod into iTunes, recover music and videos from a hard drive, and unify your collection of music onto your brand new Macintosh.

Money (90% off coupon): Who doesn’t love Money? Money may not be everything, but paying bills, keeping a budget, and keeping tabs on your bank account are all pretty important. Money makes tracking your money both fun and easy thanks to its intuitive invoicing features, portfolio summaries, and account features so both you and your significant other can access all of your important data in one place.

BONUS: Buy the Bundle, refer a friend, and get the Alfred Powerpack (a $20 value) for free if they buy!

The Giveaway:

It might be for the Money. It might be for the game. And it just might be for all that old music. Relax guys: just read the contest rules for your change to win one of five bundles?

  • We have 5 copies of the That’s Entertainment bundle to give away.
  • To enter the giveaway, tweet the following message before 11.59 AM PDT (January 26th): Win a copy of the That’s Entertainment bundle on @MacStoriesNet via @AppSumo http://mcstr.net/feMcI3
  • We will search Twitter.com for tweets and retweets and randomly pick up the winners.
  • Make sure to follow @macstoriesnet on Twitter so we can get in touch with you once the giveaway is over. If you want to increase your odds of winning, you can also leave a comment to this post.
  • Winners will be contacted on Thursday (January, 27th).

A big thanks to AppSumo for providing us with today’s giveaway bundle! They have lots of great deals on software and services every week over at AppSumo.com, so be sure to sign up for an account so you don’t miss out on great opportunities to score some cool stuff.

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