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#MacStoriesDeals - Friday

Be sure to vote for your favorite apps of 2011! Here are today’s @MacStoriesDeals on iOS, Mac, and Mac App Store apps that are on sale for a limited time, so get them before they end!

Mac Accessories

  • Refurbished Apple iPad 2 16GB WiFi Tablet: $419 with free shipping
  • Refurbished Apple 27” LED Cinema Display: $849 w/free shipping

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Mac Apps

  • Humble Indie Bundle #4: Name your price! (review)
  • Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac: $30 -> Free with $30 mail-in rebate and free shipping
  • UX Course for Founders: $99 -> $49
  • MacUpdate Winter Bundle 2011: $741 -> $49.99
  • The Creative Ultra Bundle: $1300 -> $49
  • ProductiveMacs Bundle: $264 -> $39.99

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Amazon Deals

  • New! Racing Game Downloads: Save up to 60% off
  • Buttonless: Incredible iPhone and iPad Games and the Stories Behind Them: $29.95 (review)
  • Letters to Steve: Inside the E-mail Inbox of Apple’s Steve Jobs [Kindle Edition]: $2.99
  • Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium [Mac]: $1699 -> $999

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iBookstore

  • Beatles ‘Yellow Submarine’ Book: FREE

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Mac App Store

  • New! Ecoute: $9.99 -> $3.99 (review)
  • New! Clippy (Productivity): $.99 -> Free
  • New! Weather HD (Weather): $3.99 -> $1.99
  • New! Boom (Utilities): $8.99 -> $4.99
  • New! Shade 3D (Graphics & Design): $99.99 -> $49.99
  • Snapheal (Photography): $19.99 -> $9.99
  • NBA JAM by EA SPORTS™ (Games): $9.99
  • Cars 2: The Video Game (Games): $29.99
  • Discovr Music - discover new music (Music): $6.99 -> $4.99
  • Ulysses (Productivity): $19.99 -> $9.99

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iPhone Apps

  • New! NFL Flick Quarterback (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • New! Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • New! Run Like Hell! Deluxe (Games): $.99 -> Free
  • New! Asphalt 6: Adrenaline (Games): $.99 -> Free
  • New! Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit (Games): $4.99 -> $1.99
  • New! Peggle (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • New! Ash (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • New! Awareness! The Headphone App (Utilities): $6.99 -> Free
  • STREET FIGHTER IV VOLT (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • Puzzle Agent (Games): $4.99 -> $2.99
  • Giana Sisters (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • Puzzle Agent 2 (Games): $4.99 -> $2.99
  • Monkey Island Tales 1 (Games): $4.99 -> Free
  • Resident Evil 4: PLATINUM (Games): $4.99 -> $.99

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iPad Apps

  • New! NFL Flick Quarterback HD (Games): $4.99 -> $2.99
  • New! Drawn: The Painted Tower HD (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • New! Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD (Games): $.99 -> Free
  • New! Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit for iPad (Games): $9.99 -> $4.99
  • New! Peggle HD (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • New! Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light HD (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • Resident Evil 4 iPad edition (Games): $6.99 -> $.99
  • Monkey Island Tales 1 HD (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • Monkey Island Tales 2 HD (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • Monkey Island Tales 3 HD (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • Monkey Island Tales 4 HD (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • Monkey Island Tales 5 HD (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • Back to the Future Ep 3 HD (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • Back to the Future Ep 4 HD (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • Back to the Future Ep 5 HD (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • Daedalus Touch (Productivity): $5.99 -> $2.99
  • Sam & Max Episode 1: The Penal Zone for iPad (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • BlueNube (Productivity): $1.99 -> $.99
  • HOMERUN BATTLE 3D for iPad (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • Giana Sisters HD (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • Jurassic Park: The Game 1 HD (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99

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Universal Apps

  • New! Galaxy on Fire 2™ (Games): $9.99 -> $4.99
  • New! Scuttle Shuttle: $2.99 -> $.99
  • New! Worms 2: Armageddon (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • New! Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (Games): $4.99 -> $2.99
  • Mage Gauntlet (Universal!): $2.99
  • Grand Theft Auto III: $4.99
  • Sonic CD: $1.99
  • Inotia 3: Children of Carnia (Games): $4.99 -> Free
  • Perfect Cell (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • EDGE Extended (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • Edge (Games): $2.99 -> Free
  • Scribblenauts Remix (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • CrimsonHeart™ (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • Event Calendar - Tempus (Productivity): $1.99 -> $.99
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