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#MacStoriesDeals - Friday

Here are today’s @MacStoriesDeals on hardware, iOS, and Mac apps that are on sale for a limited time, so get them before they end!

Hardware & Amazon Deals

  • New! Used iMac 20” Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz Desktop: $700
  • New! Refurb MacBook Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz 13” Laptop, Briefcase for $660 + $26 s&h
  • New! Refurbished Apple iPod nano 8GB MP3 Player: $81 + free shipping
  • Refurbished Apple TV Media Receiver: $85 + free shipping
  • New Apple MacBook Pro Retina 2.3GHz 15”  w/ AppleCare: $2,338

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Mac Software

  • New! DevPress WordPress Themes with 1 year account: $15 or less
  • New! Beyond Inbox: $50 -> Free
  • The Mac Stack Bundle: $81 -> $20
  • Sparkbox: $20 -> $12
  • MacUpdate Bundle - 11 Mac apps, one price: $457 -> $49.99 (review)
  • TheMacBundles Macworld Gems Mac Bundle: $300 -> $40
  • ProductiveMacs Bundle: $290 -> $39 (review)
  • BundleHunt Productivity Bundle: $586 -> $49.99

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iBookstore, Audio and Video

  • 24 Albums for $4 each at Google Play: The Rolling Stones, Radiohead
  • Download David Hockney’s Playful Drawings for the iPhone and iPad: Free
  • Cleaning Mona Lisa: $2.99 (review)
  • Paperless: $4.99 (review)
  • Stephen Hackett’s ‘Bartending: Memoirs of an Apple Genius’: $8.99 -> $4.99 (review)

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Mac App Store

  • New! BioShock (Games): $29.99 -> $14.99
  • New! BioShock 2 (Games): $30.99 -> $14.99
  • New! The 7th Guest (Games): $9.99 -> $4.99
  • Tomb Raider: Underworld (Games): $24.99
  • Diptic (Photography): $.99
  • Linkinus (Social Networking): $9.99 -> $4.99
  • Tracks (Music): $2.99 -> Free
  • Color Splash Studio (Photography): $2.99 -> $.99
  • FX Photo Studio (Photography): $11.99 -> $9.99
  • Snapheal (Photography): $19.99 -> $9.99
  • Soulver (Productivity): $19.99 -> $11.99
  • ForkLift (Productivity): $29.99 -> $19.99
  • Ichi (Games): $3.99 -> $1.99
  • PhotoBrain (Photography): $14.99 -> $5.99
  • Strata Design 3D CXi (Graphics & Design): $499.99 -> $299.99
  • Strata Design 3D SE (Graphics & Design): $49.99 -> $29.99
  • Strata Foto 3D SE (Graphics & Design): $49.99 -> $29.99
  • CameraBag 2 (Photography): $23.99 -> $14.99
  • Money (with sync) (Finance): $9.99 -> $.99
  • Day One (Lifestyle): $9.99 -> $4.99
  • Markdown Pro (Productivity): $9.99 -> $2.99
  • IconKit (Developer Tools): $1.99 -> Free
  • Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic® (Games): $19.99 -> $17.99
  • Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare™ (Games): $39.99 -> $35.99
  • Civilization IV (Games): $19.99 -> $17.99
  • Star Wars®: Empire At War (Games): $29.99 -> $26.99
  • Call of Duty® (Games): $19.99 -> $17.99
  • Sid Meier’s Civilization® IV: Colonization (Games): $19.99 -> $17.99
  • The Secret of Monkey Island ™: Special Edition (Games): $9.99 -> $7.99
  • Call of Duty® 2 (Games): $29.99 -> $26.99
  • Prey (Games): $14.99 -> $12.99
  • Quake 4 ™ (Games): $19.99 -> $17.99
  • Company of Heroes® Complete: Campaign Edition (Games): $49.99 -> $44.99
  • DOOM 3 (Games): $9.99 -> $8.99
  • Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (Games): $14.99 -> $12.99
  • Duke Nukem Forever (Games): $19.99 -> $17.99
  • RAGE®: Campaign Edition (Games): $29.99 -> $26.99
  • Tomb Raider II (Games): $7.99 -> $6.99
  • Civilization V: Campaign Edition (Games): $39.99 -> $35.99
  • OmniFocus (Productivity): $79.99 -> $39.99
  • Fantastical (Productivity): $19.99 -> $9.99
  • Fluid (Utilities): $4.99
  • OmmWriter Dāna II Version (Productivity): $4.99 -> $1.99
  • OmniGraphSketcher (Education): $29.99 -> $14.99
  • SketchBook Pro (Graphics & Design): $59.99 -> $23.99
  • Sketch (Graphics & Design): $49.99 -> $39.99
  • Reeder (News): $9.99 -> $4.99
  • Password (Productivity): $49.99 -> $39.99
  • ForkLift (Productivity): $29.99 -> $19.99
  • CourseNotes (Education): $7.99 -> $3.99
  • MindNode Pro (Productivity): $19.99 -> $9.99
  • Byword (Productivity): $9.99 -> $4.99

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iPhone Apps

  • New! Real Racing 2 (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • New! TETRIS® (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • New! Dead Space™ (Games): $6.99 -> $1.99
  • New! Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • New! Sid Meier’s Pirates! (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • Plants vs. Zombies (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • SPY mouse (Games): $.99 -> Free
  • InstantFrame (Photography): $.99 -> Free
  • Star Walk - 5 Stars Astronomy Guide (Education): $2.99 -> $1.99
  • Money (Finance): $9.99 -> $.99
  • Spring Cleaning (Utilities): $1.99 -> Free

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iPad Apps

  • New! Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 12 for iPad (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • New! 2K Sports NHL 2K11 for iPad (Games): $4.99 -> $2.99
  • New! Dead Space™ for iPad (Games): $9.99 -> $1.99
  • New! Sid Meier’s Pirates! for iPad (Games): $4.99 -> $1.99
  • New! Civilization Revolution for iPad (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • New! Ultimate Mortal Kombat™ 3 for iPad (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • New! NBA JAM by EA SPORTS™ for iPad (Games): $4.99 -> $1.99
  • New! TETRIS® for iPad (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • New! FIFA SOCCER 12 by EA SPORTS for iPad (Games): $9.99 -> $1.99
  • New! Flight Control HD (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • New! Real Racing 2 HD (Games): $6.99 -> $1.99
  • New! Real Racing HD (Games): $4.99 -> $1.99
  • Plants vs. Zombies HD (Games): $6.99 -> $2.99
  • SPY mouse HD (Games): $2.99 -> Free
  • Peggle HD (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • Money for iPad (Finance): $9.99 -> $.99
  • ADA Winner! Bobo Explores Light (Education): $4.99 -> $1.99
  • Cut the Buttons HD (Games): $1.99 -> $.99
  • Soulver for iPad (Productivity): $4.99 -> $2.99
  • GoodNotes - Notes & PDF (Productivity): $3.99 -> $.99
  • Star Walk for iPad - interactive astronomy guide (Education): $4.99 -> $2.99
  • OmniFocus for iPad (Productivity): $39.99 -> $19.99

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Universal Apps

  • New! Inotia 3: Children of Carnia (Games): $.99 -> Free
  • New! Burnout™ CRASH! (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • New! MASS EFFECT™ INFILTRATOR (Games): $4.99 -> $2.99
  • New! The 7th Guest (Games): $4.99 -> $2.99
  • Flight Control Rocket (Games): $.99 -> Free
  • Lock ‘n’ Load (Games): $.99 -> Free
  • Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing (Games): $1.99 -> Free
  • League of Evil 2 (Games): $1.99 -> $.99
  • League of Evil (Games): $1.99 -> $.99
  • Process (Photography): $9.99 -> $.99
  • Crow (Games): $2.99 -> $.99 
  • Toodledo - To Do List (Productivity): $2.99 -> $.99
  • 1Password Pro (Utilities): $14.99 -> $11.99
  • WolframAlpha (Reference): $3.99 -> $1.99
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