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#MacStoriesDeals - Friday

We have many great deals for #MacStoriesDeals’s Cyber Week 2012. Be sure to check our Cyber Monday 2012 page for more ongoing deals!

You can find us as @MacStoriesDeals on Twitter. Happy Holidays from the MacStories Team!

Staff Favorites

  • Final hours! ProductiveMacs Bundle, 9 apps for $29.99 (our post)
  • Fantastical for iPhone: $3.99 -> $1.99 (our review)
  • Weathercube: $1.99 -> Free
  • Fantastical: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • Kaleidoscope 2 beta: Download for free. Pre-order for $34.99
  • Take Control ebooks: Kirk McElhearn’s Take Control of Scrivener 2 and Michael Cohen’s Take Control of TextExpander are 50% off for NaNoWriMo!

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Hardware & Online Deals

  • Today only! Refurbished Apple MacBook Pro 17”: $1,449.99
  • New! Apple iPad mini 64GB WiFi Tablet w/ Inland Pro Sleeve: $529 + free shipping
  • New! WD 1TB Elements USB 3.0 Hard Drive: $50 after rebate + free shipping
  • AUVIO Bluetooth Portable Speaker: $40 + free shipping
  • Refurbished Apple Magic Trackpad: $36 + free shipping
  • Refurb Mac mini Core i5 Dual 2.3GHz Desktop: $519 + free shipping
  • Refurb Apple Mac mini Core i7 Quad 2GHz Server: $849 + free shipping

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Mac Software

  • New! Diablo III for Mac: $28 + free shipping
  • New! Cities in Motion Collection: $40 -> $19.95
  • iStat Menus 4: $16
  • Retro Game Crunch / Six Games in Six Months Kickstarter Project: $25 (our preview)
  • The iStack Mac Bundle 2.0: $782 -> $49.99
  • The Mac Utility Bundle Including Parallels Desktop 8: $245 -> $59.99
  • The MacLegion Holiday Bundle 2012: 11 Top Selling Apps: $548 -> $49.99

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Books, Audio and Video

  • Get 30% off Sublime Productivity with coupon code “CYBERMONDAY”.
  • Inkling Interactive Books: 25% when you enter the coupon HOLIDAY25

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Mac App Store

  • New! Soulver: $11.99 -> $9.99
  • New! Sparkbox: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • New! Focus: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • Nisus Writer Pro: $79.99 -> $59.99
  • Nisus Writer Express: $44.99 -> $24.99
  • Waffle: $9.99 -> $4.99
  • Choco: $17.99 -> $6.99
  • FOTONICA: $4.99 -> $.99
  • Bike Baron: $4.99

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iPhone Apps

  • New! NOTE’d: 99¢ -> Free
  • Vikings vs Dragons: $9.99 -> $2.99
  • KitCam: $1.99
  • Empires: World War Plus: $1.99 -> Free
  • 21 Days: $.99
  • Photo Library+: 99¢

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iPad Apps

  • New! vjay: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • New! Quickoffice Pro HD: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • New! xPlan: $29.99 -> $1.99
  • Knowtes - Notes with text editor, web browser & translator: $1.99 -> $.99
  • Roads of Rome 3 HD: $3.99

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Universal Apps

  • New! Bookshelves: $2.99 -> $.99
  • New! The Walking Dead: Assault: $1.99
  • New! Mercenary Ops: Free
  • Knowtilus - Web Browser with Text Editor, Translator and Reader: $1.99 -> $.99
  • Knowtilus Pro - Advanced Web Browser with Text Editor , Text to Speech and Translator: $3.99 -> $.99
  • WarMen: $ -> $2.99 -> $.99
  • Mole Kart 2 Evolution: $.99 -> Free
  • Rage of Cowboy: $2.99 -> Free
  • God of Blades: $2.99 -> $.99
  • Dueling Blades: $.99 -> Free
  • Freeze!: Free
  • Towers & Dungeons: Free
  • Vectrex: Free
  • Lead Me Home: $1.99
  • Jet Set Radio: $4.99
  • The Bowling Dead: Free
  • Blast Fighter 2: $2.99 -> Free
  • Bad Hotel: $1.99 -> $.99
  • Django’s Bounty Hunter 1800: $.99 -> Free
  • Cry of Fear: $1.99
  • The Light Camera - Mark I: $2.99
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