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#MacStoriesDeals - Thursday

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! Refurb Apple MacBook Air Laptops: 12” 64GB SSD: $849 + free shipping
  • Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 Quad 2.2GHz 17” Laptop: $1,780 + free shipping
  • Refurbished Apple Mac mini Intel Desktops: $519 + free shipping
  • Apple Leather Smart Cover for new iPad & iPad 2: $55 + free shipping

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Mac Software

  • New! The Humble Botanicula Bundle: $53 -> Pay what you want
  • New! Clarify: $29.99 -> $14.99
  • New! SQLiteManager: $49 -> $19.99
  • New! “Not All Who Wander” Print by 55 Hi’s: $8 or less
  • Keynote Freebie for Startups: $49 -> Free
  • Omni Group Bundle Giveaway: $580 -> Free

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iBookstore, Audio and Video

  • New! O’Reilly’s Publishing with iBooks Author - An Introduction to Creating Ebooks for the iPad: Free
  • New! Counting Crows “Recovering The Satellites” MP3 Album: $5
  • Stephen Hackett’s ‘Bartending: Memoirs of an Apple Genius’: $8.99 -> $4.99 (review)
  • 24 R&B MP3 Albums at Google Play: $4 each
  • Coachella All-Stars Compilation MP3 Album: Free
  • Martin Scorsese’s Very First Films: Three Imaginative Short Works: Free
  • HARRY POTTER BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY: $7.99 - $57.54

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Mac App Store

  • New! HyperSwitch (Utilities): $7.99
  • New! Quake 4 ™ (Games): $19.99
  • New! DropKey (Utilities): $29.99 -> $19.99
  • New! Sparkbox (Productivity): $19.99 -> $9.99
  • New! Legendary Heroes (Games): $6.99 -> $4.99
  • New! RAGE®: Campaign Edition (Games): $39.99 -> $29.99
  • Mos Speedrun (Games): $3.99 -> $1.99
  • IconKit (Developer Tools): $1.99 -> $.99

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iPhone Apps

  • New! Backboard, a minimalistic Dribbble client: 99¢
  • New! Contact – Custom Speed Dials for your Homescreen w/ VoiceAssist (Utilities): $1.99 -> $.99
  • Scorched Monster (Games): $.99 -> Free
  • Zombie Swing (Games): $2.99 -> Free

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iPad Apps

  • BeejiveIM for iPad (Social Networking): $9.99 -> $4.99

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Universal Apps

  • New! Edge (Games): $2.99 -> Free
  • New! SpellTower: $1.99 -> 99¢
  • New! Crow (Games): $4.99 -> $2.99
  • New! Midway Arcade (Games): $1.99 -> $.99
  • Paper Monsters (Games): $2.99 -> Free
  • Weather 2x (Weather): $1.99 -> $.99
  • Peterson Birds of North America (Reference): $14.99 -> $4.99
  • Fotopedia National Parks (Travel): $.99 -> Free
  • F1 2011 GAME™ (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • Hyperlight (Games): $1.99 -> Free
  • OnSong (Music): $4.99 -> Free
  • Burn The City (Games): $.99 -> Free
  • Pocket (Formerly Read It Later) (News): $2.99 -> Free (review)
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