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#MacStoriesDeals - Thursday

If you missed our Mountain Lion coverage, be sure to check it out. 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 & Online Deals

  • Get a One Year Membership to Weather Underground Premium for Free
    This deal also removes the ads from the Weather Underground iPhone app when logged in!

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Mac Software

  • New! SyncMate Expert: $40 -> $15.99
  • Read & Trust Bundle Giveaway ($100 worth of goods). Details here.
  • Back 2 Mail Promo, 12 fantastic Apple Mail tools and resources at 50% off
  • Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP: $7.99 -> $3.99

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iBookstore, Audio and Video

  • Read & Trust Magazine. The premiere issue is $6 a month then $5 a month after that, May 2012 is free!
  • MacStories Features: OS X Mountain Lion: $6.99 (30% of proceeds go to the American Cancer Society)

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Mac App Store

  • New! Notefile 1.0
    Category: Productivity
    Price: $4.99
  • New! Dungeon Defenders 1.0
    Category: Games
    Price: $14.99
  • New! Mocks 1.2
    Category: Graphics & Design
    Price: $9.99
  • New! Trine 2 1.161
    Category: Games
    Price: $14.99 -> $3.99
  • New! Trine 1.11
    Category: Games
    Price: $9.99 -> $2.99
  • New! Weather HD 1.6.9
    Category: Weather
    Price: $3.99 -> $.99

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iPhone Apps

  • New! Fieldrunners 1.6.0
    Category: Games
    Price: $2.99 -> $.99
  • New! DRAKERIDER 1.0.0
    Category: Games
    Price: Free
  • New! Weathercube - The revolutionary gestural weather app 1.0
    Category: Weather
    Price: $1.99
  • The Tiny Bang Story 1.1
    Category: Games
    Price: $1.99
  • Denominations 1.0
    Category: Productivity
    Price: $1.99 (review)

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iPad Apps

  • New! Spin Up 1.01
    Category: Games
    Price: $.99 -> Free
  • New! DRAKERIDER for iPad 1.0.0
    Category: Games
    Price: Free

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Universal Apps

  • New! iTeleport: VNC & RDP 6.0.0
    Category: Utilities
    Price: $24.99 -> $9.99
  • New! Space Harvest 1.1.3
    Category: Games
    Price: $.99 -> Free
  • New! CAPTAIN AMERICA: Sentinel of Liberty 1.0.3
    Category: Games
    Price: $2.99 -> Free
  • New! Temple Run: Brave 1.1.4
    Category: Games
    Price: $.99 -> Free
  • New! Reckless Racing 2 1.0.7
    Category: Games
    Price: $1.99 -> Free
  • New! THOR: Son of Asgard 1.0.3
    Category: Games
    Price: $2.99 -> Free
  • New! HUEBRIX 1.0.0
    Category: Games
    Price: $.99
  • New! VS. Racing 2 1.0
    Category: Games
    Price: $.99
  • New! Scorching Skies 1.0
    Category: Games
    Price: $4.99
  • New! Infinite Warrior 1.0
    Category: Games
    Price: $2.99
  • New! Wild Blood 1.0.0
    Category: Games
    Price: $6.99
  • New! Avengers Initiative 1.02
    Category: Games
    Price: $6.99
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