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#MacStoriesDeals - Thursday

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

  • New! Fantastical for iPhone: $3.99 -> $1.99 (our review)
  • Weathercube: $1.99 -> Free
  • 1 day left! ProductiveMacs Bundle, 9 apps for $29.99 (our post)
  • 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

  • New! AUVIO Bluetooth Portable Speaker: $40 + free shipping
  • New! Refurbished Apple Magic Trackpad: $36 + free shipping
  • New! Refurb Mac mini Core i5 Dual 2.3GHz Desktop: $519 + free shipping
  • Refurb Apple Mac mini Core i7 Quad 2GHz Server: $849 + free shipping
  • iCade Jr. Mini Arcade Cabinet for iPhone 4/4S or iPod touch 4th Gen: $49.99 -> $29.99
  • Apple iPod touch 32GB 4th Generation MP3 Player (White or Black): $229.99 + free shipping
  • Refurb Zagg Keyboard Case for iPad 2 / New iPad: $40 + free shipping
  • Refurbished Apple iPad 2 32GB WiFi Tablet: $350 + free shipping

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Mac Software

  • New! cfx CollagePRO: $30 -> $14.99
  • iStat Menus 4: $16
  • World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria for Mac: $40 -> $20
  • 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! Nisus Writer Pro: $79.99 -> $59.99
  • New! Nisus Writer Express: $44.99 -> $24.99
  • New! Waffle: $9.99 -> $4.99
  • New! Choco: $17.99 -> $6.99
  • New! FOTONICA: $4.99 -> $.99
  • New! Bike Baron: $4.99
  • TraductoPro: $99.99 -> $46.99
  • Words App: $5.99 -> $1.99
  • PhotoBulk: Watermark, Resize and Optimize: $9.99 -> $1.99

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iPhone Apps

  • New! Vikings vs Dragons: $9.99 -> $2.99
  • New! KitCam: $1.99
  • New! Empires: World War Plus: $1.99 -> Free
  • Converter: $1.99 -> Free
  • TinyVox Pro Audio: $4.99 -> $.99
  • Today Calendar: $1.99 -> Free
  • 21 Days: $.99
  • Photo Library+: 99¢

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iPad Apps

  • New! 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! Knowtilus - Web Browser with Text Editor, Translator and Reader: $1.99 -> $.99
  • New! Knowtilus Pro - Advanced Web Browser with Text Editor , Text to Speech and Translator: $3.99 -> $.99
  • New! WarMen: $ -> $2.99 -> $.99
  • New! Mole Kart 2 Evolution: $.99 -> Free
  • New! Rage of Cowboy: $2.99 -> Free
  • New! God of Blades: $2.99 -> $.99
  • New!  Dueling Blades: $.99 -> Free
  • New! Freeze!: Free
  • New! Towers & Dungeons: Free
  • New! Vectrex: Free
  • New! Lead Me Home: $1.99
  • New! Jet Set Radio: $4.99
  • New! The Bowling Dead: Free
  • New! Blast Fighter 2: $2.99 -> Free
  • Bad Hotel: $1.99 -> $.99
  • America Travelpedia - ALL-IN-ONE: $14.99 -> Free
  • Magic Orbz: $1.99 -> $.99
  • WikiWeb: $4.99 -> $.99
  • Writing Kit: $4.99 -> 99¢
  • Quotebook: $2.99 -> $.99
  • Django’s Bounty Hunter 1800: $.99 -> Free
  • Cry of Fear: $1.99
  • The Light Camera - Mark I: $2.99

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