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#MacStoriesDeals - Wednesday

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 iPhone 4S 16GB for $150 + free shipping, 32GB for $250, 64GB for $350
  • New! Refurbished Apple iPad 2 16GB WiFi: $349 + free shipping
  • Refurb Apple 15” MacBook i7 Quad 2.4GHz: $1,869 + free shipping
  • Studio Neat hardware: 20% off with coupon code 5by5

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Mac Software

  • New! The incredibly useful Pictos Icon Font: $19 or less
  • New! Deliver Express Basic: $29.95 -> $14.98
  • New! Postbox: $29.95 -> $19.95
  • New! Hype: $49.99 -> $29.99
  • The Creative Design Bundle: $1000 -> $49
  • Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta Mac: Free (preview)

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iBookstore, Audio and Video

  • iTunes eGift Card: $50 -> $40
  • Stanley Kubrick’s Very First Films: Three Short Documentaries: Free
  • James Joyce’s Ulysses: Free Audio Book
  • Orson Welles “War of the Worlds” MP3 download: Free
  • HARRY POTTER BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY: $7.99 - $57.54

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Mac App Store

  • New! Tagalicious (Music): $9.99 -> $4.99
  • New! Penny Arcade Adventures 2: Precipice of Darkness (Games): $4.99 -> $.99
  • New! Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Games): $19.99 -> $4.99
  • New! The Tiny Bang Story (Games): $9.99 -> $.99
  • New! CreaVures (Games): $1.99 -> $.99
  • Layer Cake: $29.99 -> $19.99
  • Type Fu (Education): Free
  • SizzlingKeys (Music): $3.99 -> $1.99
  • BioShock 2 (Games): $30.99

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iPhone Apps

  • New! NowPlayer (Music): $1.99 -> $.99
  • New! Timenotes (Lifestyle): $.99 -> Free
  • New! DMD Panorama (Photography): $1.99 -> Free
  • airTweet 2: $1.99 -> 99¢
  • Garmin N. America (Navigation): $59.99 -> $49.99
  • Garmin U.S.A. (Navigation): $49.99 -> $39.99
  • Burn the Rope Worlds (Games): $.99 -> Free
  • BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY™ 2 (Games): $2.99 -> $1.99
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Games): $2.99 -> $1.99

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iPad Apps

  • New! Reader X (News): $1.99 -> $.99
  • New! CourseNotes (Education): $5.99 -> $3.99
  • New! The Tiny Bang Story HD (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • iPlan for iPad (Productivity): $9.99 -> $.99
  • Burn the Rope Worlds HD (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • Veggie Meals (Lifestyle): $3.99 -> $1.99

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Universal Apps

  • New! Pad & Quill (Productivity): $.99 -> Free
  • New! Requiem: Unleashed (Games): $1.99 -> Free
  • New! NAVIGON Europe (Navigation): $119.99 -> $64.99
  • New! 3D Pixel Racing (Games): $2.99 -> $.99
  • Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land (Games): $4.99 -> $1.99
  • Weather 2x (Weather): $1.99 -> $.99
  • NAVIGON North America (Navigation): $59.99 -> $49.99
  • NAVIGON USA (Navigation): $49.99 -> $39.99
  • NAVIGON U.S. Central (Navigation): $29.99 -> $19.99
  • NAVIGON U.S. East (Navigation): $29.99 -> $19.99
  • NAVIGON U.S. West (Navigation): $29.99 -> $19.99
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