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Today Only: Pogoplug Pro File Sharing Solution for $29.99, Pogoplug Premium Software for $10 – EXP 8/26/2011

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Today only, August 26,2011, CNET Exclusives has Pogoplug Pro File Sharing Solution, model no. POGO-P01, for $29.99 (99.99 – 70 instant savings) with Free Shipping for a limited time.

Added bonus: get an unlimited Pogoplug Premium software license (one license can be installed on ALL your computers–Mac or PC) for just $10.00 more (regularly $29.99), which means you get the whole bundle for $39.99. The Pogoplug Premium software makes your computer into a Pogoplug device and enable you to easily share files with anyone.

Pogoplug is a device that lets you connect any external hard drive and then access and share content through the Internet. And it’s even more convenient now with newly buit-in WiFi. It’s time to start leaving your external hard drives at home. In just 60 seconds, Pogoplug connects your external hard drives and printers to the Internet so you have full access to your home content and print wherever you go. Make your videos, photos, presentation files, or even your entire music library accessible online, without uploading. Pogoplug gives you the power to broadcast and share your digital life with ease from wherever life takes you. Each Pogoplug comes with a free online service for remotely accessing and sharing your files through any Web browser, desktop or mobile device. Share, stream, upload or download to and from your Pogoplug connected hard drives from anywhere in the world – no technical expertise or advanced networking knowledge required.

Screen-Grabbing Mac App Skitch is Now FREE

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Skitch, the popular screen capturing tool has been acquired by Evernote, another service that I love, and they are making the program FREE (was $19.99) in the Mac App Store.

Skitch is your image swiss army knife. It makes it easy to screen capture, crop, resize, sketch then share really fast. With the free built-in skitch.com image hosting, Skitch is the fastest and easiest way to share your work and your life.

Evernote has also released a Skitch app for Android in the Android Market for FREE. It allows you to quickly draw attention to anything in a picture; take a snapshot of something awesome, draw an arrow and add a caption, then post the image on Twitter or Facebook. When you’re at a conference, snap a picture of the people you meet, annotate it with their names and save it into Evernote. Quickly sketch out a map, diagram or unicorn!

Adobe Muse Beta for PC or Mac for FREE

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Adobe Labs is offering FREE downloads of its Adobe Muse Beta for Windows or Mac for a limited time. You must have an Adobe account to download, accounts are FREE. Muse will continue to be FREE until the official release of Muse, which is scheduled for early 2012.

Adobe Muse Beta allows you to create websites as easily as you create layouts for print. You can design and publish original HTML pages to the latest web standards without writing code. Now in beta, Muse makes it a snap to produce unique, professional websites.

New Apple MacBook Air Intel Core i5 11″ 64GB Laptop for $919.99, 128GB for $1119.99

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MacConnection has the new Apple MacBook Air Intel Core i5 1.6Ghz 64GB 11.6″ laptop, model no. MC968LL/A, for $919.99 (999.99 – 50 instant savings – 30 coupon) with Free Shipping for a limited time. To get discount, use the coupon code: Deal-Mac30 at checkout. Deal expires Deal expires August 19, 2011.

This Macbook Air features Intel Core i5 1.6GHz “Sandy Bridge” dual-core processor, 11.6″ 1366 x 768 LED-backlit display, 2GB RAM, 164GB SSD, AirPort Extreme (802.11n wireless), Bluetooth 4.0, Facetime camera, Thunderbolt port, and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

MacConnection also has the Apple MacBook Air Intel Core i5 1.6Ghz 11.6″ 128GB laptop, model no. MC969LL/A, for $1119.99 (1199.99 – 50 instant savings – 30 coupon) with Free Shipping for a limited time. To get discount, use the coupon code: Deal-Mac30 at checkout. It boost all the same features as the model above but with 128GB flash storage and 4GB of memory.

The coupon code: Deal-Mac30 is also valid on other Macbook Air configurations that MacConnection has in stock, that includes both the 11″ and 13″ Macbook Airs. But act fast, at these prices they last!

Touchgrind for the Mac for FREE

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Illusion Labs has Touchgrind (iTunes Link) in the Mac App Store for for a limited time.

The smash hit Touchgrind is now available for your Mac! Just like in real skateboarding or fingerboarding, Touchgrind is a game of skill that takes 10 minutes to understand but weeks of lectures, boring meetings and family dinners to master. Learn the tricks and impress your buddies.

The innovative finger controls together with true physics simulation let you pull off tricks like ollies, shuvits, kickflips, heelflips, impossibles, 5-0, 50-50, crooks, smithgrinds, boardslides, tailslides, darkslides etc in endless combinations.

REQUIREMENT: Touchgrind for the Mac is controlled using Multi-Touch technology, thus requires a MacBook (MacBook Late 2009 or MacBook Pro 2008 and newer) or a Magic Trackpad.

Apple 27" Thunderbolt LED Cinema Display for $979

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MacConnection has newly released Apple 27″ Thunderbolt LED Cinema Display, model no. MC914LL/A, for $979 (999 – 20 instant savings) with Free Shipping for a limited time.

The Apple 27″ LED Cinema Display features a glossy widescreen display with a cinematic 16:9 aspect ratio and an astonishing 375 cd/m² brightness at 2560 x 1440 resolution. With 60 percent more pixels than the 24″ LED Cinema Display, the 27″ LED Cinema Display gives you even more room for all your windows and applications. It comes with a built-in iSight camera and microphone, you can connect your Mac desktop or notebook — open or closed — and have video chats or take pictures using Photo Booth.

The LED Cinema Display gives you more than video — it gives you audio, too. The built-in 49W speaker system includes an integrated subwoofer that delivers immersive, full-range sound for music, movies, and games.

You can connect your LED Cinema Display to any of the current lineup of Mac notebooks and desktop computers: MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac mini, and Mac Pro. That’s because the LED Cinema Display uses the ultracompact Thunderbolt connector (also supports Mini DisplayPort connectivity) and also has an integrated 3-port USB 2.0 hub.

Pay What You Want for Humble Indie Bundle: 7 Awesome Games for PC or Mac – EXP 8/9/2011

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Pay what you want (around a $50 value) for the Humble Indie Bundle #3 for Windows or Mac for a limited time. This bundle includes 7 DRM-free games, including Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, VVVVVV, Hammerfight, And Yet It Moves, Steel Storm, and Atom Zombie Smasher. If you opt to pay more than $5.49 for the bundle, you will also receive all of the games in Humble Indie Bundle #2 as well! Your contribution can be donated to charity (EFF and Child’s Play), the developers, or both. This deal ends August 9, 2011

New Apple MacBook Air Intel Core i5 11″ 64GB Laptop for $949.95, 128GB for $1139.99

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Amazon has the new Apple MacBook Air Intel Core i5 1.6Ghz 64GB 11.6″ laptop, model no. MC968LL/A, for $949.95 (999 – 49.05 instant savings) with Free Shipping for a limited time. Discount is applied in-chart at checkout. It features Intel Core i5 1.6GHz “Sandy Bridge” dual-core processor, 11.6″ 1366 x 768 LED-backlit display, 2GB RAM, 64GB SSD, AirPort Extreme (802.11n wireless), Bluetooth 4.0, Facetime camera, Thunderbolt port, and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

Amazon also has the Apple MacBook Air Intel Core i5 1.6Ghz 11.6″ 128GB laptop, model no. MC969LL/A, for $1139.99 (1199.99 – 60 instant savings) with Free Shipping for a limited time. Discount is applied in-chart at checkout. It boost all the same features as the model above but with 128GB flash storage and 4GB of memory.

Best Buy also continues to have  their sale of the new Macbook Airs mentioned last week.

New Apple MacBook Air Intel Core i5 11" Laptop for $949.99, 13" Model for $1,139.99

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Best Buy is offering up-to $100 off the newly released Apple MacBook Air laptops for a limited time.

Apple MacBook Air Intel Core i5 1.6Ghz 64GB 11.6″ laptop, model no. MC968LL/A, for $949.99 (999.99 – 50 instant savings) with Free Shipping for a limited time. Discount is applied in-chart at checkout. It features Intel Core i5 1.6GHz “Sandy Bridge” dual-core processor, 11.6″ 1366 x 768 LED-backlit display, 2GB RAM, 64GB SSD, AirPort Extreme (802.11n wireless), Bluetooth 4.0, Facetime camera, Thunderbolt port, and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

Apple MacBook Air Intel Core i5 1.6Ghz 11.6″ 128GB laptop, model no. MC969LL/A, for $1139.99 (1199.99 – 60 instant savings) with Free Shipping for a limited time. Discount is applied in-chart at checkout. It boost all the same features as the model above with 128GB flash storage and 4GB of memory.

<a href="Apple MacBook Air Intel Core i5 1.7Ghz 128GB 13.3″ laptop, model no. MC965LL/A, for $1,234.99 (1299.99 – 65 instant savings) with Free Shipping for a limited time. Discount is applied in-chart at checkout. It features Intel Core i5 1.7GHz “Sandy Bridge” dual-core processor, 13.3″ 1440 x 900 LED-backlit display, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, AirPort Extreme (802.11n wireless), Bluetooth 4.0, Facetime camera, Thunderbolt port, and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

Apple MacBook Air Intel Core i5 1.7Ghz 13.3″ 256GB laptop, model no. MC966LL/A, for $1,499.99 (1599.99 – 100 instant savings) with Free Shipping for a limited time. Discount is applied in-chart at checkout. It boost all the same features as the model above with 256GB flash.

Apple Mac OSX Lion for $29.99

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Apple’s newly released Mac OSX Lion is now available in the Mac App Store for $29.99.

OS X Lion is the next major release of OS X, the world’s most advanced desktop operating system. It includes over 250 new features that will transform how you interact with your Mac. Tap, swipe, and scroll your way through your apps using fluid Multi-Touch gestures that make everything you do feel more natural and direct. Full-screen apps take advantage of every pixel of your display — perfect for reading email, surfing the web, or browsing photos. Launchpad gives you instant access to all the apps on your Mac in a stunning new layout where you can quickly find any app and open it with a single click. And Mission Control brings together Exposé, full-screen apps, Dashboard, and Spaces in one unified experience. With a gesture, your desktop zooms out, displaying a bird’s-eye view of everything running on your Mac and making it easy to navigate anywhere with a click.

Apple Back to School Sale: Buy a Mac, Get a $100 iTunes Gift Card – EXP 9/20/2011

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Apple is having their annual back-to-school sale, purchase a MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or iMac from the Apple Store for Education and receive a FREE $100 iTunes Gift Card for a limited time. All Macs sold through the Apple Store for Education are discounted. Back to School Gift cards are included in your order when purchased at an Apple Retail Store or Apple Online Store. If you buy at a campus store, you’ll need to submit your claim online and get your code via email. The $100 Back to School Gift Card can be used in the Mac App Store, the iTunes Store, the App Store, and the iBookstore. This offer is valid only for qualified students, teachers, and staff and expires September 20, 2011. Limit one rebate per customer.

Sparrow Mail – The Silverhawk of Mail Clients for Mac for $5 – EXP 7/7/2011

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LivingTechie.com has the Sparrow Mail – The Silverhawk of Mail Clients for Mac for $5 (10 – 5 instant savings) for a limited time. Deal expires July 7, 2011.

Sparrow is a minimalist mail application designed to keep things simple and efficient.
No fancy stuff here… just your email and nothing else.

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Adobe Creative Suite CS5.5 for PC or Mac for $850.50, Premier Pro CS5.5 for $399.50 – EXP 9/30/2011

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Adobe is offering its Creative Suite CS5.5 Production Premium (full version) for Windows or Mac as a download for $849.50 (1,699 – 50% off coupon) for a limited time. To get discount, use the coupon code: SWITCH at checkout. This software suite includes Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, After Effects CS5.5, Photoshop CS5 Extended, Adobe Audition CS5.5, Flash Catalyst CS5.5, Flash Professional CS5.5, Illustrator CS5, Adobe OnLocation CS5, Encore CS5, Device Central CS5.5, Bridge CS5, and Media Encoder CS5.5. Coupon expires September 30, 2011. Offer is limited to nine (9) discounted copies per customer.

Adobe is also offering Premiere Pro CS5.5 (full version) for Windows or Mac as a download for $399.50 (799.99 – 50% off Coupon) for a limited time. To get discount, use the same coupon code: SWITCH at checkout.

This deal is intended for users who migrate from Final Cut Pro or Avid Media, but they don’t seem to enforcing it.

Freelance Mac App Bundle (1Password, Billings, TextExpander, & More) for $49 – EXP 6/29/2011

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AppStorm has the Freelance Mac App Bundle with $330 worth of awesome apps for only $49 for a limited time. This bundle includes Billings, WriteRoom, TextExpander, 1Password, LittleSnapper, Arq, Radium, and Alarms. PLUS a fantastic freelancing eBook (two if you tweet), PLUS three bonus files from the Envato Marketplaces (Translucent Business Card template, Highlight-commercial WordPress theme, Ultimate Client Manager-client management webapp.

Apple Final Cut Pro X for Mac for $299.99

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Apple has their newly released Final Cut Pro X in the Mac App Store for $299.99 (previous versions went for $1k) for a limited time.

The new Final Cut Pro X is completely redesigned from the ground up, it adds extraordinary speed, quality, and flexibility to every part of the post-production workflow. The single app app encompass the key sound editing and color grading components previously found in Soundtrack Pro and Color.

Apple also introduced Motion 5 and Compressor 4 in the Mac App Store for $49.99 each. Motion 5 lets you customize Final Cut Pro titles, transitions, and effects. Or create your own dazzling animations in 2D or 3D space, with real-time feedback as you work. Compressor 4 adds power and flexibility to Final Cut Pro X export. Customize output settings, work faster with distributed encoding, and tap into a comprehensive set of delivery features.

The combination of these three apps replaces the previous Final Cut Studio suite, which retailed for over $1k.