Invisibly add storage to your MacBook and more [Week’s Best Deals]

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This week's best deals include a lifetime of VPN protection, an invisible MacBook storage upgrade, and more.
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Spring is in the air after a long winter. But while seasons change, one thing never will: the great deals on gear and gadgets at the Cult of Mac Store. This week, we’ve got a lifetime of access to a painless VPN, a sleek adapter that can add up to 256GB to your MacBook instantly, a rough and tumble Bluetooth boombox, and a comprehensive set of lessons for coding in iOS 10. Everything is discounted heavily, read on for more details:

CoM - Windscribe VPN- Lifetime Subscription
Browse anonymously and securely with this easy to use VPN that works more like a desktop app and browser plugin.
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Windscribe VPN: Lifetime Pro Subscription – 91% off

When you go online, you’re vulnerable to a whole host of headaches and hazards. Whether it’s identity thieves, data snoops, or just annoying location restrictions, one of the best solutions is to connect via a VPN. Windscribe is a VPN that operates more like a desktop app or browser extension — just turn it on and it’ll run in the background, keeping you protected and anonymous. Mask your location from with an encrypted tunnel, access geo-blocked content from anywhere, avoid most ads while browsing, even torrent without worrying about your ISP snooping on you.

Buy now: Get a lifetime of Windscribe for $79, that’s a whopping 91 percent off the usual price.

CoM - Nifty MiniDrive
Instantly and invisibly add up to 256GB to your MacBook with this clever MicroSD adapter.
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Nifty MiniDrive MicroSD Card Adapter – 25% off

Adding hard drive capacity to your MacBook usually involves a costly upgrade or a bulky external drive. But this cleverly designed adapter offers another way. It ports a MicroSD card with up to 256 GB of extra space straight into your MacBook, seamlessly blending into the contour of your computer. The extra space can be used as a general expansion or integrate with Time Machine for what amounts to a removable backup partition. The coloring and texture are carefully tuned to match with your Mac, making this an affordable and invisible upgrade.

Buy now: Get a Nifty MiniDrive MicroSD Card Adapter for $29.99, that’s 25 percent off the usual price.

CoM - G-BOOM Wireless Bluetooth Boombox
iLounge’s “Speaker of the Year” delivers big sound and long battery life in a tough, portable package.
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G-BOOM Wireless Bluetooth Boombox – 15% off

Boomboxes never went away, they just had to wait for technology to push them in a new direction. That’s evident in the G-BOOM Wireless Bluetooth Boombox. It offers the portability, toughness and space-filling sound that made boomboxes so popular, but it also comes with a bunch of awesome modern features. is the exception. With a 2.1 speaker configuration, dual rear-firing bass ports and MAXX AUDIO digital sound processing, it can connect via Bluetooth or a standard audio cable, and can run for up to 7 hours on a single charge of its built-in battery. No wonder it was named “Speaker of the Year” by iLounge.

Buy now: Get a G-BOOM Wireless Bluetooth Boombox for $84.99, a 15 percent discount.

CoM - The Swift 3 Master Coder Bundle
Prepare for better paying gigs by learning the essential skills for coding in iOS 10.
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iOS 10 and Swift 3 Starter Bundle – 93% off

One of the most lucrative and marketable skills you can learn is how to code, and iOS is still one of the most vibrant markets for software of all kinds. This bundle of five lessons, clocking in at over 80 hours of content, will get you caught up and positioned in the essential skills and languages of coding for iOS 10. From covering the basics of Swift 3 to build working apps and lots more, by course’s end you’ll be well positioned to pursue a gig in the hot field of iOS app development.

Buy now: Get the iOS 10 and Swift 3 Starter Bundle for $45, a full 93 percent off the usual price.

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