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You already know that OS X is one of the most powerful and easy to use UNIX based OSes around. You wouldn’t be reading Cult of Mac if you didn’t. The thing that a lot of us don’t really know—or tap into—is the server version of OS X.

Sure it’s like OS X, but it also has all the power of an enterprise server behind it. Email server? Check. Calendar server? Yep. Document server, chat server, wiki…you get the idea. Anyway, it’s powerful stuff. And, so I’m told, pretty easy to manage. Pretty easy, not drop dead easy. Which means a few lessons and tutorials might come in handy just to make sure you get your OS X Lion Server set up the right way the first time. Hence today’s deal—OS X Lion Server Video Course – Cult of Mac Deals.

Let’s face it, windows can get out of control. Lost windows off the side of the screen, clutter, window positions… Or this situation, you’re working on a project where you’re taking screenshots or doing a screencast of something. You can’t finish all at once and have to come back to it. Now, how do you think you’ll get the windows back exactly the way they were before?

Oh you can try to do in manually—and wind up pulling out your hair—or you can pick up today’s giveaway Breeze. Usually this is a (well worth it) $8 app, but right now you can grab it for free (which is exactly what I’ll be doing in short order).

If you want to see how it all works before you grab the app, check out the Autumn Apps site and watch the screencast (they had me in the first minute).

Contrary to the name, putting a laptop on your lap, isn’t actually a great idea. Laptops can get rather warm, not to mention it’s impossible for air to get below your laptop to help keep it cool (do you think Apple made these glorious devices out of aluminum just for kicks and giggles?). Likewise laptops just on a desk or table not only don’t let the machines cool as well as they could, but they aren’t terribly comfortable to work at for long periods of time.

It’s pretty hard to find a device that works great on your lap and on a desk (believe me, I’ve looked and there aren’t many), which is where the iLap comes in.

Only available in the Continental U.S.

Here’s the thing. While WordPress is awesome (amazingly awesome), if you want to get into web development—even if you’re designing and working solely with WordPress—you need to learn HTML, CSS, and Javascript.

That’s where this deal comes in. Across 7 chapters and 235 step-by-step video tutorials you will learn what you need to become a web developer/designer. Simple as that.

Get this deal while it lasts.

I freakin’ hate slow websites! I hate it even more when the website is question is my own (which, in fact is true and something I need to work on). Good thing I can pick up a free ebook on the Deals page to fix that. Yep. Speed up your website free ebook is the deal du jour. Nothing to lose, certainly a lot to gain.

“Any place with four walls and a door…” That’s how the creators of NeoCover describe the places that can use a NeoCover.

You’ve seen NeoCover around already. A simple idea, put ultra-strong rare earth magnets into a light switch faceplate. Then when you come home and need a place to hang your keys…fwap!…you stick your keys to the wall and there they are ready for you! Slick, simple, brilliant. Oh and on sale! Yep, we’ve got the NeoCover on sale right now in the Cult of Mac Deals.

Important: This item will only ship within the continental U.S.

Way back over 15 years ago when I was a newbie web developer, I finally dipped my toes into the waters of Photoshop so I could make cool buttons, headers, and backgrounds for my sites. Now all that time later—and granted I don’t use Photoshop as much as I used to—I still don’t think I had even begun to scratch the surface of what Photoshop has to offer.

Now comes Photoshop CS6 and, well, if I want to use Photoshop now I have some serious catching up to do. This is one of the most important things to just “get” about Photoshop—it is so powerful, so amazing, that in order to get the most out of it you have to spend some time learning it. Simple as that. You have to put in the time to learn or you will always be missing out on something. Good thing we have a video course on Photoshop for you to check out today—Adobe Photoshop CS6 Video Course – Cult of Mac Deals

Let’s keep this simple. We all would love a new Retina MacBook Pro. So, how’d you like to win one?

It’s very simple. Go to the Retina MacBook Pro Giveaway page and enter your email address. Then once the iStack Mac Bundle is done (you’ve checked it out, right?) a winner will be picked.

Did you know Microsoft Excel was release on the Mac before it was released on Windows? Pretty cool when you think about it—Microsoft launched its first attack on Lotus 1–2–3 through the Mac. Well that was in the late 80s-early 90s and 25 years have passed and Excel has only gotten more sophisticated and powerful. Most people who use Excel know the basics of formulas and spreadsheets, but like most apps the real power and treasures lie just below the surface.

Now’s the time to learn the secrets of Excel with today’s deal—Microsoft Excel 2011 Course – Cult of Mac Deals. Step up and become a master of Excel in just a few hours and for only $24!

Let me see how to put this. Stop reading now and just grab the iStack Mac Bundle. I know, I know that’s pretty blunt, but the fact is that for $50 you get:

Parallels 7 (alone worth the price), Clarify for Mac, PaintSupreme, TextSoap (another awesome tool), Disk Drill Pro (wait, this too!?!), Hands Off! (well, not until you grab this offer…), Elasty, iGlasses 3, and Snagit for Mac (another must-have tool).

Savings? How about over $900.

And for the “one more thing…” moment for the first little while you also get an iOS programing course thrown into the bundle.

Ever feel like online marketing is a strange, black box where it’s more magic than science? Feel like you need to step up your online marketing game—maybe the boss has just told you that you need to boost your company’s online marketing efforts—and you’re feeling a bit at a loss?

Frankly, me too sometimes. It’s hard to keep up with the changes to Google’s search algorithms, Facebook’s ads and page strategies, and what’s the most effective way to use a blog for marketing. The answer isn’t trying to muddle through on your own, the answer is to pick up the skills from an expert.

Today’s deal brings you that opportunity—Online Marketing Excellence.

Well, this is an easy one.

I love writing about giveaways and freebies because there’s no risk, you have nothing to lose, and you just might as well grab it if you’re even remotely interested in thing.

Like today.

It’s a free 130 page ebook on turning Photoshop files into websites/pages. Maybe it’s not up your alley, but I think it’s one of those things that could just be handy to have around. You might learn a tip or trick or be able to work with a designer/developer a little better on your next website project. Regardless it’s just this simple…

Love it or hate it, Microsoft Word is one of the most ubiquitous apps around. If you write anything on a computer—Mac or PC—you’re going to have to have some interaction with MS Word.

Over the years, MS Word has become a lot more than “just a word processor” today it’s more like an electronic publishing tool. The thing is though, most people don’t know how to tap into all the power and tools in MS Word 2011.

You can change that with the Microsoft Word 2011 video course.

Did you know the first version of WordPress was written using DreamWeaver? Yep, it’s true. Now you might not be interested in creating the next great CMS, but you might be interested in using Dreamweaver to create awesome websites. This is where Dreamweaver Essentials comes in. Over 7.5 hours and 100 hands-on lectures that will make you a DW rockstar.

More info on the Dreamweaver Essentials Course after the jump…

Rip, store, archive, share. Whether it’s music or movies — okay, maybe not the sharing part — CDs and DVDs are still part of our digital life. Sometimes you just need to archive something to DVD. Sometimes you need to make a great mix to play at a party and you want to bring a CD. While there are lots of reasons why you’d want to burn a CD or DVD on your Mac, the problem is that the tools built into your Mac are just adequate. They work, but there are differences between getting a flip phone and a smartphone. Both make calls, but the smartphone just does more.

This is where Roxio Toast comes in. We all know Roxio. We know they make great tools for burning data to media. So, do you have Roxio in your toolkit? No? Well, right now you can get it for 50% off.

Raise your hand if you really like managing your home/personal finances. I’m betting the few of you who did raise their hands are either in the financial industry or just dig numbers. The rest of us? Well we all hate trying to track budgets, spending, the “can I afford a new 32GB iPad now…” questions, and keeping work/tax expenses straight. I think I might have the solution for you.

Cashculator.

Manage all your finances, simply and easily and only $15!

Here’s an easy one. At some point or another we all need to take a screenshot. It’s just inevitable. Error message, funny photo, epic DM fail, something…we need to do it. Heck I do it on a near daily basis. Now, do you really think any self-respecting Mac user would just use the default screenshot tools built into OS X?

Nope. We all use something a step up better. Now it’s your turn with today’s freebie!—Free Onde Screen Capture App for Mac – Cult of Mac Deals. Get it while it lasts!

I’m betting your address book is a royal mess. It doesn’t take long for it to happen, really. Sync in gmail contacts, then iCloud, then that CSV of leads from your CRM… You get the idea and you feel the pain, so let’s take some of the pain out of it.

Today’s deal is WriteThatName and for $20 (half off) you get a year’s subscription of intelligent, automagic address book management. Thought that might grab you, read on…

If a picture tells a thousand words, what does an annotated screencast tell?

How many times have you picked up a new app and just couldn’t figure something out and wished that the developers could just show you how it works? Have you ever needed to explain a multi-step process (like Facebook security settings) and just thought: “If I could just show you how to do this…”? Then you understand why screencasts are powerful tools for teaching, explaining, and helping. This, of course, is where Voila comes in…easy screencasting and now at an awesome price.

So, who wants an Xbox 360 with Kinect and a 40″ LCD TV?

Thought that would get your attention. Here’s the deal, Brandify wants to give one lucky person two Xbox 360 systems (with the 40″ TVs) (one for you and one for a friend) just for trying out your online reputation score.

Interested now?

I’m willing to bet that your iTunes library is a mess. You ripped CDs from your collection and you’ve got a lot songs that are labeled: “Track 3” from “Unknown Artist.” And I don’t even want to get into cover art.

Today is the day to make a stand. Today is the day you decide that you will not have an iTunes library you’re embarrassed to show your friends (sorry it can’t help with that Yanni collectors edition you have stashed away). Today is the day you fix your iTunes library with TuneUp.

Today’s deal is is for one of the top iTunes plugins and you can get it now for just $30.

You know one of the secrets of great and productive designers? Great templates. Templates that don’t just look great, but are also flexible enough to make sure their project don’t look “cookie cutter”. Buttons, textures, backgrounds, design elements, layouts. A great designer has a slew of these stashed aside to pull out for a wide range of projects. Now, why should app developers be any different?

They shouldn’t. Which is what today’s deal is all about—The iOS App Design Bundle. Having great templates on hand to kick off your next iOS app project.

My favorite deals are the app bundles. A bunch of great apps for a sweet price. Today we have a great mini bundle for you that gives you eye candy (10,000 HD wallpapers!), security (lock down apps on your Mac—great for shared machines!), cleaning (uninstall apps so they are really all gone), entertainment (convert videos to watch on the go), and some back talk (voice narration software) for one low price.

The Mac Stack Bundle give you a nice, inexpensive pack of useful tools for $20. Simple, easy, and done.

Yeah it’s the set of apps we love to hate—Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac. I know, it’s all be downhill since Word 6.0, but still MS Office is the standard for sending and receiving files. Myself, I’ve always liked Excel and I taught myself how to use Pivot Tables, but it wasn’t fun or easy. When I told other people “Oh, just use a Pivot Table and you can do all of that…” their response was “That’s too hard to learn, I’ll do it the way I’ve been doing it…”

Wow.

So how would you like to tap into all the features of MS Office 2011? Really learn it inside and out? Now you can with today’s deal—Microsoft Office for Mac Video Training Bundle for only $79! That’s almost a 60% discount off the usual $196!

Did you enter the Snapheal iPad giveaway? Mike first posted about it a month ago and the response has been nothing short of tremendous, but all good things must come to an end. People have been winning SnapHeal every week (I got a copy and it is bring amazing) and now it’s coming up to the big draw for the iPad. So…

There is only one day left to enter the contest!

So get to it and enter!—Snapheal New iPad Giveaway – iPhone Hacks Deals