DIY repair kits to digital notepads: the week’s best deals at Cult of Mac [Deals]

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These 64 screwdriver bits are hand-picked by iFixit to make repairing your own electronics a sinch.
These 64 screwdriver bits are hand-picked by iFixit to make repairing your own electronics a sinch.
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This week brought warmer weather and a whole bunch of great new deals. From iFixit’s invaluable electronics repair kit, to a lifetime of virtual private network access, a digital note-taking set and a massive storage upgrade that hides in the SD slot. Take a look and take something cool home with you:

iFixit 64 Bit Driver Kit – 30% off

Repairing your own phones, computers or other gadgets is good for your wallet and good for the environment, but a lot of companies go to lengths to make sure it’s not easy on you. iFixit doesn’t want this to be hard, so they’ve hand-picked 64 of the specialty screwdrivers you’re most likely to need, curated from their thousands of repair guides and all available in this neat, foam-line kit.

Buy now: Get this 64-bit kit for $34.95, a full 30 percent off the normal price.

Browse anonymously and securely with a lifetime access to a virtual private network.
Browse anonymously and securely with a lifetime access to a virtual private network.

Hotspot Shield Elite VPN: Lifetime Subscription – 59% off

Getting online is exposing yourself to data thieves, tracking software, location restrictions and other snoopy stuff. Hotspot is a virtual private network (VPN) that allows you to browse online at high speeds anonymously and with a masked IP address, even on public WiFi networks. You’ll bypass content restrictions, get cloud-based malware protection, alerts via AnchorFree’s database of over 3.5 million malicious sites, and more.

Buy now: Get lifetime VPN access for $39.99, a whopping 59 percent off the usual price.

Equil combines the best of digital and pen-to-paper writing.
Equil combines the best of digital and pen-to-paper writing.

Equil Digital and Ink Smartpen 2 (Bonus: $50 SmartMarker Coupon) – 31% off

The hand-to-page connection of a good old ink pen and a piece of paper is hard to replace, which is why Equil did something better — enhanced it. Equil turns your scribbles and sketches into editable digital drafts, making it easy to add text and photos, save and organize, among a bunch of other writing-enhancing features all while using real ink and any type of paper you want. And right now you’ll also get a $50 coupon towards Equil’s also-awesome product, the SmartMarker.

Buy now: Get an Equil Smartpen and more for $$129.95, a substantial 31 percent off the normal price.

Add a massive upgrade to your Macbook's storage without a bulky external drive.
Add a massive upgrade to your Macbook’s storage without a bulky external drive.

Nifty MiniDrive for Macbooks – 15% off

If you’re finding yourself bumping up against the storage ceiling in your Macbook, you don’t need to graft a hefty external hard drive to its side. Nifty MiniDrive uses a MicroSD card adapter to seamlessly plug right into your MacBook, integrating with Time Machine to add up to 200 GB of extra space. That’s a massive storage upgrade that you won’t even see unless you’re looking for it, making for an easy, affordable and portable backup solution.

Buy now: Grab a Nifty MiniDrive for $33.99, a full 15 percent off the usual price.

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