Vendors — If you wish to list specials on this page, or to advertise in our printed monthly magazine, AUSOM News, please click here. Note: Information about third-party offers and promotions was provided to AUSOM Inc. by the relevant third party and/or the Apple User Group Advisory Board and is provided as a courtesy. AUSOM makes no representations and disclaims any liability regarding offers and promotions. Please direct questions about an offer or promotion directly to the appropriate third party. 
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PICA Australia distributes an extensive range of Mac software and accessories for all your Apple devices. Their software range incorporates Business, Creativity, Edutainment, Internet Security, Lifestyle, Music and Utilities.
Particuarly well-known items from PICA's product listing include Reunion, Freeway Pro and Express, Circus Ponies' Notebook, MYOB, Dragon Dictate, Disk Warrior, VMware Fusion, Toast Titanium, McAfee VirusScan, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing and Hoyle Games. There are also numerous accessories and cases. Lots more information at . AUSOM members can enjoy a 20% discount off all products purchased from www.pica.com.au (excluding already discounted items.) Please use coupon AUSOM11 at checkout.
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| | Macworld Australia
24-issue subscription only $99 — that's only $4.12 per issue!
Publisher Niche Media is offering a special discounted subscription deal on Macworld Australia for AUSOM members. Macworld Australia is Australia's only commercial Mac magazine and contains most of the content of the US edition re-edited with appropriate local market references, plus unique Australian content. Download subscription form
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| | Shed 28 supplies accessories for a range of Apple products including MacBook bags and envelopes, screen protectors and ipad bags and accessories. With brands including Built NY, Moshi, Urban Tool and others exclusive to Shed 28 like Manbag London, there’s something for all tastes. Shed 28 offers AUSOM members a 15% discount on all purchases. To activate this discount simply enter the code SHED28_AUSOM when purchasing at www.shed28.com.au. | | 
| | PeachPit Press has become arguably the leading publisher of Mac books of all kinds. Among its authors are such well-known figures as Robin Williams, Maria Langer, Scott Kelby, Sharon Zardetto Aker, Shelly Brisbin, Adam and Tonya Engst, Martin Evening, Glenn Fleishman, Dan Frakes, Richard Harrington, Matt Kloskowski, Scott Knaster, Bob LeVitus, Deke McClelland, and over 750 more. Peachpit also publishes and/or distributes the Visual QuickStart Guide series, as well as 'official' publications from Apple, Adobe, Macromedia and other software publishers. In addition to the up-front discount offered, you'll find that Peachpit's air shipping rates to Australia are substantially lower than those of many other book suppliers. This worldwide offer is ongoing. | 
| | Special Offer – O’Reilly: New Discounts for User Group Members Get 40% off books from O’Reilly, Microsoft Press, No Starch, Paraglyph, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, Rocky Nook, SitePoint, or YoungJin books, and 50% off ebooks you purchase directly from O’Reilly. Order from the O’Reilly Store online or by phone at 1-800-998-9938 (extra shipping costs outside U.S.). See what the buzz is about: http://shop.oreilly.com/ This worldwide offer is ongoing.
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| | Take Control Books: 30% Discount on All Ebooks No matter what Apple devices you’re using, there’s a Take Control ebook that will help you polish your skills, work more efficiently, and increase your productivity. Check out our highly practical, tightly focused ebooks covering OS X, Macintosh applications, the iPad and iPhone, 802.11n networking, and more! Written by the most-trusted names in the Mac world and published by Adam and Tonya Engst of TidBITS, Take Control ebooks provide the technical help you need now. Take Control ebooks are available for immediate download in PDF format (for Macs and iPads), and with EPUB (for iPhone and iPod touch) and Mobipocket (for Kindle) versions available after purchase. An exclusive 30% off their already low prices is offered to Apple user group members on all Take Control ebooks. TidBITS: http://www.tidbits.com This worldwide offer is ongoing.
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| | macProVideo.com..The Authority in Nonlinear Educating. Featuring in depth, real-time video training created by the multimedia industry's top educators, macProVideo.com brings high quality video training to your computer desktop. See and Hear how software functions! We are committed to providing the best software training on the web for applications such as Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro & Express, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, Reason, Ableton Live, OS X and more! macProVideo.com offers 30% discount to AUSOM members. You simply need to use the discount code MUG30 when ordering www.macprovideo.com
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| New Riders Book Discounts. You can save up to 20% on all books every day at newriders.com simply by becoming a New Riders Club Member. Membership is free and easy. All you have to do is answer a few, short questions in our ongoing, online survey, which you can access on any book page. Don't worry. All of your information stays with us--we won't sell it or give it away to anyone. After you've filled out the survey, you'll save 20% automatically whenever you log on to www.newriders.com as a member. It's that easy! Note that you may use your User Group Coupon Code ON TOP of your Club Member savings to get up to 40% discount. Just remember to log in first when making a purchase and then enter NRUZERZ at checkout as well!.
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| Allume Systems User Group Store 40% Discount of ALL Aladdin System Products including Stuffit Deluxe, Spring Cleaning, DragStrip and FlashBack. When you visit the Aladdin Online Store, you'll see the regular prices for each of the products. Put any items you would like to purchase into your shopping cart. Once you do this, you'll see an area near the top of the cart asking you to enter any "discount codes". Enter UserGroup (exactly as shown here, no spaces and Capital U and Capital G) and click Apply. At the bottom of the screen a new line will appear just above Subtotal called Discount. This will show the 40% off the total of all the items in your cart. If you continue to add items to your cart, the discount will recalculate automatically. When finished shopping , just check out - it is that simple! www.allume.com/store
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| | Dolly Drive backup/sync/storage: 20% Off Dolly Drive is more than just TIme Machine in the cloud. It is a multi-destination Time Machine backup for multiple Macs, both online and local. It will file sync, provide virtual hard drive storage, and create a bootable local clone. Because it’s designed for people who love using Macs, it’s all in one place, with one app. When you try Dolly Drive for business or the home, Apple user group members receive 20% off for one year of Dolly Drive (data centers in U.S. and Europe) available in sizes from 50 gigabytes to 8 terabytes, starting at $3 (US) per month. Backup today: www.dollydrive.com This worldwide offer is valid through January 1, 2013.
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| | Softpress Freeway: 25% Discount Freeway gives you all the legendary ease-of-use and features that launched the desktop publishing revolution. You can quickly and effortlessly lay out your website, embed images and content, then publish your work as standards-compliant HTML. Upload to your server, .Mac or to a folder. You supply the creativity, Freeway handles the code. User Group members can buy Freeway 5.5 (or 5) Pro, regularly $229 (US) for $171.75 (US), and Freeway 5.5 (or 5) Express, regularly $69 (US) for $51.75 (US), a 25% discount. Build your website now: http://www.softpress.com/store This worldwide offer is ongoing.
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| | AgileBits 1Password and more: 25% Discount Too many passwords to remember? 1Password 3 for Mac is a password manager that goes beyond simple password storage by integrating directly with your web browser to automatically log you into websites, enter credit card information, fill registration forms, and easily generate strong passwords. As an Apple user group member, you are entitled to get new licenses of 1Password for Mac at 25% below the normal retail price. You also get a 25% discount on new licenses for everything else in the AgileBits store. https://agilebits.com/ This worldwide offer is ongoing.
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| | Camtasia for Mac and Snagit for Mac: 30% Off Snagit gives you all the tools you need to create engaging images and videos. You can snag any image and enhance it with effects or create a quick video of your computer screen. Camtasia gives you all the tools you need to create engaging, high-quality videos with ease. Capture your onscreen activity, add professional polish, and communicate your message visually, then share your creations instantly with anyone. Apple user group members get all the benefits of Snagit for Mac, regularly $49.95 (US), and Camtasia for Mac, regularly $99.00 (US), for 30% off during this special offer. Email ambassador@ausom.net.au for User Group Code. Capture your visions: www.techsmith.com This worldwide offer is valid through September 30, 2012.
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| | Disk Drill data recovery: 35% off The new and improved Disk Drill protects your files from accidental deletion with Recovery Vault and recovers lost data from Mac disks. It features a number of advanced scanning modes for data recovery of FAT, NTFS, HFS/HFS+, other file systems and formatted (initialized) drives. It is a professional, but extremely simple, Mac data recovery software that helps rescue data on Mac disks, external or internal hard drives, memory cards, cameras, iPods Classic, and others. The usual price of $89 (US) has been reduced to only $57.85 (US) for this limited-time user group offer. Email ambassador@ausom.net.au for coupon code. Recover your files now: http://www.cleverfiles.com/ This worldwide offer is valid through October 31, 2012.
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| | SlideShark iPad PowerPoint Viewer: Free App plus Special Offer SlideShark from BrainShark, Inc. is a free app that converts PowerPoint presentations to view on your iPad. It is easy to use and designed with professionals, educators, and students in mind. It preserves animations, fonts, graphics and colors, and allows you to tap or swipe to advance animations and slides. With SlideShark you can view and present your slideshow on the iPad the way it was meant to be seen (and show on your TV with the iPad 2). See a demo at https://www.slideshark.com/ Members of Apple user groups are invited to download the app for free. Additionally, you’ll also get 25% additional storage for free with this offer.
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| | Eltima Software multimedia products: Pay 20% less Eltima Software is a global software development company, specializing in Flash software development for Mac users. All flashers will see the true value of Flash Decompiler Trillix for Mac, Flash Optimizer for Mac and SWF & FLV Player for Mac. With these products, managing Flash files is easy: decompile, compress or just play them back. Regular prices for Eltima’s Flash software range from $19.95- $99.95 (US). Using the coupon code gives user group members 20% off. To buy any software title, click http://mac.eltima.com/mac-products.htm Email ambassador@ausom.net.au for coupon code. This worldwide offer is ongoing.
| Older Australian Vendors — May not be current. Please make your own enquiries while we are updating this page. Rushfaster laptop bags & backpacks
Rushfaster.com.au specialises in STM laptop bags and backpacks that are specifically designed for Macintosh laptops. Rushfaster offers AUSOM members 15% off the entire range. To obtain this discount, members need to use the coupon: ausom when checking out, this keyword will take the 15% off the total order price. Web site: www.rushfaster.com.au Collins Booksellers (Technical & Academic Centre) 10% discount on computer books upon production of current AUSOM Membership card. 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne. Telephone: +61 3 9662 1470. Facsimile: +61 3 9662 2495.
Web: www.collinsbooks.com.au/ Spectrade Media Sales 10% discount in all computer supplies such as Rediform stationary, ribbons, diskettes, disk storage, printwheels, repairs to computers, printers, monitors, disk drives and power supplies. 12b Church Street Bayswater 3153. Telephone: +61 3 9729 9400. Facsimile: +61 3 9729 9002 |
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