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Mac Giving Tree rewards you with free applications


As the holidays quickly move through it would seem that everyone is in the spirit of giving (unless you're a scrooge, but that's a different story entirely). MacHeist, a site that has mainly been known to sell application bundles, is offering something very special this holiday season. The Mac Giving Tree is a place where people with a MacHeist account can go to get free applications. If you don't have MacHeist credentials, you can sign up for free.

When you sign up, you are able to join the Mac Giving Tree -- this gives you a few free applications upon sign up. I got Synergy and Enigmo 2 absolutely free. On Christmas Day, you are able to visit the site, sign in, and "unwrap" other presents that show up below the tree. When you refer your friends, you are able to get additional presents to unwrap.

Visit the Mac Giving Tree to get your free applications, and while you're there take a look at the page design. If you Twitter a message starting with @macheist, your tweet will automatically show up on the page ... that's just pretty nifty.

Thanks, Phil!

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Shannon

If I forgot to write down the Enigmo 2 serial number can I still get it now? I played the first 8 levels and thought it was fun.

January 03 2009 at 11:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
BikerDATA.com

Was this promotion on the web last year or is the first year the "Giving Tree" came online?

December 24 2008 at 7:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
doc

Free itunes account w/o Credit Card

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http://www.winandmac.com/tips/create-free-itunes-account-no-matter-where-you-live-without-using-redeem-code/

December 23 2008 at 2:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
doc

here is the DL link for synergy ;)

http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhgivingtree/apps/synergy.zip

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December 23 2008 at 2:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
massimo.berta

It works only with USA iTunes accounts?

December 21 2008 at 2:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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I_Love_TUAW

iTunes accounts?

December 21 2008 at 7:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Korpil

The Mac applications work no matter where you live, but the iPhone/iPod Touch presents that appear in the tree work only for US residents, bummer.

December 23 2008 at 8:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lesson

Thanks for information ;)

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December 20 2008 at 9:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chad

Super. TUAW continues to be a shill for Phil, the snake-oil salesman. Phil and his cronies are the worst thing to happen to the Apple community in years. Bilking people out of their hard-earned money under the guise of charity, while raking in the majority of the money for themselves

December 20 2008 at 6:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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cian

I find it hard to see how giving away free mac
Programs is screwing with anybody's wallet. Or creating super fun puzzels with some great rewards.

Before you tell me that they are stealing from developers, have you not noticed that developers often enter a bundle or a giveaway twice? What Stupid person would do this is they were losing money on the deal?

And as for the charity bit, I don't think they ever claimed to be one, and gave exact data about how much was going to charity. Not much screwing to be seen.

December 21 2008 at 6:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jash Sayani

I want more gifts !!!
http://givingtree.macheist.com/?invite=158014

December 20 2008 at 1:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jash Sayani

Nice one.... I grabbed an app and gave a return-gift (A Digg) to the tree !!

December 20 2008 at 12:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jack

thanks alot i didnt see the presents at the bottom :)

December 20 2008 at 12:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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