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About MacSAC MacSAC is a small freeware application that tracks deals on the Steep and Cheap (SAC), Tram Dock, Chain Love, Bonktown, Brociety, and Whiskey Militia websites from Backcountry.com. These websites offer killer deals on outdoor, ski, snowboard, skateboard, and biking gear and apparel all day long, one deal after the other, with discounts from 50-80%. I tried out the various tools that track these sites and found them lacking for Mac users, so I decided to develop my own solution. MacSAC is a universal app that runs on Mac OS X 10.4-10.6. It pops a small alert panel onscreen every time a new deal is announced. If you spot a killer deal, just click in the alert panel to quickly go to the website and check it out. In addition to tracking the current deals, MacSAC displays a history of recent deals and the "Deal of the Day" from DepartmentOfGoods.com. DepartmentOfGoods.com purchases made through MacSAC will benefit from a 40% discount applied when items are added to the shopping cart! Over the past couple years, I have bought technical outerwear, skis, bindings, sunglasses, backpacks, hiking socks, headlamps, bike parts, biking accesories, and lots of other cool gear from these sites at huge discounts. And it's good stuff too -- brands like Shimano, Oakley, Mountain Hardware, K2, Look, Dynastar, Rossignol, SmartWool, CamelBak, DAKINE, Smith Optics, Black Diamond, and Arcteryx, among others. If you're a gear nut, or buy gifts for gear nuts, this is a great place to look for deals. MacSAC will keep you on top of the action! Getting MacSAC Click the icon below to download MacSAC. Once downloaded, double-click the zip file to uncompress the archive, and then drag MacSAC.app to your Applications folder and launch it. The app will double-launch the first time to set a screen smoothing preference, and then start tracking deals. Check out MacSAC's preferences to set the update interval, toggle the alert sound on/off, choose which sites to track, add keyword filtering to alerts, and more. Click the icon to download MacSAC 1.8 (Updated May 20 2010) Requires Mac OS X 10.4-10.6 Universal Application - runs on PowerPC and Intel Macs iPhone/iPod users, take a look at the free ODAT Tracker app -- it's like MacSAC for your iPhone or iPod Touch! Donations/Support MacSAC is free, but donations are gratefully accepted via PayPal (a PayPal balance, credit card, or e-check can be used for payment, but a PayPal account is not required). If you score a great deal, consider donating a few bucks to support development of MacSAC! You can also support MacSAC when purchasing from Backcountry.com or BackcountryOutlet.com by using the links in MacSAC's "Go" menu and recent deals window, or clicking through the links below: As noted above, purchases at BackcountryOutlet.com made through MacSAC will benefit from a 40% discount applied when items are added to the shopping cart! Release History Version 1.8 (build 20100520) - 05/20/10 - Revised recent deal links to point to Department of Goods - Removed Backcountry Outlet from app Version 1.7 (build 20100403) - 04/03/10 - Added Department of Goods to Daily Deals and Go menu - Added user adjustable fadeout timer Version 1.6 (build 20100121) - 01/21/10 - Change to new datafeed for improved reliability Version 1.52 (build 20090710) - 07/10/09 - Modification to accomodate server-side changes in product SKU on Tramdock and WM (was blocking deal updates on these sites) Version 1.51 (build 20090328) - 03/29/09 - Modification to accomodate server-side changes in price/discount data - Added option to fade out deal popups Version 1.5 (build 20090222) - 01/22/09 - Added Brociety tracking Version 1.4 (build 20090129) - 01/31/09 - Added Bonktown tracking - Minor interface tweaks Version 1.33 (build 20090105) - 01/05/09 - Bug fix to eliminate possible error messages when changing update interval Version 1.32 (build 20081218) - 12/20/08 - Modification to accomodate server-side change on SAC Version 1.31 (build 20081027) - 10/27/08 - Modification to accomodate server-side issue - Reduces minimum update interval to 20 secs Version 1.3 (build 20080903) - 9/3/08 - Added tracking for Tram Dock - Multi-threaded tracking for better app response Version 1.2 (build 20080705) - 7/24/08 - Added tracking for Chain Love and Whiskey Militia - Added optional keyword filtering Version 1.11 (build 20071214) - 12/14/07 - Bug fix for deal of the day window (deal will now open in browser when clicked) - Bug fix for recent deals window (corrected HTML display issue seen by some users) Version 1.1 (build 20071209) - 12/12/07 - Added deal of the day window - Added 40% off feature for BackcountryOutlet.com purchases through MacSAC Version 1.0 (build 20071115) - 11/19/07 - Initial public release

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