Paul McFedries - OS X Mountain Lion Simplified

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Jill A. Proll Quality Control Technician John Greenough Proofreading The Well-Chosen Word Indexing Potomac Indexing, LLC About the Author Paul McFedries is is a technical writer who has been authoring computer books since 1991. He has more than 75 books to his credit, which together have sold more than four million copies worldwide.

These books include the Wiley titles Teach Yourself VISUALLY Macs, Third Edition, MacBook Air Portable Genius, Third Edition, iPhone 4S Portable Genius, and The new iPad Portable Genius. Paul also runs Word Spy, a website dedicated to tracking new words and phrases (see www.wordspy.com). You may visit Pauls personal website at www.mcfedries.com, or follow him on twitter at www.twitter.com/paulmcf and www.twitter.com/wordspy. Authors Acknowledgments The book you hold in your hands is not only an excellent learning tool, but it is truly beautiful, as well. I am happy to have supplied the text that you will read, but the beautiful layout and colors come from Wileys crack team of graphics specialists and illustrators. The scope of the tasks, the accuracy of the spelling and grammar, and the veracity of the information are all the result of hard work performed by project editor Jade Williams, copy editor Marylouise Wiack, and technical editor Dennis Cohen.

Thanks to all of you for your excellent work. My thanks, as well, to acquisitions editor Aaron Black for asking me to write this book. How to Use This Book Who This Book Is For This book is for the reader who has never used this particular technology or software application. It is also for readers who want to expand their knowledge. The Conventions in This Book Steps This book uses a step-by-step format to guide you easily through each task. Notes Notes give additional information special conditions that may occur during an operation, a situation that you want to avoid, or a cross reference to a related area of the book. Icons and Buttons Icons and buttons show you exactly what you need to click to perform a step. Simplify It Simplify It sections offer additional information, including warnings and shortcuts. Bold Bold type shows command names, options, and text or numbers you must type. Italics Italic type introduces and defines a new term.