About the Author
Jason R. Rich (www.JasonRich.com) is the best-selling author of more than 55 books covering a wide range of topics. Some of his recently published books include: How to Do Everything: MacBook Air (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2012), How to Do Everything: iPhone 5 (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2012), How to Do Everything: Digital Photography (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2011), How to Do Everything: Kindle Fire (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2012), Your iPad 2 at Work: Third Edition (Que), iPad and iPhone Tips and Tricks: Second Edition (Que), and The Ultimate Guide to YouTube for Business (Entrepreneur Press).
To read more than 175 feature-length how-to articles about the iPhone and iPad, visit www.iOSArticles.com, and click on the Articles tab. Jasons work also appears in a wide range of other national magazines, major daily newspapers, and popular websites.
Please follow Jason R. Rich on Twitter (@JasonRich7), or if youre an iOS mobile device user, be sure to check out his blog, Jason Richs Featured App of the Week, to learn about new and innovative iPhone and iPad apps (www.FeaturedAppOfTheWeek.com).
About the Technical Editor
Joshua Fleetwood has been taking things apart since he learned to crawl. As he acquired better and better motor skills, he even learned to put them back together occasionally. While actually a superhero, he daylights as a mild-mannered computer technician and photographer in Boston.
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This book is dedicated to the late Steve Jobs,
as well as to my niece Natalie, and my former foster son, Nick.
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Acknowledgments
Thanks to my former editor Megg Morin for inviting me to work on the first edition of this book, and to Roger Stewart at McGraw-Hill Education for inviting me to work on this all-new second edition. Its great to be working with Roger again! Thanks also to Amanda Russell, and everyone else at McGraw-Hill who contributed their talents and publishing know-how as this book was being created.
My gratitude also goes out to Joshua Fleetwood for lending his expertise to this project. He truly is an Apple genius in every sense of the word.
Id also like to thank everyone at Apple who helped to create iCloud, as well as the iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, and the other computers and devices I spend so much of my days using.
Thanks also to my friends and family for their endless support and encouragement. A special thank you and shout-out goes out to Nick OBrien. Nick: Please know that wherever our paths lead in the future, you will always be an important part of my life and be considered a part of my family.
