Edward C. Baig - Macs For Dummies

Macs For Dummies, 12th Edition

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About the Author

Edward C. Baig writes the weekly Personal Technology column in USA TODAY and makes regular appearances on USA TODAY video podcasts. He is also the coauthor of iPhone For Dummies; iPad For Dummies, 5th Edition; and iPad mini For Dummies (all published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.).

Before joining USA TODAY as a columnist and reporter in 1999, Ed spent six years at Business Week, where he wrote and edited stories about consumer tech, personal finance, collectibles, travel, and wine tasting. He received the Medill School of Journalism 1999 Financial Writers and Editors Award for his contributions to the Business Week Investor Guide to Online Investing. That came after a three-year stint at U.S. News & World Report, where Ed was the lead tech writer for the News You Can Use section but also dabbled in numerous other topics. Ed fondly remembers putting together features on baseball card investing, karaoke machines, and the odd things people collect, including Pez dispensers, vintage radios, and magic memorabilia.

Ed began his journalistic career at Fortune, gaining the best training imaginable during his early years as a fact checker, and as a contributor helping with the Fortune 500 project, Fortune magazines annual list of the 500 largest U.S. corporations. Through the dozen years he worked at the magazine, Ed covered leisure-time industries, penned features on the lucrative dating market and the effect of religion on corporate managers, and was heavily involved in the magazines Most Admired Companies project. Ed also started up Fortune s Products to Watch column, a venue for low- and high-tech items.

Ed has been passionate about gadgets and technology since buying his first reel-to-reel tape recorder and shortwave radio as a boy. He has also purchased 8-track cartridge players (still in the attic somewhere) and the Magnavox Odyssey video game console, not quite the Xbox of its time. These days, when hes not spending time with his family or at the keyboard of his myriad computers, Ed can be found rooting for the New York Giants and New York Mets, listening to music of all types, and watching movies.

He has a B.A. in political science from York College and an M.B.A. from Adelphi University.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my remarkable and gorgeous children: daughter Sydney, who at a very early age became fascinated with the iTunes Visualizer, and son Sammy, who cannot resist pounding (quite literally) on the keyboard. This book is also dedicated to my beautiful wife Janie, who takes on more than any other human being I know, with grace, passion, and love, and to my canine daughter Sadie who believes that everyone who rings the doorbell must be visiting her. It is also dedicated to my late dog Eddie, who always reminded me through his barks that it is I who lived and worked in his house, not the other way around. Finally it is dedicated to my mom Lucy, for the values you instilled in me and are starting to instill in your grandchildren and great-grandchildren. I love you all.

Authors Acknowledgments

No book like this is ever written in isolation, and Ive received wonderful support from lots of people. Let me start by again thanking my agent, Matt Wagner, for turning me into a For Dummies author.

At Wiley, Id like to thank Vice President and Publisher Andy Cummings, Sr. Acquisitions Editor Bob Woerner, Project Editor Paul Levesque, Project Editor (on previous editions) Susan Pink, Copy Editor John Edwards, and Technical Editor Dennis Cohen, who each makes me look good your services are simply invaluable. Lots of other folks at Wiley do amazing work behind the scenes. I dont know all your names, but please know you have my utmost respect and appreciation.

I also couldnt pull this off without considerable help through this and other editions of this book from many people at Apple. So special thanks to Katie Cotton, Steve Dowling, Natalie Kerris, Bill Evans, Keri Walker, Teresa Brewer, Greg (Joz) Joswiak, Trudy Muller, Tom Neumayr, Janette Barrios, Jennifer Hakes, Colin Smith, Amy Bessette, Amy Barney, Monica Sarker, Christine Monaghan, Kirk Paulsen, David Moody, and others in Cupertino. Apologies if Ive left your name off this list.