About This Book

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About the Author

Josh Centers is the managing editor of TidBITS and a freelance writer who has contributed to several publications, including Macworld, The Magazine, Boing Boing, and The Sweethome. He has been featured on Daring Fireball, The Loop, TUAW, and Scientific American, and is a frequent guest on MacVoices and The Tech Night Owl.

When not writing about technology, Josh likes to cook, play video games, read comic books, shoot Nerf guns, and generally act like an overgrown child. He lives in Tennessee with his wife, Hannah, and their son, Harris.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to my wife, Hannah, for putting up with me as I wrote this tome.

Thanks to Adam Engst for bringing me aboard TidBITS, offering me a chance to write this book, and changing my life forever.

Thanks to Tonya Engst and Kelly Turner for the many hours they spent shaping my scribbles into something readable.

Thanks to Jeff Carlson and Michael Cohen for technical assistance.

Thanks to David Fanning of Tin Drum PR for providing an Elgato EyeTV HD review unit.

Thanks to Chris Pepper, our vigilant vigilante proofreader.

Thanks to Glenn Fleishman for discovering me and for his continued support.

Thanks to the folks at Apple for launching this “hobby.”

Thanks to the TidBITS members who bankrolled this operation.

Most of all, thanks to you, the reader. If you didn’t buy these books, we wouldn’t be able to write them.

Shameless Plug

You can find me at JoshCenters.com or @jcenters on Twitter. I’m available for speaking engagements, bar mitzvahs, and birthday parties.

About the Publisher

Publishers Adam and Tonya Engst have been creating Apple-related content since they started the online newsletter TidBITS, in 1990. In TidBITS, you can find the latest Apple news, plus read reviews, opinions, and more.

Adam and Tonya are known in the Apple world as writers, editors, and speakers. They are also parents to Tristan, who has reached the age where he can read, understand, and find mistakes in the Take Control series.

Credits

Thanks to Chris Pepper for his invaluable comments.