OS X®Mountain Lion ALL-IN-ONE For Dummies®

by Mark L. Chambers

OS X® Mountain Lion All-in-One For Dummies®

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About the Author

Mark L. Chambers has been an author, computer consultant, BBS sysop, programmer, and hardware technician for almost 30 years — pushing computers and their uses far beyond “normal” performance limits for decades now. His first love affair with a computer peripheral blossomed in 1984 when he bought his lightning-fast 300 BPS modem for his Atari 400. Now he spends entirely too much time on the Internet and drinks far too much caffeine-laden soda.

With a degree in journalism and creative writing from Louisiana State University, Mark took the logical career choice: programming computers. (Go figure.) However, after five years as a COBOL programmer for a hospital system, he decided there must be a better way to earn a living, and he became the Documentation Manager for Datastorm Technologies, a well-known communications software developer. Somewhere in between writing software manuals, Mark began writing computer how-to books. His first book, Running a Perfect BBS, was published in 1994 — and after a short 15 years or so of fun (disguised as hard work), Mark is one of the most productive and best-selling technology authors on the planet.

Along with writing several books a year and editing whatever his publishers throw at him, Mark has also branched out into Web-based education, designing and teaching a number of online classes — called WebClinics — for Hewlett-Packard.

His favorite pastimes include collecting gargoyles, watching St. Louis Cardinals baseball, playing his three pinball machines and the latest computer games, supercharging computers, and rendering 3D flights of fancy with TrueSpace — and during all that, he listens to just about every type of music imaginable. Mark’s worldwide Internet radio station, MLC Radio (at www.mlcbooks.com), plays only CD-quality classics from 1970 to 1979, including everything from Rush to Billy Joel to the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack.

Mark’s rapidly expanding list of books includes MacBook For Dummies, 3rd Edition; Macs for Seniors For Dummies, 2nd Edition; iMac For Dummies, 7th Edition; Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies; Building a PC For Dummies, 5th Edition; Scanners For Dummies, 2nd Edition; CD & DVD Recording For Dummies, 2nd Edition; PCs All-in-One For Dummies, 5th Edition; Mac OS X Tiger: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks; Microsoft Office v. X Power User’s Guide; BURN IT! Creating Your Own Great DVDs and CDs; The Hewlett-Packard Official Printer Handbook; The Hewlett-Packard Official Recordable CD Handbook; The Hewlett-Packard Official Digital Photography Handbook; Computer Gamer’s Bible; Recordable CD Bible; Teach Yourself the iMac Visually; Running a Perfect BBS; Official Netscape Guide to Web Animation; and Windows 98 Troubleshooting and Optimizing Little Black Book.

His books have been translated into 15 different languages so far — his favorites are German, Polish, Dutch, and French. Although he can’t read them, he enjoys the pictures a great deal.

Mark welcomes all comments about his books. You can reach him at [email protected], or visit MLC Books Online, his Web site, at www.mlcbooks.com.

Dedication

This book is dedicated with love to Frank and Vera Judycki. They might have started out as my in-laws, but now they’re MawMaw and PawPaw.

Author’s Acknowledgments

Once again, the good folks at Wiley have made things easy on a demanding technology author! It’s time to send my appreciation to those who helped make this book a reality.

As with all my books, I’d like to first thank my wife, Anne; and my children, Erin, Chelsea, and Rose; for their support and love — and for letting me follow my dream!

No project gets underway without the Composition Services team at Wiley. Starting with my words and adding a tremendous amount of work, Composition Services has once again taken care of art, layout, and countless other steps that I can’t fathom. Thanks to each of the team members for a beautiful book.

Next, my appreciation goes to my superb technical editor Dennis Cohen, who checked the technical accuracy of every word — including that baker’s dozen of absurd acronyms that crops up in every technology book I’ve ever written. His eagle eye for detail and encyclopedic knowledge of everything Mac ensures that this finished book is the best it can be!

You don’t get better copy editors than Teresa Artman and Amanda Graham! Period. I appreciate their editing skill, spot-on suggestions, and sense of humor!

Finally, I come to Mark Enochs, my hardworking and incredibly patient project editor, and my top-of-the-line acquisitions editor Bob Woerner (both of whom are also long-time friends)! My heartfelt thanks to both of them, for without their support at every step, this book wouldn’t have been possible. With their help, yet another For Dummies title was guided safely into port!

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Executive Editor: Bob Woerner

Copy Editors: Teresa Artman, Amanda Graham

Technical Editor: Dennis Cohen

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Cover Photo: © John Henderson/istockphoto.com

Cartoons: Rich Tennant (www.the5thwave.com)

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Publishing for Consumer Dummies

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