Acknowledgments

Thanks to the wonderful staff at Apress for all of their hard work and assistance during the production of this book. We also want to send our gratitude to Apple’s Mac OS X team for their phenomenal work on Lion, and to our families, friends, and colleagues for putting up with us during writing and editing. Last, but certainly not least, many thanks to all of you who are reading this book; we’re glad you chose us as your companions on your knowledge quest.

—Michael, Steve, and Dave