The Missing Credits
About the Author
David Pogue (author, illustrator) is the tech critic for Yahoo Finance (yahoofinance.com), the world’s biggest business publication. It’s a job for which he was groomed by 13 years of writing the weekly tech column for The New York Times.
He’s also a monthly columnist for Scientific American, a four-time Emmy-winning correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, the host of several NOVA miniseries on PBS, and the creator of the Missing Manual series. He’s written or cowritten more than 100 books, including dozens in this series, six in the For Dummies line (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music), two novels (one for middle-schoolers), The World According to Twitter, and three books of essential tips and shortcuts: Pogue’s Basics: Tech, Pogue’s Basics: Life, and Pogue’s Basics: Money.
In his other life, David is a former Broadway show conductor, a magician, and a funny public speaker. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Nicki, and three awesome children.
Links to his columns and videos await at www.davidpogue.com. He welcomes feedback about his books by email at david@pogueman.com.
About the Creative Team
Julie Van Keuren (editor, indexer, layout) spent 14 years in print journalism before deciding to upend her life, move to Montana, and live the freelancing dream. She now works for a variety of clients who understand that skilled editing, writing, indexing and desktop publishing don’t have to come from inside a cubicle. She and her husband, novelist M.H. Van Keuren, have two teenage sons. Email: little_media@yahoo.com.
Phil Simpson (book design) runs his graphic design business from Southbury, Connecticut. His work includes corporate branding, publication design, communications support, and advertising. In his free time, he is a homebrewer, ice cream maker, wannabe woodworker, and is on a few tasting panels. Email: phil.simpson@pmsgraphics.com.
Acknowledgments
Over the years, over the many editions of this book, many friends and colleagues have contributed enthusiasm, expertise, and even prose to this book’s editions. They include Zachary Brass, Kirill Voronin, Dan Pourhadi, Rich Koster, J.D. Biersdorfer, Teresa Noelle Roberts, Ben Waldie, Brian Sawyer, and Lesa Snider.
In addition to the dream team members identified on the previous page, I owe debts of thanks to O’Reilly’s Missing Manuals editor-in-chief, Nan Barber; Apple’s Colin Smith and Bill Evans for going beyond the call of duty to chase down tweaky tech answers; proofreaders Kellee Katagi and Judy Le; my assistant Jan Carpenter, whose help made my survival possible; and Julie Van Keuren, whose Missing Manual role over the past decade has grown from humble copy editor to full-blown editorial and design factory.
I also wish I could send out an “I Made the Book Better!” T-shirt to every reader who ever took the time to write with corrections, suggestions, tips, and tricks. And thanks, as always, to David Rogelberg for believing in the idea.
Above all, this book owes its existence to the patience and affection of Nicki, Kelly, Tia, and Jeffrey. They make these books—and everything else—possible.
—David Pogue
About The Missing Manuals
Missing Manuals are witty, well written guides to computer products that don’t come with printed manuals (which is just about all of them). Each book features a handcrafted index; cross-references to specific page numbers (not just see Chapter 15); and an ironclad promise never to put an apostrophe in the possessive pronoun “its.”
Also by David Pogue:
iPhone: The Missing Manual, Tenth Edition
David Pogue’s Digital Photography: The Missing Manual
Windows 10: The Missing Manual
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, El Capitan Edition
Pogue’s Basics: Tech
Pogue’s Basics: Money
Pogue’s Basics: Life
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