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Kirk McElhearn writes about Macs, iPods, iTunes, iPhones, iPads, books, music, and more on his Web site Kirkville. He is a Senior Contributor to Macworld, where he is The iTunes Guy; he is also a regular contributor to TidBITS, and he writes for several other Web sites and magazines. He has written more than a dozen books, including other Take Control books; reviews classical CDs for MusicWeb and audiobooks for Audiofile; and is a French-English translator. He also runs the Reading Ralph Waldo Emerson Web site.
A lapsed New Yorker, he lives in York, England. You can follow Kirk on Twitter: @mcelhearn.
I’ve been using LaunchBar for a dozen years, and I’d like to thank Norbert Heger who created this wonderful, time saving application that has made working with my Mac so much easier. I’d also like to thank Johannes Tiefenbrunner for working closely with me and my editors on the initial outline and final manuscript, and Manfred Linzner and Christian Ludl, of Objective Development, who showed great patiences as I harassed them with questions large and small.
Special thanks go to Tonya Engst who put so much work into editing this manuscript. Tonya was excited to work on this, being a long-time LaunchBar user, but never having gone beyond the basics. Adam Engst was also helpful with establishing a conceptual organization for the book, and in reviewing the final manuscript. I’d also like to thank Michael Cohen and Dan Frakes, who reviewed portions of the manuscript.
I wrote this book using a Mac mini (late 2012) with a 27-inch Thunderbolt display, and a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, early 2013). An iPad and iPhone were also involved in producing these words.
Music that accompanied me as I worked on this project was by Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Hot Tuna, the Rolling Stones, Brad Mehldau, Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert, Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Steve Reich, Morton Feldman, and others.
Finally, thanks to the people of York, England, for being so friendly. I started this book just after moving to York from France, and I was relieved to find that everyone in this attractive city is congenial and helpful. The weather’s been great too, though I’m told that won’t last…
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.
Thank you to Objective Development for making this book possible!