macOS Catalina: The Missing Manual

The Missing Credits

About the Author

David Pogue (author, illustrator) writes the “Crowdwise” column for The New York Times, where he was the weekly tech columnist from 2000 to 2013. (Somewhere in there, he took a five-year detour at Yahoo Finance.)

He’s also a five-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 co-written 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.

You can find a complete list of David’s columns and videos, and sign up to get them by email, at authory.com/davidpogue. His website is davidpogue.com. He welcomes feedback about his books by email at [e-mail].

About the Creative Team

Julie Van Keuren (editor, indexer, interior book designer) 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 terrific clients who understand that skilled editing, writing, book layout, and indexing don’t have to come from inside a cubicle. She and her husband have two adult sons. Email: [e-mail].

Diana D’Abruzzo (proofreader) is a Virginia-based freelance editor with more than 20 years of experience in the journalism and book publishing industries. More information on her life and work can be found at dianadabruzzo.com.

Kellee Katagi (proofreader) has devoted most of her 20-plus-year writing and editing career to covering fitness, nutrition, travel, and outdoor sports. A former managing editor of SKI magazine, she now smiths words from her Colorado home, where she lives with her husband and three kids. Email: [e-mail].

Judy Le (proofreader) is a magazine editor and newly elected school board member in Virginia, where she lives in a near-constant state of amazement with her husband and their son.

Acknowledgments

Over the years, over the many editions of this book, many friends and colleagues have contributed enthusiasm, expertise, and even prose to this Missing Manual. They include Tom Gewecke, Zachary Brass, Kirill Voronin, Dan Pourhadi, Rich Koster, J.D. Biersdorfer, Teresa Noelle Roberts, Ben Waldie, Brian Sawyer, Phil Simpson, and Lesa Snider.

I owe debts of thanks to O’Reilly’s Missing Manuals editor-in-chief, Nan Barber; to Apple’s Todd Benjamin and Bill Evans for going beyond the call of duty to chase down tweaky tech answers; and to 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 14”), and an ironclad promise never to put an apostrophe in the possessive pronoun “its.”

Also by David Pogue:

• iPhone: The Missing Manual

• Windows 10: The Missing Manual

• David Pogue’s Digital Photography: The Missing Manual

• Pogue’s Basics: Tech

• Pogue’s Basics: Money

• Pogue’s Basics: Life