OS X Mountain Lion Pocket Guide (32 page)

Chris Seibold is an engineer, writer, and cartoonist residing in Knoxville, Tennessee. As an engineer, he has tackled such diverse processes as powder coating and hot dog casing manufacture. As a writer, he has focused on computing and written for a variety of online and traditional media, including serving as Senior Contributing Editor for the Apple Matters web site and contributing hacks to iPod and iTunes Hacks, with a talent for making the complex accessible to the interested but harried user. As a cartoonist, he has produced both cartoon strips and editorials. Chris also managed to spend some time working producing radio shows relating to sports. As soon as he hits television, the trifecta will be complete. Chris lives with his wife, young son, and what is quite possibly the world's dimmest canine. He has a degree in Physics from the University of Tennessee but has yet to find work involving frictionless inclined planes.

Colophon

The animal on the cover of
OS X Mountain Lion Pocket
Guide
is a puma (
Puma concolor
). The puma is
known by varying names in different regions, including mountain lion,
mountain cat, catamount, or panther. This mammal of the family Felidae is
native to the Americas. Only trumped in size by the jaguar, the puma is the
second heaviest cat in the Western Hemisphere, where it also boasts the
largest range of any large wild terrestrial mammal. Pumas can be found in
any major American habitat stretching from Canada to South America.

The puma is known for its stalk-and-ambush style of hunting, and feeds
on wild animals—elk, deer, moose, bighorn sheep—as well as domestic animals
such as horses, sheep, and cattle. These cats prefer habitats that lend to
stalking, such as dense brush and rocky areas. The puma’s major competitors
for prey include the grey wolf, American black bear, jaguar, and the grizzly
bear.

Excessive hunting and human development has caused population numbers
to drop in recent years, and populations of pumas have recently begun to
move east into parts of the Midwest, including the Dakotas, Nebraska, and
Oklahoma.

The cover image is from
Lydekker’s Royal Natural
History
. The cover font is Adobe ITC Garamond. The text font is
Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code
font is LucasFont’s TheSansMonoCondensed.

OS X Mountain Lion Pocket Guide

Chris Seibold

Editor
Dawn Mann

Revision History
2012-07-11	First release
2012-08-10	Second release

O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales
promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles
(
http://my.safaribooksonline.com
).
For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales
department: 800-998-9938 or
[email protected]
.

Nutshell Handbook, the Nutshell Handbook logo, and the O’Reilly logo
are registered trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc.
OS X Mountain
Lion Pocket Guide
, the image of a puma, and related trade dress
are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc.

Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to
distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those
designations appear in this book, and O’Reilly Media, Inc., was aware of a
trademark claim, the designations have been printed in caps or initial
caps.

While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this
book, the publisher and authors assume no responsibility for errors or
omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information
contained herein.

O’Reilly Media

1005 Gravenstein Highway North

Sebastopol
,
CA
95472

2012-08-10T14:39:33-07:00

Other books

Ropes and Revenge by Jessie Evans

The Laird's Forbidden Lady by Ann Lethbridge

When Chemistry Wins (The Dark Horse Trilogy Book 1) by Dane, Cynthia

Oliver by Caitlyn Willows

Positively Yours by Amanda Hearty

Sociopaths In Love by Andersen Prunty

Parrot in the Pepper Tree by Chris Stewart

The Chelsea Girl Murders by Sparkle Hayter

The Soul Seekers by Amy Saia

Fairest by Chanda Hahn