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Tom Magrini has written nine books about computers and technology. He has written six previous editions of the best-selling Customizing macOS series. This series helps Mac users completely customize their macOS user experience with hundreds of tweaks, hacks, secret commands, and hidden features. Tom is also the author of Cut the Cord: How to Cut Your Cable or Satellite TV Cord \u0026amp; Save Big Bucks, which helps readers to save money by ditching expensive cable and satellite TV for streaming video over the Internet.\n\nTom is an information technology professional with over 30 years of experience as a network engineer, network architect, manager, and IT director. He has worked with Macs since 1984 and still fondly remembers his first Apple Macintosh computer with its 8 MHz Motorola 68000 processor, 9-inch 512 x 342-pixel black-and-white screen, 128 kB of RAM, and built-in 400 kB 3½-inch floppy drive. Tom has worked with NeXT computers and the NeXTStep operating system, the forerunner to Apple’s macOS. And yes, he has even crossed over to the dark side and has worked extensively with Windows PCs.\n\nDuring the work week, Tom is a busy IT director, leading a team of IT professionals who maintain two data centers and the data network, telephony, Wi-Fi, Office 365 messaging, server, storage, operating systems, security infrastructure, fiber optic cable infrastructure, and public safety radio system for a large municipality. Tom has also taught programming, operating systems, Cisco Networking Academy, and wireless technology courses as a Computer Information Systems professor at two colleges. He has worked for numerous technology companies including SynOptics Communications, Bay Networks, FORE Systems, 3Com, and Cisco Systems, Inc. Tom is also a certified ITIL® Expert and holds a GIAC Security Leadership Certification (GSLC).\n\nWhen Tom isn’t working on his MacBook Pro or hanging out with his family and dogs, he enjoys reading, writing, movies, and the beautiful Arizona weather with its 300+ days of sunshine.\n\nPlease subscribe to Tom’s Flipboard magazines, Apple macOS + iOS, where he keeps you up-to-date on the latest macOS, iOS, and Apple news, features, tips, and tricks.