Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page x TOC for Chapter 14 |
The Apple symbol in the title of sec 14-1 appears as a simple "a". |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page p42 2-23 3rd paragraph |
The command: |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 11 UP TO SPEED, bottom of left column |
It's important to understand the phrase you see in the KIND column shown here. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 22 Last paragraph |
The instructions for saving the modified file are wrong. They read: |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 57 3rd paragraph of 2-49 |
The symbol that you get with Shift-Option-K does not show up. This problem is in two |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 67 3rd paragraph |
there shouldn't be any spaces between any of the "Screen saver.framework"s. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 77 step 4 |
The 1st two pairs of <dict></dict> tags are indented. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 87 fig 3-16 text |
The sentence |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 96 4-13, 2nd sentence |
"For instance, you could you Applescript..." |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 104 2nd bullet of 4th paragraph |
'Sfter you see the menu,...' |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 188 2nd paragraph |
In section 8-14, the mute function in iTunes is listed as |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 243 11-17 Burning a Multisession CD, step #2 |
The proper step should read: |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 328 14-17 Searching Google from the Menu Bar |
This hint no longer applies, as Searchling has been pulled from distribution. A new |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 361 end of 1st paragraph |
The last sentence says the file is Webster's Second International Dictionary. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 378 3 |
... So if you want to view the top fifteen CPU-hungry processes, type top -u 1, and |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 380 2nd paragraph |
The example command refers to /Volumes/MyMusic/Trash/*. But that volumes trash would |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 381 1st paragrpah |
The paragraph states vi and emacs editors won't display ^M characters. I don't know |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 388 last sentence |
Pressing ^D is preferable to ^C to end this and most other programs reading standard |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 394 Bottom half of page in hint 16-2 "Comparing Two Text Files" |
Below the code snippet, all references to "user.com" and "user2.com" should be |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 402 section "Shell Hints" |
The first paragraph of the section "Shell Hints" refers to "tsch" |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 404 Hint 16-13 |
In the second paragraph |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 424 first command in step 3 of hint 16-31 |
There is a space missing in the first command in step 3 of hint 16-31. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 426 step 5 |
Step 5 says "... and see hint 358 for more ..." |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 440 2nd command from the top |
The second command from the top ends with "mysqled_safe". |
Anonymous |