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Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual

Errata for Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual

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Printed Page XV
2nd and 13th line are the same in this list

Just a duplicate entry in The Missing Manual Series...

"Wikipedia: The Missing Manual By John Broughton" on line two

"Wikipedia: The Missing Manual By John Broughton" on line thirteen


There is lots of good information in this book so I plan to read every word to better understand Snow Leopard. Thanks , Bob

 Bob DeVries  Nov 15, 2009 
18
Search For (1st paragraph)

"If you click Today, for example, the main window fills with all the files and folders on your computer that you?ve changed today".

It should be "that you?ve accessed today"

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 14, 2009 
24
Last sentence of "Close Button"

"Moreover, Option-closing works only in enlightened applications. (In this depart- ment, Microsoft is not yet enlightened.)"

It's still here, from 10.2 Edition?
Office 2008 (and maybe 2004) apps are "enlightened"

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 14, 2009 
Printed Page 38
First paragraph of the background section

it is claimed that it is a "luxury that other operative systems can only dram about: you can fill the background of any icon view window"
but that is false... GNU/Linux already have that so called luxury. It can be done in Nautilus: http://linuxcrunch.com/content/10-secrets-about-nautilus-file-manager#span_stylefont-family:_arialhelveticasans-serifspan_stylefont-size:_largespan_stylecolor:_rgb51_102_255Change_Nautilus-s_backgroundspanspanspan

 Anonymous  Nov 11, 2009 
PDF Page 62
within the Note

"Actually, there?s one more place where Help cropps up:" Crops is spelled wrong.

I see that this error was reported previously and has been confirmed and updated in the ePub version of the book (and the printed version too I think). But the PDF version remains uncorrected. After viewing this book on my iPad, my MacBook Pro, my PC at work, I have found that using the PDF version best duplicates the book experience. The formatting of the ePub book as it appears in iBooks or even Kindle for iPad or Kindle for PC, just looks awful. While I would prefer to read the version that is the latest edition that includes all of the corrections, I find I still prefer reading the PDF version.

So could you please make an effort to update the PDF version as well?

Thanks!

Paul

 Paul Oldewurtel  Mar 14, 2011 
Printed Page 66
2nd paragraph

"Desktop. This folder stores icons that appear on the Mac OS X desktop. The differ-
ence is that you don?t control this one; Apple does. Anything in here also appears
on your desktop. (This Apple-controlled one is usually empty.)"

Are you sure there is such thing in 10.6?
I've tried fs_usage on 10.5, Finder doesn't look for this folder.
Also, there's no mention of this folder in Jaguar, Tiger and Leopard editions.

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 12, 2009 
86
Emptying the Trash II: Secure and Forever - last paragraph

" But in the meantime, some future eBay buyer of your Mac?or, more imminently, a savvy family member or offce mate?could use a program like Norton Utilities to resurrect those deleted fles".

Norton Utilities?
The last update from Symantec was 10.3 compatibility. It would be better to replace this mention with Data Rescue, etc.

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 12, 2009 
88
Locked Files: The Next Generation

"Once a locked file is in the Trash, you don?t get any more warnings. When you
empty the Trash, that item gets erased right along with everything else".

Actually you'll receive warning - Cancel/Remove Unlocked Items/Remove All

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 12, 2009 
121
gem in the rough: Living Icons

"And if you minimize a QuickTime movie while it?s playing, it shrinks down and continues playing right there in the Dock".

It doesn't work in 10.6, 10.5, don't remember about 10.4.

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 12, 2009 
126
Two ways to bypass the pop-up

"If you just want to see what?s in a folder, without all the graphic overkill of the fan or the grid, then Control-click (right-click) the Dock folder?s icon and choose ?Open ?Applications? ? (or whatever the folder?s name is) from the shortcut menu. You go straight to the corresponding window.
Actually, if you really value your time, you?ll learn the shortcut: Option-c-click the Dock folder?s icon. That accomplishes the same thing.
(You jump immediately to the window that contains that folder?s icon. That?s not
exactly the same thing as opening the Dock folder, but it?s sometimes even more
useful.)"

Actually, by Option-Command-Clicking or by "Control-click and choose ?Open ?Applications??, you will open the window of this folder, not the "window that contains that folder?s icon"

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 12, 2009 
129
Recovering from a MicroDock

"Recovering from a MicroDock" box
"What is a MicroDock? It?s what you get when you try to store 300 JPEG fles by dragging them onto a folder in the Dock, but you miss the folder (thanks to its tendency to scoot aside)."

Seems, you can't drop on Dock more than 10 icons at once in Snow Leopard.

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 12, 2009 
130
Snow Leopard Spots

"Snow Leopard Spots: You can no longer produce the shortcut menu by click-and-holding on the Dock icon. Doing that turns on Dock Expos? (page 158)"

You can, but only if this application isn't open.

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 12, 2009 
130
First paragraph below Fig 4-6

"If you?ve clicked a minimized window icon, this shortcut menu says only Open (unless it?s a minimized Finder window, in which case it also says Close)."

vice versa - If you?ve clicked a minimized window icon, this shortcut menu says Open & Close, unless it?s a minimized Finder window

 KIrill Voronin  Nov 18, 2009 
134
Second Tip

"Tip: Ordinarily, dragging an icon off the Dock takes it off the Dock. But if you press command as you drag, you drag the actual item represented by the Dock icon from wherever it happens to be on the hard drive! This trick is great when, for example, you want to email a document whose icon is in the Dock; just c-drag it into your outgoing message. (Option-c-drag, meanwhile, creates an alias of the Dock item.)"

There's different behavior for files in Dock and for files from Stacks. These shortcuts work with icons from Stacks.

Kirill Voronin  Nov 18, 2009 
144
PPPoE

"PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) lets you control certain kinds of DSL connections. To find the ?Show? checkbox: Open System Preferences?Network. Click Built-in Ethernet. Click the PPPoE tab button."

It's leftover from older versions. You need to find (or create) PPPoE interface; there's no tab on Built-in Ethernet.

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 18, 2009 
144
Remote Desktop

"To find the ?Show? checkbox: Open System Preferences?Sharing, and then click Apple Remote Desktop."

It's called "Remote Management"

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 18, 2009 
159
2nd from the end

"You?re on the Web, and you want to see if some file has finished downloading. Trigger desktop Expos? to survey the situation on your desktop".

Not very good example (leftover from old editions) - usually users use Downloads folders for this, so they can use other tricks.

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 21, 2009 
194
A Little Bit About 64 Bits box

"That?s because the kernel of Snow Leopard, the underlying heart of it, still runs in 32-bit mode (yes, even on 64-bit processors), to accommodate all those older programs".

Makes sense when we speak about kernel extensions. No difference for apps.

"On certain Macs, you can make Snow Leopard boot into pure 64-bit mode by hold- ing down the 6 and 4 keys as the computer is starting up. It?s not a great idea, though, because all your 32-bit applications will crash"

64-bit and 32-bit apps work perfectly well on the mac at the same time and, no difference if we boot kernel in 32-bit or 64-bit mode.

 KIrill Voronin  Nov 22, 2009 
PDF Page 227
Bottom of the page

Apple Mail's auto-correction is not working on iMac Snow Leopard. I called Apple and they admitted it wasn't working. Your "Mac OSX Snow Leopard the missing manual", bottom of page 227 - the auto-correct spelling should work as you describe. it doesn't work at all and after being on the phone with Apple tech support for almost an hour they said that it wasn't available on Apple Mail.

can you explain please?

 Anonymous  Aug 12, 2011 
Printed Page 231
Figure 6-6

The text says it's a list of 18 system localizations, but the graphic only shows eleven. The graphic needs revision to show all of them (French, Portuguese, Portuguese (Portugal), Finnish, Russian, Polish, and Traditional Chinese are the missing ones).

 Tom Gewecke  Dec 25, 2009 
Printed Page 268
Bottm (Gem In The Rough)

I do not know if this is an error or just me...
In explaining a process of creating an automated "Open any program with a keystroke", it says "At the very top of the workflow pane, change the pop-up menus so they read..."
I am unable to find any pop-up menus other than the one from which I chose the application I wanted to launch.
I think a screenshot would be very helpful here too.
Thanks, you do a fantastic job, esp. considering the great volume of information presented.
JM T

James Madison Thomas  Jan 15, 2011 
Printed Page 268
Gem In The Rough

In 3rd paragraph, I believe it should read:"... chapter, to build a simple, one-step workflow using the services template." rather than just building a "workflow."

In 4th paragraph, "no input" should be underlined, and "any application" should be underlined.

Unfortunately, I'm trying to open the "Calculator.app" in any program using the "F16" key in Mac OS X 10.6.6 and it doesn't seem to work the first time until you once select it in the "Services" menu first. From then on it seems to work OK including in my old MS Office 2004 programs.

 Anonymous  Feb 19, 2011 
Printed Page 324
3rd paragraph

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 Anonymous  May 31, 2016 
Printed Page 352
last paragraph

October 2009, First Edition.

Trying to change the cursor to a "block" cursor rather than just 'I'.

"Mouse and Trackpad Tab section which starts on bottom part of page 351, and continues to page 352. Immedeately after the tip on page 352, there is no "Cursor Size slider as indicated.

I am running OS 10.8.3. on 2.8 GHz Intel core i7 with 8 GB memory.

Is there a way I can change the size ?

Thanks

 Anonymous  Apr 09, 2013 
Printed Page 390
Second Bullet

This page and the next describe how to extract objects from backgrounds. Under complex backgrounds it says that under the Select pop-up menu choose Extract Shape. There is no such choice on my edition of Leopard in the Select pop up menu nor anywhere else I could find. I also don't get the handles to drag. I think that you need to look into this and determine if the instructions in the book are correct. I looked up "Extract Shape" in Preview Help and here is all it said:

Extracting an item from a busy background
You can select part of an image on a busy multicolor background, such as a person standing against colorful wallpaper. If you want to select part of an image on a simple one-color background, such as a person standing against a clear blue sky, try this:

Extracting an image from a simple background
To select the image:

In the toolbar, choose Smart Lasso from the Select pop-up menu.

Trace the edge of the image you want to extract.

Make sure the image?s edge is within the thick border that appears as you trace.

Connect the end of the border back to its beginning, or stop dragging to connect the border in a straight line back to the beginning.

You can copy the image to the clipboard by choosing Edit > Copy. Or you can remove the background by choosing Edit > Invert Selection and then pressing Delete.

 Anonymous  Mar 12, 2011 
432
6th paragraph

"Every Snow Leopard Mac (except the MacBook Air, of course) contains what Apple calls a SuperDrive."

Or Combo Drive

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 20, 2009 
467
The Guest account

"Mac OS X has always offered a special account called the Guest account"

"But until Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 came along, there was a problem: Any changes your friend made?downloading mail, making Web bookmarks, putting up a raunchy desktop picture?would still be there for the next guest to enjoy, unless you painstak- ingly restored everything back to neutral. The Guest account was like a hotel room shared by successive guests. And you were the maid."

Guest account was a new 10.5 feature.

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 18, 2009 
468
Short Name

"But when you access this Mac by dialing into it or connecting from across the network"

dialing into ?

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 18, 2009 
477
Snow Leopard Spots:

"The Web filter is supposed to be a lot more effective in Snow Leopard. That?s because it ?now supports auto proxy (PAC) files,? whatever they may be".


pac files were recognized in 10.5, 10.4 and maybe even earlier.
There's no connection with filtering in Parental Control.

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 20, 2009 
478
Power users? clinic

"Now click the name of the account you want to manage remotely. Then, from the menu below the list of accounts, choose Allow Remote Setup. Close System Preferences.
Repeat for each account on each Mac that you?ll want to manage from afar"

There's now need to repeat this procedure for each account on computer. This setting is for computer, not for user.

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 20, 2009 
481
The Secret Account Options box

"Right there in the middle is a ?Account name? box, but don?t edit that; it won?t work".

It would work.

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 20, 2009 
483
Power users? clinic

"sudo ditto -rsrc"

--rsrc, but, "as of Mac OS X 10.4, --rsrc is default behavior"

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 20, 2009 
Printed Page 485
Box, second column, first paragraph

I followed this process to set a Firmware Password. However, I was not asked for an administrator password, nor did the 'success' message appear. It does prevent me from booting from anything but the internal HD. I could not boot to the CD when restarting. To get back to the Firmware Password utility, I inserted the Installation CD while at the desktop, clicked install Mac OS X, and then I got the option to restart and boot from the CD. After booting from the CD I had access to the Firmware Password utility and could change or delete the password at will. From this scenario, it appears anyone with an install CD can get control of your Mac. I have a new MacBook Pro 15" running Snow Leopard 10.6.2

Anonymous  Jan 16, 2010 
Printed Page 503
Figure 12-18

Anyplace you're supposed to make up a password, including in the Accounts of System References, a key icon appears.

In fact, no key icon does appear, hence Password assistant cannot be opened as described in the book.

A key icon only appears with the suffix "Keys" under "Applications>Utilities>Keychain access" but it will not activate the Password Assistance.

Any other solution of how to a open the Password Assistant? Please advise how to do it or if I have overlooked something.

 Sam O. Kufde  Dec 31, 2010 
Printed Page 520
not applicable

Looking in the index under File Sharing for information on SMB - it points to page 520. There is nothing on page 520 regarding SMB. On page 534, we see SMB again, however, no discussion. A suggestion would be to add a section near page 520 that talks about these options.

Richard Visco  Feb 21, 2011 
Printed Page 564
Note at bottom

Home -> Application Support folder
should be
Home -> Library -> Application Support folder
or maybe
Home -> Library -> Application Support -> Adobe folder

 Larry Breed  Jan 11, 2012 
Printed Page 655
Power Users Clinic

With respect to the error previously-submitted by J D Thomas on Nov. 30, 2010:

Can you clarify please _when_ the optional download document (the "Enabling the Root Account" appendix) is to be corrected? I've accessed it on Feb. 7, 2011 and it still indicates the incorrect information referencing the Directory Utility program.

 Thomas Foley  Feb 07, 2011 
PDF Page 655
power user clinic

the appendix referenced re: enabling root account refers to the Leopard procedure not the Snow Leo[pard procedure. The errat sheet says this was to be corrected but it hasn't been.

 joe  Sep 01, 2011 
676
PoWer users? Clinic

"If you have DSL service, you may be directed to create a PPPoE service. (You do that on the Network pane of System Preferences; click your Ethernet connection, and then choose Configuration?Create PPPoE Service.)"

Leftover from old editions.
Actually, you should create new virtual interface, by clicking + and selecting PPPoE.

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 20, 2009 
757
Figure 20-5

Figure 20-5:
"If you c-click the titlebar (centered justabove the addressbar), Safari displaysthe ?ladder? of pages you descended to arrive at the current one".

It just shows the "ladder", there's no need to "descend" it.
For example, if you click this link and visit "http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro?mco=MTAyNTQzMzk", you'll see store.apple.com, store.apple.com/us/, store.apple.com/us/browse, etc.

 Kirill Voronin  Nov 18, 2009 
Printed Page 827
Startup Problems

Great section. And, would benefit from one more important, critical really, tip. It isn't in the book, but I was able to go to my PC and Google this tip online and it allowed me to fix my mac that was refusing to boot.

The tip is to insert the install disk and power off. Then, after pushing the power on switch, hold down the 'C' key to force the mac to book from a valid os on the DVD.

I could not get my mac to enter safe mode, could not get any of the tips in the book to work. I even had to install a wired keyboard to make the eject function operate. it wouldn't operate wirelessly. The DVD would make some noise on boot, but wouldn't go so far as to start from the DVD until I used the "C" key tip. From there I went to disk utility, repaired permissions, and now I'm okay again.

Of interest is that I'm getting ready to upgrade to Lion. I purchased this book anyway, rather than another book pertaining to Lion, because of all the tips I read in it while I was in the bookstore. Sort of an honor system thing, since I am a freelance book designer, editor, and writer.

Blessings,
Daniel Horne
dan@FreedomRoadPublishing.com

 Daniel Horne  May 02, 2012