Errata

Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Snow Leopard Edition

Errata for Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Snow Leopard Edition

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Version Location Description Submitted by Date submitted
Printed Page 1
back cover, missing CD reference

I have the same issue as Darrin Butler. The book references the missing CD rom, but you can't navigate to the missing CD rom for this book from missingmanuals.com. It takes you to the CD rom for some other book, even though the title seems correct.

 Jason Straub  Mar 15, 2011 
PDF Page 7
next to last paragraph

it says there's a missing CD-ROM link, but this book is not listed at the link.

 Jo Ann Cahn  Dec 27, 2009 
Printed Page 7
Last section

Also on inside back cover: There is no link to a "Missing CD-ROM" on the web site that I can find.

 John Lancaster  Jan 10, 2010 
Printed Page 16
Log Out

or just wait for 2 minutes.
should be
or just wait for 1 minute.

 Ivan Pantushev  Feb 03, 2010 
Printed Page 17
Finder = Windows Explorer

For example, the first icon on your Dock is labeled Finder, and clicking it always takes you back to your desktop.

Not true on Mac OS X 10.6.2 (at least). It opens a Finder window and shows the /Users/<user-name> folder.

 Ivan Pantushev  Feb 03, 2010 
Printed Page 23
fifth bullet point

The fifth bullet point describes the function of the F4 key - opening Dashboard. It says that a detailed description of Dashboard begins on page 148. It actually begins on page 155.

 Curtis Kooser  Feb 03, 2011 
Printed Page 24
3rd paragraph

On a Mac with a DVD slot a tap on the eject key leads to nothing. The key has to be held for a second to eject the disk.

 Ivan Pantushev  Feb 03, 2010 
Printed Page 24
5th paragraph

Text says "(In Word, they [Home & End keys] jump to the beginning or end of the line. But then again, Microsoft has always had its own way of doing things.)"

Home/End jumping to beginning/end of the line dates back to the days of electric typewriters, long before Microsoft even existed.

Michele Sharik  Feb 15, 2010 
Printed Page 25
Last paragraph

The upper pointing arrow in the brackets must be replaced by a comma.

 ivan Pantushev  Feb 03, 2010 
Printed Page 27
Home Folder

On my brand-new Macbook Pro 15, what you call the "Home" folder is titled with my user name.

 Lloyd A. de Vries  Dec 17, 2009 
PDF Page 30
Tip

Says, "Here's a nifty keyboard shortcut with no Windows equivalent: You can cycle through the different open windows in one program without using the mouse." Actually, in most Windows programs you can do this with Ctrl + Tab.

 Travis Carden  May 25, 2010 
Printed Page 34
1st paragraph

Text says: "Into this list [Places in the Sidebar], you can stick the icons of anything at all--files, programs, folders, disks, or whatever--for easy access."

Cannot put disks under Places. Cannot even put disk aliases under Places.

Michele Sharik  Feb 15, 2010 
Printed Page 37
Terminology Differences

you?ll find the end
should be
you?ll find at the end

 Ivan Pantushev  Feb 03, 2010 
Printed Page 52
Figure 2-9

When I read it I thought about the < and > symbols and not the arrows.
The same works using the arrows only. No Command key needed.

 Ivan Pantushev  Feb 03, 2010 
Printed Page 53
"Calculate All Sizes" box

Text says: "Windows PCs <i>never</i> show folder-size or disk-size information in list views."

This is overly pedantic. While it's true that Windows does not automatically show the size in a "List View," it does show the size in a "Details View."

Also, Windows will calculate the size of all items in an Explorer window and sort according to your preference while in "List View" if you click the << in the upper right side if the Window.

 Michele Sharik  Feb 15, 2010 
Printed Page 71
Tip 1

I couldn't do this in Mac OS 10.6.2:

Tip: Actually, there?s a faster way to tell a running application to remain in the Dock from now on. Just drag its icon off the Dock and then right back onto it?yes, while the program is running. You have to try it to believe it.

 Ivan Pantushev  Feb 03, 2010 
Printed Page 84
Printing a Window-or a List of Files

I'd like get
should be
I'd like to get

 Ivan Pantushev  Feb 03, 2010 
Printed Page 84
Copying by Using Copy and Paste

Use the Copy and Paste commands to move icons from one window into another ?

The word move should be replaced with copy as the paragraph is about copy and not move.

 Ivan Pantushev  Feb 03, 2010 
Other Digital Version 84
FAQ, last paragraph

Text says "Print Window" can be downloaded from the Missing CD page...

This page is in Chapter 3. The Missing CD page http://missingmanuals.com/cds/switchmacsnowleopardmm/ has no chapter headers between Ch. 2 and Ch. 5: it lists the file under Chapter 2, and I missed it.

It is impossible to find it via your website's Search window. "print window" without quotation marks produces 271 hits, apparently every page that mentions both 'print' and 'window'; and "print window" with quotation marks produces 'Sorry, no results were found for "print window" -- Did you mean "print" ?' I found it at apple.com (as nagware) via Google.

Mark Mandel  Nov 15, 2010 
Printed Page 96
Last paragraph

In Mac OS X 10.6.2, If I select 10, 11, 12, or 28 items I get 10, 11, 12, or 28 Get Info windows respectively.
I got the Get Summary Info when I had selected all items in a folder. This worked only in some of the folders I tried it in.

The paragraph continues on page 97.

 Ivan Pantushev  Feb 03, 2010 
Printed Page 97
General.

General. Here?s where you can view (and edit) the name of the icon, and also see its size, creation date, most recent change date, locked status, and so on.

This is not true, as the name is in the Name & Extension section of the Get Info window.

 Ivan Pantushev  Feb 03, 2010 
Printed Page 97
Languages.

Languages. The menus and dialog boxes of well-written Mac OS X programs (iMovie and iPhoto, for example) ...

I had displayed the Get Info window for the iPhoto.app and iMovie.app. There is no Languages section in Mac OS X 10.6.2.

 Ivan Pantushev  Feb 03, 2010 
Printed Page 148
smack in the middle of the page, the line just above the tip

Instead of "the Where pop-up menu" it should say "the Save As pop-up menu."

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 13, 2010 
Printed Page 150
First word below the note

After reading the long note, it's impossible to figure out the antecedent for the "They." One solution would be to replace "They" with something like "Those programs." However, even then, the note has been too disruptive to allow the reader's thoughts to reconnect. What programs again? Perhaps best would be to convert this long note to a sidebar off in a gray box. This would preserve the flow of the main text.

 marcia Johnston  Mar 13, 2010 
Printed Page 169
First word below the note "The Character Palette" sidebar

Current text:

"Open System Preferences, click the International icon, click the Input Menu tab, and turn on the Character Palette checkbox."

Should say this instead:

"Open System Preferences, click the Language and Text icon, click the Input Sources tab, and select the 'Show Input menu in the menu bar' checkbox."

 marcia Johnston  Mar 13, 2010 
Printed Page 169
Top of page

The heading -- "Input Menu Tab" -- should read "Input Source Tab."

Similarly, in the second paragraph, "Input Menu pane" should read "Input Source pane."

(This whole page avoids using the term "input source." Seems odd, since it factors so significantly into the interface.)

 marcia Johnston  Mar 13, 2010 
Printed Page 169
whole sidebar (box) / whole page?

The whole sidebar (gray box) -- perhaps the whole page -- seems to be pulling from a previous version of the software. In the screenshot, for example, the character palette is missing the "By Radical" tab, which should appear between "By Category" and "Favorites." The text, too, seems slightly off. (See other errata I've previously noted.)

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 20, 2010 
Printed Page 169
whole sidebar (box) / whole page?

P.S. - Oops. My mistake. The tabs available on the character palette change with the context, so disregard my comment wondering if the screen shot on page 169 was from a previous version of the software.

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 20, 2010 
Printed Page 186
Second Tip

Text refers to "Moving Email Into or Out of Eudora" pdf on the Missing CD web page, but the file doesn't appear to be there.

 Anonymous  Feb 08, 2010 
Printed Page 187
Heading above 3rd paragraph, and other references in this chapter

Not a mistake, but something that needs to be updated in subsequent editions: O2M is no longer directly available from the (bankrupt?) manufacturer, so there needs to be a recommendation for another solution.

 Joel  Jan 03, 2012 
Printed Page 211
"Games"

"Civilization" is listed twice.

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 14, 2010 
Printed Page 218
Palm Desktop

Says you can sync PalmPilot to Mac.

As of SnowLeopard, this is no longer true. They no longer support anything past 10.5

http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/common/article/34115_en.html

 Anonymous  May 19, 2011 
Printed Page 230
3

There is no mention of the fact that when you open Microsoft Windows programs the keyboard, at least the one wih the numeric keypad, and the mouse, at least the remote one, DO NOT work to add input!!! The mouse does work as far as pointing and moving things but that is it!
If this is real then the whole point of installing Windows is lost and it is just a complete waste of money! The book also!

 Anonymous  Jul 22, 2010 
Printed Page 230
2

When using Boot Camp and following the book instructions to run the Mac OS X disc, everything appears to work fine except that the Apple Keyboard does NOT function at all (This is the one with the separate numeric keyboard.)
If I connect my older Microsoft keyboard that works fine! This in effect means that if I want to run any programs in the Boot Camp Windows mode I have to swop keyboards!
Anyone else run into this? Is there a solution that will allow the use of the Apple keyboard in Windows mode?

 Mike Stephen  Aug 05, 2010 
Printed Page 232
3rd

An effect not mentioned in the text is that with the installation of Windows 7 and a Mac keyboard with the numeric pad the numeric pad does NOT function! Also when loading other Windows programs the keyboard appears to be non functioning at all, only the mouse! No text or numbers!
If I find a cure, which I need, of course, I will pass it along. If one is already known I would appreciate hearing it!
Thanks

 Anonymous  Jul 21, 2010 
Printed Page 236
5th (final) bullet point

The "single file on your hard drive" that is supposed to let you back up your entire Windows "computer" (presumably the .pvm file, at least in my case) is cited for Parallels as being "in your Home > Library > Parallels folder. Maybe this was true for earlier versions of Parallels, but for Parallels Desktop 5, which I'm running, there's no folder called "Parallels" in the "Library" folder. Instead, what I see on my system is Home > Documents > Parallels. This is closer to the path that the book cites for Fusion, which is why I suspect that this path was changed with the newer version of the Parallels software.

I'm nervous about believing my on theory, though.

Is the .pvm file the right one (despite my path not matching what you describe)?

Can I believe your claims about simply dragging this file to an external hard drive? (There's nothing so simple in the Parallels user manual -- they talk about cloning and "copying virtual machine files manually" (plural) but no hint of simply dragging one file.

Thank you for a wonderful resource.

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 07, 2010 
Printed Page 243
2/3 of the way down the page

This phrase -- "If you examine the unnamed pop-up menu just below the Presets pop-up menu..." -- should point instead to "... just below the Orientation buttons."

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 14, 2010 
Printed Page 254
Tip

"Leopard" should be "Snow Leopard."

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 14, 2010 
Printed Page 257
FAQ

The Eject key also fails to eject Windows CDs or DVDs (for those of us running Parallels).

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 14, 2010 
Printed Page 270
"Internet Radio and Podcasts" box

The term "Source list" appears twice. The capital "S" implies that this term appears in the interface. It doesn't. The term presented in the interface is LIBRARY.

Otherwise, the writing in this box (like the writing throughout this book) is clear, concise, and charmingly conversational.

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 14, 2010 
Printed Page 271
First sentence

I see only five, not six, modules under the "Visualizer" submenu.

Marcia Johnston  Mar 14, 2010 
Printed Page 285
second paragraph (not counting the tip at top)

The claim that this paragraph makes does not match with the behavior I see in Time Machine, namely, "the flat arrow button always skips back to the most recent version that's different from the current one" -- is true only for a highlighted FOLDER. This behavior does not, alas, work for a highlighted FILE. How disappointing! It sure seems like we'd want to be able to jump back to the last time a FILE changed.... just as the book says. In fact, though, if we highlight a FILE in Time Machine, and then click the flat arrow button, we skip back to (apparently) the last time that FOLDER changed. The highlighted file, skip after skip, might be the identical same version. Useless! Wish the software matched your description.

There could be hope, in the form of something the book says in parentheses on the previous page (p. 284): "If you began with a search, the arrow takes you to the most recent version backup with a matching result." THIS -- entering the file name in the search field (as opposed to simply highlighting the file, as described on p. 285) -- seems to be the only way to get the flat arrow to skip back to a changed version of a FILE.

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 08, 2010 
Printed Page 310
2nd paragraph

It would be helpful to add a cross-reference to the sidebar on page 312 that tells HOW to pull the iDisk onto a Windows screen.

 marcia johnston  Mar 20, 2010 
Printed Page 312
Tip

Current statement is "It lets you view, open, and forward anything on your iDick -- right from your phone or iPod."

Exception: You cannot open or view password-protected docs on an iPod; the prompt to enter a password never comes up. You just see a blank page. (I tested this with a password-protected Word doc and with a password-protected PDF.)

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 20, 2010 
Printed Page 336
Finding Messages section

For anyone who wonders why the Mail search capabilities are so thin compared with the Big Daddy Spotlight window with all its "+" and "-" buttons, it would be welcome news to explain that we can create complex searches in Mail too.
The trick is that, in the Mail search window, unlike the Spotlight window, you have to press the Save button FIRST. Only then do the "+" and "-" buttons appear, along with a rich set of mix-and-match criteria, allowing you to concoct as complex a Mail search as you please by creating a smart mailbox.
Ironically, a few pages earlier, a section entitled "Filing Messages" touches on Mail's infinitely complex filtering functionality, including an illustration of the "+" and "-" buttons (Figure 11-9) -- but that section focuses on the context of automating the ORGANIZATION of messages.
What's missing from the book (and is especially needed because the interface is not intuitive here) is an explanation that the very same filtering functionality applies to the context of SEARCHING.
For example, a few minutes ago I created a smart mailbox to help me find (not file) an e-mail that needed several criteria defined before it could reveal itself. I deleted the smart mailbox as soon as it had served its momentary purpose.

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 22, 2010 
Printed Page 358
Section entitled "Address-Book Backups"

One backup method is conspicuously absent:

File > Export > Address Book Archive

The extension of the resulting archive file -- .abbu -- has to stand for Address-Book backup, the very words in your section title.

Here's another request for this section if you ever revise it: Please consider also addressing methods for importing or otherwise resurrecting the backed up Address Book data for each of the noted backup methods.

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 20, 2010 
Printed Page 376
First sentence - reference to "Open in Tabs"

Given the nature of this book ("Switching to the Mac"), it would be worth noting that Safari's handy "Open in Tabs" command behaves slightly differently from similar commands in other browsers that Windows users might be used to.

For example, Firefox offers an "Open All in Tabs" command. Users familiar with Firefox might find it disconcerting that Safari's "Open in Tabs" wipes out any previously open tabs. Firefox, more kindly and gently, replaces only the active tab, leaving the others still available.

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 20, 2010 
Printed Page 463
Troubleshooting Moment

The Troubleshooting Moment only applies to Windows 7 Versions greater than Windows 7 Home Premium!

 Kenneth Hales  Feb 16, 2010 
Printed Page 464
Note:

In the Note we are told to proceed immediately to two boxes. The page references are from a different book. Sloppy.

 Kenneth Hales  Feb 16, 2010 
Printed Page 464
Top of page NOTE:...

Chap. 14 Networking... Section re "Seated at the PC, Seeing the Mac. The note at the top of page 464 says, "If you don't see your Mac here, proceed immediately to the boxes on pages 532 and 536." However, on pages 532 and 536, the topics are Photo Booth and Preview, respectively. Informative, but not much help in networking.

 Mark Kirk  Mar 06, 2010 
Printed Page 464
Note at top

The cross references to pages 532 and 536 are either wrong or very confusing. Surely the intention was to point us back to the boxes on the previous two pages: 462 and 463?

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 14, 2010 
Printed Page 506
2nd paragraph

Section on Automator points to Automator.pdf document which is not listed in the Missing CD webpage for this book. Please advise how to obtain a copy of this document. Thank you.

 Khoman Phang  Jan 29, 2011 
Printed Page 511
Figure 16-3

Figure 16-3 should be moved up. It belongs to the "Dictionary" section, not the "DVD Player" section.

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 20, 2010 
Printed Page 519
Tip mid-page

I don't find the option referred to in this sentence:

"There's also an option to stifle alarms except when iCal is open."

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 20, 2010 
Printed Page 521
"Searching for Events" section

The statement reads, "This search box is designed to let you hide all appointments except those matching what you type into it."
The term "hide" is misleading here. I expected the "hidden" appointments to become invisible. In fact, these appointments remain visible; they just gracefully fade while the items matching the search text become prominent (bolder and more saturated in color).

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 20, 2010 
Printed Page 525
under heading "iDVD"

Text says "For a primer on iDVD, see the free, downloadable iLife
appendix to this chapter available on this book's 'Missing CD' page
at www.missingmanuals.com, but I don't see anything like that
under chapter 16. I'll keep looking.

 Anonymous  May 01, 2010 
Printed Page 531
first paragraph

ITEM 1 --
The pointer to the "Missing CD" page on your web site is very confusing... mostly due to the fact that the "Switching to the Mac" SNOW LEOPARD manual is alphabetized under M instead of under S with all of the other Switching to the Mac books. I wasted an embarrassing amount of time trying to find the right link to even get to the missing CD-ROM for this book.

Please fix the listing on the web page (http://missingmanuals.com/cds) so that this book appears under S instead of M.

ITEM 2 --
On page 531 of the printed book, it would be helpful to add the "/cds" to the URL.

ITEM 3 --
When I finally did find the correct "Missing CD" web page , the items listed there (http://missingmanuals.com/cds/switchmacsnowleopardmm) don't seem to line up with the book! For example, the item about iLife is listed as being in Chapter 10, when it's really in Chapter 16. The other items didn't seem to line up either. Something is awry.

Sure seems like sloppy work on someone's part, all the way down the line here.

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 07, 2010 
Printed Page 536
"Choose Tools > Inspector" bullet

This statement is suspect:
"(The fourth [tab] is for PDF documents only, not photos; it lets you add annotations.)"
Snow Leopard lets us annotate photos too.

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 21, 2010 
Printed Page 537
Figure 16-15 caption

The caption would be more helpful if it reminded us of the way to get these sliders to appear: Tools > Adjust Color. (As is, we have to poke around through the text on the previous page to find the cross-reference.)

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 21, 2010 
Printed Page 539
Top of page

It would be helpful to explain that the interface is uncharacteristically awkward when it comes to creating arrows vs. plain lines. Apple's online Help is particularly unhelpful on this point. I was about to give up and just stick with plain lines, but the fact that your Figure 16-16 clearly shows an arrow -- complete with head! -- spurred me on to dare to hope. Finally I found this web site, which explains arrows beautifully (including acknowledging that the UI here is puzzling). You have to go to Tools > Show Inspector. Who knew?
http://thesmallwave.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/discoveries-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-preview/

 Marcia Johnston  Mar 21, 2010 
Printed Page 625
column 1

Index says entry for minimizing all windows simultaneously can be found on pages 32-33, but no such instructions are in the "Minimize Button" entry found at that point.

 Bert Brandenburg  Jan 20, 2010 
Printed Page 645
back cover reference to missing CD link

the inside back cover directs me to missingmanuals.com...then to click on Missing CD(s) icon, and then I hit on S for alpha listing of books and when I choose the hyperlink Missing CD for the Snow Leopard (with the aniumal print) cover, it repeatedly takes me to a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT book! Argh! None of the chapters or references on the "missing CD" correspond to the book that I purchased. Please advise!
Darrin
416-481-8486
loveflowers@live.ca

 Darrin Butler  Jan 22, 2011