Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date submitted |
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Printed | Page 8 First paragraph (below Note) |
Appendices title reference errors of a past printing are simularly in error here |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 27 Tip (footnote) |
Control-F4 does not cycle through windows on my Macbook |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 30 2nd line |
Delete "striped" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 31 Last paragraph |
"Figure 1-11" should read "Figure 1-12" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 49 Under heading "Manipulating the Columns", 2nd line |
As helpful memory-jogs, insert "green" before "zoom button" and ribbed" before |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 54 1st line under heading "Display Tab" |
after "is considered" insert "to come" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 57 Fig. 2-15 |
You might circle the little arrow badge in the lower left corner of the alias |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 58 Fig. 2-16, top |
You might circle the button and the little arrow that is pointing to it--it's |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 59 3rd line of text |
Perhaps boldface "both" so inattentive readers (like me) don't miss the point. (I |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 61 Tip para., 2nd line |
delete "from" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 92 Para. headed "Action" |
It would be helpful to append, "See p. 58, figure 2-16 for an example." |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 98 2nd line under heading "Application Menu" |
After "The first menu" perhaps insert "(the one to the right of the apple)" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 107 3rd line |
change the cloverleaf symbol to the apple symbol. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 108 penultimate para., 3rd line |
"What they most resemble, actually, is little Web pages" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 115 Para. headed "Note" |
Change "in Chapter 1" to "on page 27" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 118 Under heading "Column View", 2nd para., last line |
after "triangle" perhaps insert the helpful "to the right of the Save As option" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 153 Last paragraph |
The word "way" is repeated. Please delete one of the occurrences. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 162 5th paragraph |
Step one does not seem necessary; it asks you to startsetup an email account, this is confusing because the details of how to do this are not in the book, probably because they are not necessary. The author probably already had something setup, so he got a different dialog box. I skipped step 1 and went right to step 2, everything then worked fine. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 271 2nd para., 1st line |
Change "Mailboxes menu" to "Mailbox menu" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 273 last line |
Perhaps insert "results" after "search" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 296 first paragraph |
"...which browser your using." |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 301 Fig. 11-6, 2nd line |
Change |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 363 1st line under heading "Display Tab" |
Delete "main" in "main headquarters" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 368 2nd para., last line |
Perhaps change "on" to "of" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 373 Under heading Trackpad gestures, 2nd para., 1st line |
Change "directly" to "right" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 382 Fifth paragraph from top, last sentence. |
Replace "monitor" with "magnifier" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 419 1st line under heading "iPhoto" |
After "for your digital photos" append "and other graphics files" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 433 Under heading "Sherlock" |
change "Chapter 11" to the more informative "pages 315-17" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 448 last para., 3rd line |
Change "preserving all your old data" to "preserving any old data not overwritten" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 464 last line |
Maybe change "agree with" to "agree to" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 485 1st line under heading "Drivers" |
Perhaps append "in this Dictionary" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 485 Under heading Exiting Programs, 1st line |
change "its" to "the program's" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 503-14 Varies (four entries) |
Add index entries for four of the shareware programs available at missingmanuals.com, |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 505 Entry for Disk Warrior |
Add ", 477" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 509 Entry for Mail |
Insert the entry, "flagging messages, 272 |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 511 entry for "quitting programs" |
change page references to: "98-100, 471-72 |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 513 Entry for TinkerTool |
Append, ", 493" |
Anonymous |