Mac OS X: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue

Corrections made in the 4th printing (February 2002)

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She is lives in beautiful 
 
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She lives in beautiful 
 
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(6)  2nd from the bottom paragraph;
Second Edition:  In the sentence preceding the final paragraph, it says:  "
Yet here is again, in what's supposed to be the world's most modern and 
advanced operating system."

The beginning of this sentence obviously should say, "Yet here it is again?"

The word "it" is missing from your book.

AUTHOR: Fixed in 4th printing


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and click Connect

It now reads:

and click Log In

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19 (Minor technical error)

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If you add the Option key as you choose from this menu, the first window
doesn't close as you open the second.

It now reads:

If you add the Option key after opening this menu, the first window doesn't
close as you open the second.

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concept much father.

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concept much farther.

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The next chapter describes this fascinating new Mac OS X element in great
detail.
It now reads:

Chapter 3 describes this fascinating new Mac OS X desktop-window element in
great detail.

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choose ViewÆShow View Options

[Æ should appear as an arrow]

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You don't have without wait until 

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You don't have to wait until

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also as shown in Figure 3-1

It now reads:

as shown in the box on page 75.

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To remove a button,

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To remove a Dock icon,

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As shown in Figure 3-1, for example,

It now reads:

As shown here, for example,

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[86]  First paragraph;
This paragraph appears to indicate that "Comments" is one of the kinds of information
one can search for in the Find Program.  I am running OS 10.2.1. In addition to the
"File Name" and "Contents" boxes which appear automatically, when I open the "Add
Criteria" pop-up menu, only six other options appear, "Date Created," "Date
Modified," "Kind," "Size," "Extension," and "Visibitily." There is no option for
"Comments." I notice that the listed items add up to eight, which is the number of
options mentioned on page 84 paragraph 3 and the number of options displayed in the
illustration Figure 2-15 on page 83.  I notice, however, that in the "Add Criteria"
pop-up menu, there appears to be a space for a missing option between "Size" and
"Extension." Do some versions of OS X have the "Comments" option and others do not,
or is this a mistake?


AUTHOR: The "Comments" paragraph on page 86 is indeed a mistake, which I'm removing
from this reprint.


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see pages 249 and 507

It now reads:

see pages 247 and 507

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show Choose Package Contents

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choose Show Package Contents

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and turn off "Always show file extensions."

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and turn on "Always show file extensions."

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as Figure 4-9 illustrates

It now reads:

as Figure 4-10 illustrates

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114 (Minor technical error) 

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this dialog box lacks the New Folder button, Add to Favorites button, Save
button, file name field, and so on

It now reads:

this dialog box lacks the New Folder button, Save button, file name field, and
so on

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whose name ends with the letters .dmg (see page 125).

It now reads:

whose name ends with the letters .dmg (see page 237).

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Startup Disk, TCP/IP, Trackpad, and Web Sharing

It now reads:

TCP/IP, Trackpad, and Web Sharing

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[147]  UP TO SPEED - The Color Picker;
This isn't exactly errata; but something that you seemed to have missed. When talking
about the new Color Picker, there are several things that I find exciting; but you
don't mention.

For instance, "Image Palettes" isn't just a cloudy rainbow. You can put any image you
want in there, and pick colors from it even if it's not on your desktop. To do it,
just click the Palette button at the bottom (under the picture.) A menu will drop
down, letting you choose a new image from anywhere on your disks, or your clipboard.
You can also remove, rename, or copy the existing image. I'm sure that you can
imagine the implications of being able to do this!

Also, you can make your own color swatches, and store them in the "drawer" at the
bottom, (which expands when you drag the two little horizontal "handle" lines.) All
you have to do is drag from the large color swatch at the top to any of the little
squares at the bottom. To remove them, just drag an empty one over the one you want
gone. Or you can drag a different color into a square, if you just want to replace
the one that's there, or rearrange them.

Color Palettes aren't just canned sets; you can make your own. All you have to do is
go to the Palette section, and choose "New" from the List menu under the swatch
window. You can also name the palette, or remove it if you don't need it any more.

You can add colors to your palette by either dragging a color from the swatches at
the bottom or the current color swatch at the top, or by choosing "new" from the
Color menu below the named colors, which automatically adds the current color. You
can name the colors, remove them, or find the one you want by name from the Color
menu, too.

As you make them, they seem to be automatically saved as Macromedia Flash Color
Tables in your Home/Library/Colors folder. You can open any Flash Color Tables by
using "Open" in the List menu. So you can give a table of the colors for a project to
everyone working on it, and they can use them very easily, no matter what program
they are working in. (I'm sure you can see how important that is.)

In short, the color picker has really become extremely useful for those of us who are
graphic artists. I think it's worth mentioning, especially since you have to do some
digging to find out what you can do with it.

AUTHOR: Added to this printing.


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Tip: The CDs you can burn in the Finder are Mac-only. If you want to burn CDs
that play equally well in Windows, you need a program like Toast
(www.roxio.com).

[delete the tip]

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Top right: Specify your name and password, if necessary.

It now reads:

Top left: Specify your name and password, if necessary. If this box doesn't
appear, then you may need to add the PC's workgroup name, such as MSHOME, to the
address you typed in the second dialog box. The full address might look like
this: smb://MSHOME/Dell4100/Drafts.

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you should be able to see how you it could save you time

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you should be able to see how it could save you time

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(Whoever wrote this particular description didn't know how the difference

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(Whoever wrote this particular description didn't know the difference

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This pop-up menu specifies what should happen automatically when you connect the
camera to the Mac. Usually you'll want Image Capture itself to open, which is
precisely what Mac OS X proposes. But if your camera came with a specialized
downloading application, you can identify it using this pop-up menu.

It now reads:

This pop-up menu specifies what program should open automatically when you
connect the camera to the Mac. Usually you'll want Image Capture itself to open,
or better yet, Apple's free iPhoto program. But if your camera came with a
specialized downloading application, you can identify it using this pop-up menu.

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Add this text:

iPhoto

This remarkable (and free) new "I" program debuted in January 2002 as a worthy
successor to iMovie, iTunes, and iDVD. When you connect a USB camera and click
Import, the program automatically sucks the pictures in to your Mac, whereupon
you can rotate, crop, organize, sort and print them. The best part may be the
Book feature, which lets you design and order a hardbound, linen-covered,
professionally printed picture book for as little as $30. It comes to you by
mail in about a week.

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RTFD. RTDF, a strange and powerful variant

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RTFD. RTFD, a strange and powerful variant

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That entails installing a $100 AirPort card installed in your Mac

It now reads:

That entails installing a $100 AirPort card in your Mac 

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which Apple sells for $10 each

It now reads:

which Apple sells for $5 each

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Unless you intervene, everybody else who uses this Mac will be able to peek into
everything in every new folder you create.

It now reads:

Unless you intervene, everybody else who uses this Mac will be able to peek into
everything in every new folder you create (unless itÕs inside a folder that is,
itself, off-limits).

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(Just repeat steps 1 and 2 on the previous page. In step 3, choose Security -> 
Enable Root User.

It now reads:

(Just repeat steps 1 and 2 on the previous page. In step 3, choose Security -> 
Disable Root User.

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like the one illustrated in Figure 12-2

It now reads:

like the one illustrated in Figure 12-3

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Network icon (Figure 12-2)

It now reads:

Network icon (Figure 12-3)

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You can use instead another AirPort-equipped Mac that you've configured, using
the AirPort Setup Assistant, to serve as a software-based base station.

It now reads:

You can use instead an AirPort-equipped Mac OS 9 machine that you've configured,
using the AirPort Setup Assistant, to serve as a software-based base station.
(As of Mac OS X 10.1.2, you canÕt set up a Mac OS X Mac to be a software base
station.) 

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remember that capitalization matter 

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remember that capitalization matters

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but they're even more are available (and useful)

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but even more are available (and useful)

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sky's the limit (see Figure 17-3).

It now reads:

sky's the limit (see Figure 17-2).

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illustrated instructions (Figure 17-4)

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illustrated instructions (Figure 17-3)

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graphic in place (Figure 17-5).

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graphic in place (Figure 17-4).

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clock face (Figure 17-6),

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clock face (Figure 17-5),

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display shown in Figure 1-7-7.

It now reads:

display shown in Figure 1-7-6.

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Shareware programs like BrickHouse and Firewall

It now reads:

Shareware programs like BrickHouse and Firewalk

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using the AirPort Setup Assistant (available for both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X),

It now reads:

using the AirPort Setup Assistant for Mac OS 9,

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(449)  Box at bottom of page on Shells. First line of last paragraph.;
Reads: "You can open additional Terminal windows (36 max)..."
Either it is a typo or the limit has changed in 10.2.2, but I can open 46 terminals
before I get a "Resource temporarily unavailable" meesage.

AUTHOR: Fixed in 4th printing


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Free, Web-based servers like Hotmail and Yahoo

It now reads:

Free, Web-based servers like Hotmail 

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phrase you want Entourage to watch out for

It now reads:

phrase you want Mail to watch out for

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You'll find it Mac OS X's little-black-book program

It now reads:

You'll find Mac OS X's little-black-book program

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You can al search

It now reads:

You can also search

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[bad line wrap fixed]
 
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520 (Minor technical error)

Add this entry:

Key Caps
The new Mac OS X version is in the Applications -> Utilities folder.

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[replace screenshot with About This Mac dialog box]

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Disk Copy, 236

It now reads:

Disk Copy, 237

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575 (Update)

Add this entry:

iPhoto, 214-215

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[629]  8th paragraph, "Start by following steps 1-4...";
It should be noted here that there is no "Options" button displayed when installing
from the OS 10.2 _upgrade_ disk. In fact, it does not seem possible to do a clean
install from the 10.2 Upgrade disk.

AUTHOR: Fixed in 4th printing

 
(631)  Figure;
The figure is labeled "C-1". It should be labeled "A-1".

AUTHOR: Fixed in 4th printing