Mac OS X: The Missing Manual
David Pogue

Changes made in the 7th printing (March 2002)


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The text used to read: 
Note: A series of minor, no-new-features updates followed, including 10.1.1 
(improvements in USB and FireWire, printing, camera compatibility, CD burning, 
etc.), 10.1.2 (better DVD playback, USB and FireWire compatibility, and so on). 
The Software Update feature (page xx) is designed to notify you automatically 
when they become available. 

It now reads: 

Note: A series of minor, no-new-features updates followed, including 10.1.1 
(improvements in USB and FireWire, printing, camera compatibility, CD burning, 
etc.), 10.1.2 (better DVD playback, USB and FireWire compatibility, and so on), 
and 10.1.3 (still more hardware compatibility updates and bug fixes). The 
Software Update feature (page 203) is designed to notify you automatically when 
they become available. 

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19 (Typo or formatting problem)  

The text used to read: 

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

[Cut that line]

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20 (Typo or formatting problem)

 The text used to read: 
Add the Option key if you want to close the outgoing window in the process. 
It now reads: 

Add the Option key if you want to switch into "Old Finder Mode" in the process 
(see page 25). 

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20 (Typo or formatting problem)

The text used to read: 

"For example, if you [Apple-key-symbol]-click a background window's close 
button, Mac OSX registers your click, closes the window 
and never even takes you out of your current window or program" 

It now reads:

(Note, by the way, that you don't need the Apple key to close a background 
window. Just click its close button normally. Mac OS X closes the window without 
taking you out of your current window or program.) 


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23 (Typo or formatting problem)

The text used to read:

"Those same keys also slow down the un-minimizing animation, the one you see
when you click a window icon in the dock to restore it to full size."

It now reads:

The Shift key also slows down the un-minimizing animation, the one you see when
you click a window icon in the dock to restore it to full size.

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45 (Typo or formatting problem)

The text used to read:

 Press the power button on your flat-panel Apple screen. (If doing so just puts
the Mac tos leep, you may have to visit h Energy Saver pane of System
Preferences; see page 195.)

It now reads:

Note: If you have a flat-panel Apple screen, pressing the power button doesn't
summon the "Are you sure you want to shut down?" box; it simply puts the Mac to
sleep.

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45 (Typo or formatting problem)

The text used to read:

Once the Shut Down dialog box appears, you can press the S key instead of
clicking Shut Down, R for Restart, or Esc for Cancel, if you like.

It now reads:

Once the Shut Down dialog box appears, you can press the S key instead of
clicking Sleep, R for Restart, Esc for Cancel, or Enter for Shut Down.

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55 (Typo or formatting problem) 
 
The text used to read:
 
A Mac OS X icon's name can have up to 256 letters and spaces
 
It now reads:
 
A Mac OS X icon's name can have up to 255 letters and spaces

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69 (Minor technical error)

The text used to read:

Tip: The icon at the upper-left corner of the General Information panel is
double-clickable. You can use it to open whatever it is you're examining,
whether it's a program, document, disk, folder, alias, or whatever.

Cut this tip. 
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107 (Update)

The text used to read:

(Unfortunately, there's still no keyboard equivalent for "clicking," so there's
actually not much value to this one.)

It now reads:

Then just tap the Space bar to "click" the highlighted button.

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142 (Update)

Insert this tip:

Big fat tip: If you have both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X installed on the same hard
drive (technically, the same volume), and you last started up from Mac OS 9, you
can skip these steps. Use this shortcut instead: Just hold down the letter X key
down while the Mac is starting up. You'll go straight to Mac OS X.

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192 (Typo or formatting problem)

The text used to read:

setting a low resolution (see page 192) is one solution

It now reads:

setting a low resolution (see the next page) is one solution

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194

The text used to read:

If you have a choice here at all, this pop-up menu lets you adjust how many
thousand times per second your screen image is repainted

It now reads:

If you have a choice here at all, this pop-up menu lets you adjust how many times per second your screen image is repainted.

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239 (Typo or formatting problem)

The text used to read:

to keep Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X on different "disks," as described on page 140

It now reads:

to keep Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X on different "disks," as described on page 142

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282 (Typo or formatting problem)

The text used to read:

Once you've set up more than one account, the dialog box shown in Figure 11-5
appears

It now reads:

Once you've set up more than one account, the dialog box shown in Figure 11-1
Appears

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296 (Typo or formatting problem)

The text used to read:

DHCP stands for dynamic post control protocol, and means "make up a new IP
address every time I try to connect to another computer."

It now reads:

DHCP stands for dynamic host control protocol, and means "issue me a new IP
address every time I try to connect to another computer."

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298 (Typo or formatting problem)

The text used to read:

Use the Users & Groups control panel."

It now reads:

Use the Users & Groups tab of the File Sharing control panel."

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310 (Typo or formatting problem)

The text used to read:

The Built-in, One-Way Way: SAMBA

It now reads:

The Built-in, One-Way Way: SMB

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400 (Typo or formatting problem)

The text used to read:

orphaned home directory of a deleted account, described on page 400

It now reads:

orphaned home directory of a deleted account, described on page 281

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416 (Typo or formatting problem)

The text used to read:

a glance at man5 crontab shows you how

It now reads:

a glance at man 5 crontab shows you how

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465 (Typo or formatting problem)

The text used to read:

.vcf. A "business-card" Ūle; see page 477.

It now reads:

.vcf. A "business-card" Ūle; see page 478.

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