Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ePub | Page Varies depending on display (eBook) See description |
In part one "The OSX Desktop", section 1 "Folders & Windows", under "Minimize Button", the first bullet under "?And now, some Minimize button micro-goodies:?, paragraph 1 states: "?The entire title bar becomes a giant Minimize button when you double-click anywhere on it. (That?s an option in the General panel of System Preferences, described in Chapter?9.)? The option to control this behaviour is actually found in the "Dock" panel, not the "General" panel. |
Scott Inrig | Dec 28, 2013 | Jun 27, 2014 |
Page IX 7 lines from bottom |
"Chapter 16: ound, Movies & Speech": 'S' missing for 'Sound' |
Tom Verhoeff | Jan 22, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 | |
Page 2 "UP TO SPEED" section |
The section states, "Note: If you have a non-Apple mouse that has a scroll wheel, then the Mouse preference pane doesn?t offer this scroll-direction option." - I have OS X 10.9.1 and a non-Apple mouse: the Mouse preference pane does offer the scroll-direction option. |
Martin Nash | Jan 02, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 | |
Page 4 1st bullet point |
"youknow" should be "you know". |
Martin Nash | Jan 02, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 | |
| Printed | Page 18 Tip Box at top of page |
Keyboard Command for File→Add To Sidebar is now ⌃⌘T |
garethmorrell | Jan 21, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 18 Tip Box at top of page |
Keyboard Shortcut for "Add To Sidebar" is now Control-Command-T |
garethmorrell | Jan 21, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 21 6th paragraph |
In Mavericks, there is no Versions menu available from the Title Bar button menu. It is only available from the File menu. |
Adrian Hobbs | Jan 26, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| ePub | Page 25 1st sentence under "Notification improvements" |
There is a missing space between "you" and "know", specifically ?...that let youknow about incoming..." |
Fred LaBarge | Dec 25, 2013 | Jun 27, 2014 |
31 4th paragraph |
"set against a handsome piece of dark gray linen? |
Enrique | Dec 29, 2013 | Jun 27, 2014 | |
33 Figure 1-1 |
Figure 1-1 is from Mountain Lion, not Mavericks. Linen is no longer used as a texture on Maverick's login in screen. |
Enrique | Dec 29, 2013 | Jun 27, 2014 | |
| Printed | Page 44 2 Paragraph |
Use of Flippy Triangles is given but no comment is made that they only appear so long as Sort by and Arrange by are set to None. |
Adrian Hobbs | Jan 26, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| ePub | Page 45-63? ePub varies Tip |
Find "wihat", this is one of three bad words in the tip, also ththout and te are bad words. This is from iBooks store. |
Mario G | Jan 03, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
45 TIP |
?TIP |
Enrique | Jan 05, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 | |
| ePub | Page 55 Tip box |
Tilde key, to ththout using the mouse just press control (te left of the number 1 key |
Hal T | Dec 28, 2013 | Jun 27, 2014 |
66 1st. paragraph after Figure 1-8 |
?Choose Finder→Preferences and turn on ?Always open folders in a new window.? |
Enrique | Jan 05, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 | |
116 Power Users' Clinic |
The "Power Users' Clinic: The Fine Points of the Column-View Triangle" is completely outdated as the behavior here explained is not longer present in Mavericks. The screen shot is also from a previous OS since items in column view are not highlighted in the same manner as show in the book. |
Enrique | Jan 22, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 | |
| Printed | Page 156 Westport |
"In Mavericks, in fact, this whole app-updating business got a lengthy visit from the Convenience Fairy in Mavericks." Redundant. |
Anonymous | Jan 22, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 165 2nd tip |
Command-B does not cycle thru different Launchpad backdrops (in OS X 10.9.3) |
Dan Packard | May 23, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 234 page bottom |
Apple uses the ^ symbol to designate the Control Key, but this is not clear from their online documentation. In your book, the key is identified as Control Key, but the the ^ symbol is not explained or eve mentioned. I had some trouble to find out what is what and I suggest that you alter your documentation. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Leo Kindt | May 01, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 240 second para from bottom |
delete "It can also insert properly typeset fractions...."1/2". |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 06, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 240 last para |
delete "You can see the list of built-in substitutions". |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 06, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| ePub | Page 242 Section: Copying by Dragging |
Does not mention that when copying a file to a directory in which the file already exists, in the copy dialog where it says keep both, stop or replace, when holding down option, "Keep Both" becomes "Skip". Note from the Author or Editor: |
Noah Chamow | Mar 08, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 250 Speech Settings/Language |
Add Chinese to the list. |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 06, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 251 Figure 6-8, first para |
Change 165 to 33. |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 06, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 254 para 3 |
Add at end "Then go to the Keyboard tab and turn on Show Keyboard and Character Viewers in Menu Bar." |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 06, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 256 para 1 |
After "....Menu Bar." add "Then go to the Keyboard tab and turn on Show Keyboard and Character Viewers in Menu Bar." |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 06, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 272 2nd paragraph |
The last sentence of the second paragraph, which is in parenthesis, is printed as, "(In Mavericks, it no longer animates--and". So, the sentence ends abruptly and we don't know what the author is trying to say about an operation of Time Machine. |
Tristan Thomas | Jun 10, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 311 bottom (screenshot) |
The screenshot shows Parallels, not VMWare. Correct the figure text (8-3) or replace the figure. |
Steve Schwartz | Mar 13, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 767 Figure 20-11 |
In my version of Mavericks 10.9.1 there is no longer the option the Share with iChat Theater. |
Peter Trinder | Jan 23, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 792 The Homemade Installer Disk |
I followed this procedure precisely but could not get the installer disk to show up on startup with Option key held down. My OS is OSX 10.9.1. I tried procedure on both hard drives and USB flash drives. |
Richard Oesterle | Jan 23, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 792 The Homemade Installer Disk |
Your system for creating a Homemade Installer Disk does not work, at least not if you're running OS X 10.9.1. Instead of dragging the "InstallESD.dmg" disk image from Shared Support to Disk Utility, you need to access an invisible file via Terminal called "BaseSystem.dmg" and drag that instead. A clear explanation for doing so can be found here: http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/create-mac-flash-recovery-drive-for-emergencies-3499802/ Note from the Author or Editor: |
Arthur Carota | Feb 01, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 862 Para 1; line 2 |
"Mountain" is misspelled (in Mountain Lion). |
Jeffrey Folinus | Jan 08, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 |
Page 900 1 |
The outline view in PDF appears to be mangled. The top level title is "Maverick colors line Malloy.pdf," which appears strange. All of the chapters and subsections are listed, but there is no hierarchy. There is just one scrolling list. Other books typically collapse the subchapter titles with a button to reveal the details. |
Anonymous | Dec 27, 2013 | Jun 27, 2014 |