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OS X Yosemite: The Missing Manual

Errata for OS X Yosemite: The Missing Manual

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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
Printed
Page 8
Gestures paragraph

Page 821 should be 823...

 Anonymous  Jan 05, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 8
Second paragraph from bottom of page, line 3, page 821 should be 823

pg 8, second paragraph from bottom, reference to page 821 should be 823.

pg 9, first paragraph, reference to figure 1-3, should be 1-4

Appendix A, pg 779, 3rd full paragraph from top, first line, reference to page 720. page referenced does not correspond with topic. Maybe page 455?

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Anonymous  Jan 08, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 9

P. 9, "Fig I-4" should be "Fig I-3". Fig I-4 is not referenced in the text; Fig I-3 is missing.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Ed Brody  Jan 07, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 9
Top of page

Top of Page --Dialog Boxes. See Figure 1-3;

There is no Figure 1-3. The appropriate figure is labeled 1-4

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

James Hull  Jan 13, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 9
United States

The figure is mistakenly labeled "Figure I-4" and should be "Figuire I-3". If this is the first erratta, do I win a prize :-).

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Richard Davis  Jan 13, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 9
Top of page

Dialogue boxes. See Figure I-3 for a tour...

THETE is no Figure I-3. In my book it shows I-4.

The info is correct, but the identification of the figure is wrong, it should be changed to Figure I-3.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Anonymous  Jan 17, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 9
The figure showing onscreen elements

label on the figure, "I-4", should be "I-3".

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Rhys Davies  Jan 18, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 9
Figure

First paragraph refers to Figure I-3. There is none. Figure I-4 should be labeled I-3.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Anonymous  Jan 20, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 9
Diagram title

The diagram window is titled Figure 1-4:

It should be 1-3:

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Frank Pycroft9  Feb 01, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 9
figure

No big deal really, but think it should say Figure1-3 in diagram.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Jim Skaffy  Feb 04, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 17
Note at top of page

The Note states that there is a way to turn off the Translucent menu bar in System Preference>Desktop>Translucent menu bar.

I opened system Preferences and I cannot find an option to turn off the Translucent menu bar

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Gary Webb  Feb 15, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 17
Note at top, line 3

Replace current line 3 by "Accessibility -> Display, and then check Reduce Transparency."

(Current language is for Mavericks, not Yosemite)

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Tom Gewecke  Feb 16, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 65
In the "tip"

Details for power nap refer you to p. 323, but that information is on p. 343.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

James Wallace  Jan 07, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 68
very last line

Last two words should be "Mac Help" instead of "Help Center"

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Sam Leibowitz  Jan 31, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 72
second bullet point

There is a cross-reference to p. 99 for the Sidebar, I assume it is intended to refer to an illustration or screen shot, but there isn't one on p. 99 (it's a screen shot of the Get Info window). What is more, I cannot find any Sidebar where the Home Icon appears.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Rhys Davies  Jan 18, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 78
8th paragraph

The reference to Fig. 2-3 [Batch Rename Dialog Box] is to a Figure that doesn't exist.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Gareth Morrell  Feb 11, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 80
5th paragraph

The reference to Fig. 2-4 should be to Fig. 2-3

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Gareth Morrell  Feb 11, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 99
last line of first paragraph

Cross reference is wrong - refers to p. 525 for more information on permissions, reference should be to p. 547

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Rhys Davies  Jan 18, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 143
Auto-hiding the dock section, bottom of page

The instruction describes the sequence as {Apple} -> Doc -> ...

The Dock option is not presented in the 1st level menu

It should be:

{Apple} -> System Preferences -> Dock

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Kelvin Meeks  Feb 03, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 146
Bottom paragraph

Sends reader to p 263. The correct page is 214-215.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

James wallace  Jan 09, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 153
3rd line

Action." You can read about this context-sensitive pop-up menu on page 243"

This appears to be the wrong page and I never figured out the correct one

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

James Hull  Jan 13, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 153
3rd line

Change 243 to 102

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Tom Gewecke  Jan 18, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 160
1st paragraph, last line

Replace "Language & Text" by "Keyboard"

Current text is correct for Lion 10.7 but not for Yosemite 10.10

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Tom Gewecke  Jan 07, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 248
Paragraph 2 under Insert the Proper Typographical Symbols

Delete first line and replace by "You can create a list of substitutions in the System"

(Yosemite does not come with any list of built-in substitutions. It is blank unless you have imported things you created elsewhere, such as an earlier or synched version of OS X.)

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Tom Gewecke  Jan 07, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 257
2nd paragraph from bottom, Language, lines 2 and 3

Replace "three accents ........and French" by "four accents -- American, British, Canadian, and Australian -- plus (if you choose Add Language) 37 others."

(Language listing is totally wrong for Yosemite, perhaps correct for some earlier OS X version)

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Tom Gewecke  Jan 07, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 258
2nd paragraph from bottom (3rd Note), line 1

Change "33" to "34"

Number is correct for Mavericks but not for Yosemite.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Tom Gewecke  Jan 07, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 259
Figure 6-8, first sentence

Change "165" to "34"

(OS X cannot be "flipped" into 165 languages, only into the 34 listed in its tech specs. Selecting any others on the list will have no effect for most users.)

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Tom Gewecke  Jan 07, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 261
Paragraph 4, lines 2 and 3

Change "Input Sources tab.....menu bar" to "Keyboard tab, and then turn on "Show Keyboard and Character Viewers in menu bar.""

(Instruction is wrong and will not add Character Viewer to the Keyboard menulet.)

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Tom Gewecke  Jan 07, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 263
Draw Those Chinese Characters, left column, line 2

Change "eight" to "over a dozen"

(Eight might apply to some earlier OS X version but is not correct for Yosemite)

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Tom Gewecke  Jan 07, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 343
Botom grey box, 5th paragraph

Page reference incorrect;
"open System Information (page 336)"
should read
"open System Information (page(466)"

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Jim Bodkin  Jan 17, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 391
1st paragraph, line 2

After "Chinese" add "Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, and Thai."

(Dictionary.app language list apparently not updated for Yosemite)

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Tom Gewecke  Jan 07, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 535
1st paragraph under "Managing Keychain"

Reference is made of Figure 13-20. There is no such figure (nor a Figure 13-19 for that matter). Figure 13-18 on page 534 is the last figure for Chapter 13.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

John Schmechel  Jan 06, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 535
Managing Keychain first paragraph

Reference to (Figure 13-20). There is none. Should it be 13-18?

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Anonymous  Jan 20, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 542
2nd paragraph under AirDrop

The book reads that "You can exchange files with any Mac running OS X Lion or later, and ANY i-gadget running iOS 7 or later."

The i-gadget must be an iPhone 5 or later, iPad 3rd generation or greater, iPad mini, and the others I'm not sure of...but AirDrop definitely does not work on ANY i-gadget.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Anonymous  Jan 17, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 544
second bullet

The book states that Airdrop works with Mac Pro (Mid-2010). This is not true. It works with late-2013. I have confirmed with Apple Support.

Note from the Author or Editor:
The book is correct in referring to Mac-to-Mac transfers, but I've added a clarification for iPhone-to-Mac transfers; see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203106.

 Donald Smith  Feb 26, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 615
Figure 16-10, 2nd sentence

Change "27" to "29" and "51" to "72"

(Language counts apparently not updated for Yosemite)

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Tom Gewecke  Jan 07, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 695
Tip box near top of page

The text of the Tip on page 695 describes an Address Panel and how to display it.

After several tries, I am unable to get to this panel. Neither the key command nor the menu location work. In fact, there is no Address Panel option in the Window menu at all.

(I would like to use this feature as described, so would like more information or clarification on how to access it. I believe it may have been available in the past, but not in Yosemite.)

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

 Lisa Ruch  Mar 08, 2015  Mar 13, 2015
Printed
Page 788
Figure Block

Figure is miss labled,
Reads: Figure A-3
Should read: Figure A-4
The correct Labeled figure A-3 is on page 785

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 2nd Printing, 3/9/15

Johnnie Robnett  Jan 12, 2015  Mar 13, 2015