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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ePub | Front Cover | The banner states for the 3rd edition. Should be for the 4th edition |
Daniel Holmes | Mar 09, 2014 |
Chapter 3; Data; Serialization and Deserialization | Code example to convert an object to a usable NSData says: |
Hoylen Sue | May 29, 2014 | |
Chapter 5; Building an App With Nibs and Constraints | In the step, "1. Add constraints to the table view" the last sentence says, "To pin the position, select the small dotted red spacers for the Top and Left distance positions and leave the default values" when it should say "Top, Left and Right distance positions." |
Hoylen Sue | May 30, 2014 | |
Chapter 9; Notifications with NSNotifications | Example of registering for a notification is missing "name:". It says: |
Hoylen Sue | May 30, 2014 | |
Chapter 12; Document-Based Applications on OS X; Saving More Complex Data | The code to check the loaded objects is missing the and operator. It says: |
Hoylen Sue | May 31, 2014 | |
PDF, ePub, Mobi | C++ is written as C throughout the preface (all electronic versions). |
Anonymous | Nov 03, 2014 | |
Page 32 1st paragraph |
"compiler" is misspelled "coimpiler" |
Richard Albury | Feb 23, 2014 | |
Page 85 Step 3 and 4 |
The third button is supposed to be a NSPushButton, no? Otherwise the reader ought be be informed to remove the image from the button or a but + sign will be visible on top of the "Publish" string. |
David E Larsson | Oct 20, 2015 | |
Page 86 last paragraph |
The text says one should pin the table only to the Left and Top, while you also need to check Right in order for the table to resize according to the window. |
David E Larsson | Oct 20, 2015 | |
Page 87 10th and 11th paragraph, (step 2 and 3) |
Text says you should click "Attributes inspector" while in fact you should click "Size inspector" to be able to "[S]et the Relation to Greater Than or Equal." |
David E Larsson | Oct 20, 2015 | |
Page 167 End of code block at top of page |
I believe the last line of the code block at the top of the page is missing an ampersand. "error:error];" should be "error:&error];". |
Steve Winslow | Oct 25, 2014 |