Errata

In iBooks version, the (link) following the "open Terminal" suggestions in various Tips link to (Saving a report) instead of linking to opening Terminal.

In the Share menu the new option reads "Notes" rather than "New Note"

Accessibility is a separate Preferences pane (i.e. not part of the General Preferences pane)

There is no option to turn on/off the translucent menu bar in the Desktop/Screensaver Preferences pane. There is the option to reduce transparency in the Accessibility Preferences Pane [Display] as referenced on p. 289.

The option to close Finder windows resides in the File menu rather than the Window menu.

Technically not an error but of omission... re: Sleep mode.

Several ways to enter "Sleep Mode" but there is no description/explanation regarding how to 'wake' from sleep mode. I'm from the PC world where moving the mouse does the trick... on the Mac moving the mouse doesn't seem to do anything. This might be a Preferences or Configuration thing... an explanation may be helpful.

Thanks...

Wrong screenshot - when ^-eject is pressed a different dialog is shown (the one that actually has (Sleep, Restart, Cancel, Shutdown) options.

The delay slider for Spring-load folders is no longer in Finder/Preferences/General. It can be found in System Preferences/Accessibility/Mouse & Trackpad.

On page 96, under the heading "Emptying the Trash II: Secure and Forever," Mr. Pogue states that, under Mac OS X, users can empty their virtual trashcan securely, by selecting the "Secure Empty Trash" option from the Finder menu. However, this option is no longer available in OS 10.11, even for Mac users with hard disk drives (HDDs). Furthermore, in the "Tip" section of "Emptying the Trash II," Mr. Pogue states that the user can "direct the Mac to use this secure method [of emptying the trash] all the time." However, this is no longer true; there is no longer an option under Finder > Finder Preferences > Advanced to "Empty Trash securely."

However, this is a minor technical mistake in an otherwise brilliant manual. Thank you for your time.

Kind regards,

Chris Shaneyfelt

You say in tip 2 on page 105 that flashlight can be use to update spotlight. when I went to the missing cd page on your website and tried to install flashlight it said that it will not work with el capitan.

Replace "beyond the 33" by "beyond the 34".

(33 is correct for Mavericks but not for Yosemite or El Capitan)

Replace "colorful flag" by "colorful flag or other symbol"

(A large number of input sources are now represented by black and white symbols instead of flags, including Greek. Users no longer see the blue Greek flag shown in Figure 6-9 but a black/white symbol for the Greek alphabet.

Replace "eight Chinese fonts" by "over a dozen Chinese fonts"

(El Capitan even adds a new Chinese system font with 6 different weight, PingFang, which should improve routine display considerably)

Replace "You can make the Keyboard Viewer....Zoom button." by "You can enlarge the Keyboard Viewer by clicking and dragging on the bottom right corner."

(The results with the Zoom button are too large to be of use to anyone, best not to mention it and recommend the dragging alternative)

"page 502" does not discuss Recovery HD, as this paragraph promises. This page reference is of no help at all.

Actually it is in the epub that I found it, but did not have the page number. So I found it in the .pdf to confirm it.

Jill is not one of the selectable or downloadable voices for the Mac.

“But that’s kid stuff. Truth is, the Mac can read almost anything you like: text you pass your cursor over, alert messages, menus, and any text document in any program. It can speak in your choice of dozens of synthesizer voices, ages 8 to 50. Most read with a twangy, charmingly Norwegian accent—but some of the newest voices (like Alex, Jill, Samantha, and Tom) sound scarily like a professional human voice-over artist.”

Excerpt From: Pogue, David. “OS X El Capitan: The Missing Manual.” O’Reilly Media, 2015-11-16. iBooks.
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References to the Mail Activity Pane at the bottom of the mailboxes column appear to be out of date. The button to hide or show this pane no longer exists, and the pane activates dynamically when activity is in progress.

The correct keystroke to show the Activity Window in El Capitan is Cmd-Opt-0.

The reference to the Mail Activity Pane at the bottom of the mailboxes column appears to be out of date. The button to hide or show this pane no longer exists, and the pane activates dynamically when activity is in progress.

Address Panel no longer exists as a command in the Window menu of Mail (OS X 10.11.2), and the keyboard shortcut does not work. The Address Panel is now accessed by clicking on the + sign that appears when you click in any address bar of a new e-mail.

When I type 'http://j.mp/100afTf' I get klarolinediaries.
I want to" build the El Capitan installer disk using a Terminal command that Apple has built right into OS X.For the instructions, visit http://j.mp/100afTf"
Regards
Mike Armson

The book indicates that holding down option key on startup will display Recovery HD in the Startup Manager.

This is incorrect, for some macs (including my new iMac) only command+R on startup will allow access to Recovery HD.

Apple confirms this in their support docs:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204417

"Depending on the Mac you are using and the version of OS X that is installed, the Recovery System volume (Recovery HD) might not show up in Startup Manager. Press Command-R during startup to start your Mac from the Recovery System."

The book directs the reader to page 767 which describes how to build a bootable recovery OS X flash drive. Page 767 has no information about this.

On page 782 under Printing and Faxes,"Faxing is no longer built into OS X".
In fact, faxing is still available in OS X as described in an Apple document, "OS X El Capitan: Send a fax. It is necessary to use the PDF menu and select Fax PDF!

There should be the following entry-line:
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The TIP box describes a Window→Address Panel command to browse Contacts from within Mail. This is not available in Mail 9.2. Instead, there is a blue ⊕ symbol that's displayed on the To:, Cc:, etc. address line when you are composing a message and editing that line. Clicking on that symbol brings up a window listing your contacts.