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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Printed | Page inside back cover CD image |
I can not find THE MISSING CD on the web site: www.missingmanual.com for this book. |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2015 |
Other Digital Version | unknown Chapter 6. Punctuation Chart |
In the iBooks version of this, the "new line" of Say this: the result is exactly not what you should get. In the chart as a picture (where text size formatting issues should be resolved) "milk (new line) bread (new line) Cheez Whiz" generates milk bread Cheez Whiz all on the same line in the chart. |
Anonymous | Dec 07, 2015 |
Other Digital Version | All All tips that contain "open Terminal" |
In iBooks version, the (link) following the "open Terminal" suggestions in various Tips link to (Saving a report) instead of linking to opening Terminal. |
Anonymous | Dec 08, 2015 |
Printed | Page 3 3rd paragraph |
"A handful U.S." should read "A handful of U.S." |
Gareth Morrell | Dec 22, 2015 |
Printed | Page 3 2nd paragraph |
In the Share menu the new option reads "Notes" rather than "New Note" |
Gareth Morrell | Dec 22, 2015 |
Printed | Page 6 7th bulleted paragraph |
Accessibility is a separate Preferences pane (i.e. not part of the General Preferences pane) |
Gareth Morrell | Dec 22, 2015 |
Printed | Page 17 Sidebar |
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. |
Gareth Morrell | Dec 22, 2015 |
Printed | Page 17 Note in middle of page, line 3 |
Replace current line 3 by "Accessibility -> Display, and then check Reduce Transparency." |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 04, 2016 |
Printed | Page 17 Note |
According to the Note section to turn off translucent menu bar I do the following: |
Anonymous | Feb 07, 2017 |
Printed | Page 27 Sidebar |
The option to close Finder windows resides in the File menu rather than the Window menu. |
Gareth Morrell | Dec 23, 2015 |
Printed | Page 64 Top |
Technically not an error but of omission... re: Sleep mode. |
Wade Baxter | Jun 27, 2016 |
Printed | Page 66 figure 1-28 |
Wrong screenshot - when ^-eject is pressed a different dialog is shown (the one that actually has (Sleep, Restart, Cancel, Shutdown) options. |
Anonymous | Jan 29, 2016 |
Printed | Page 85 3rd paragraph |
The delay slider for Spring-load folders is no longer in Finder/Preferences/General. It can be found in System Preferences/Accessibility/Mouse & Trackpad. |
Anonymous | Jan 23, 2016 |
Printed | Page 89 1st paragraph, 2nd line |
Shouldn't "label" be "tag"? |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 96 top 5 paragraphs |
At this time OS X El Capitan can not Empty trash securely. |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2015 |
Printed | Page 96 there is no longer a secure delete of the trah.3rd paragraph and tip |
The page talks about secure and forever emptying of the trash.At least on my Macbook pro mid 2014 there is no longer secure emptying of the trash. It may be due to the type of hard drive in my laptop. |
Betty Kantrowitz | Jan 24, 2016 |
Printed | Page 96 Paragraphs 1 through 4 |
El Capitan OS appears to have eliminated the "Secure Empty Trash command. The Finder now states " empty trash" the word secure just doesn't appear. Also in the TIP listed on the same page going to Finder, Preference, Advanced and turning on "Empty Trash Securely" is also missing. It just says empty trash. |
Anonymous | Mar 26, 2016 |
Printed | Page 96 The first half of the page, "Emptying the Trash II: Secure and Forever." |
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." |
Chris Shaneyfelt | Jul 10, 2016 |
Printed | Page 105 2nd tip |
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. |
dave mapeley | Jan 16, 2016 |
Printed | Page 111 penultimate line |
change "bottom" to "bottom right" |
Roger Knights | Nov 26, 2016 |
Printed | Page 144 first paragraph under the "Tip" |
In addition to referencing the chapter number, why not give the page number too, as you do elsewhere? |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 170 first paragraph under t Figure, last line. |
append a parenthesis. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 174 last paragraph, 2nd line |
perhaps insert,for clarity, "of the program's" before "preference settings" |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 182 2nd paragraph, last line |
insert "left" before "Shift" |
Roger Knights | Nov 26, 2016 |
Printed | Page 185 Figure caption, last line. |
Move "(or several)" up after "one". Ambiguous or momentarily puzzling at present. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 186 1st line |
change "rotate" to "cycle". This is more idiomatic and more in line with your usage on page 196, 3rd bulleted item. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 190 last bulleted item, last line |
Insert a comma before "described next". |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 197 4th bulleted item, 1st line, change "rotate" to "cycle" |
More idiomatic. More in-line with your usage on page 196, 3rd bulleted item |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 218 Figure 5-25 |
The background is too dark--it bleeds through to the preceding page. Also, the type is to small to read. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 242 first line in the table, first column |
After "all caps" insert "on" |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 244 3rd Note from top, sentence 2 |
Replace "beyond the 33" by "beyond the 34". |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 04, 2016 |
Printed | Page 245 Figure 6-8, 1st sentence |
Change "168" to "34". |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 04, 2016 |
Printed | Page 246 Tip |
Replace "colorful flag" by "colorful flag or other symbol" |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 05, 2016 |
Printed | Page 247 Para 2, last line |
Replace "Edit > Special Characters." by "Edit > Emoji & Symbols." |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 04, 2016 |
Printed | Page 247 Gem in the Rough, line 2 |
Replace "eight Chinese fonts" by "over a dozen Chinese fonts" |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 05, 2016 |
Printed | Page 248 Figure |
I suggest that you boldface all instances in your Figures of "Top," "Bottom," etc. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 249 Tip |
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." |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 05, 2016 |
Printed | Page 266 first Tip, first line |
perhaps change "on" to "onto", as being less liable to mis-interpretation. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 308 last bulleted item 2nd line |
perhaps change "each" to "any" or "every" for better clarity. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 323 2nd paragraph |
PDF appendix "Advanced Zoom Tweaks" not listed in Missing CD. In fact entire Chapter 9 is not listed in Missing CD |
Charles Reich | Jan 08, 2020 |
Printed | Page 324 Para 1, sentence 1 |
Replace "abbreviation-expansion feature" by "abbreviation-expansion and spellchecking features" |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 04, 2016 |
Printed | Page 366 6th para from top |
Add the following to the list of Foreign language dictionaries: Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Thai. |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 04, 2016 |
Printed | Page 406 First paragraph beneath the Tip & last paragraph |
T lead-in paragraph to the bulleted list (below the Tip paragraph) states the list will enumerate BUTTONS on the toolbar. But the last paragraph (bulleted) on the page is not about a button, but are a menu choice (Format) on the bar above the toolbar. The last paragraph should be moved beyond the list and de-bulleted. |
Roger Knights | Nov 28, 2016 |
Printed | Page 406-07 |
Why not list the buttons in the order they occur on the toolbar, from left to right? Also, why not include a little image of the button in each bulleted item? |
Roger Knights | Nov 28, 2016 |
Printed | Page 406-07 NA |
Why not use a number corresponding to the location of the button on the toolbar instead of a bullet? |
Roger Knights | Nov 28, 2016 |
Printed | Page 407 last paragraph on page, just above the Figure. |
The first sentence should be deleted; the 2nd and 3rd several should be bulleted items the are part of the list started on page 406—i.e., they should be moved up just under t first bulleted item on the page. |
Roger Knights | Nov 28, 2016 |
Printed | Page 407 NA |
The 8th button, password lock, should be included in the bulleted list. |
Roger Knights | Nov 28, 2016 |
Printed | Page 408 Antepenultimate paragraph, first line |
Perhaps include the icon associated with the choice (a plus sign inside a circle). |
Roger Knights | Nov 28, 2016 |
Printed | Page 415 2nd paragraph, first line |
delete the comma. ("Logical" comma style should be used.) |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 419 first line under Tip |
change "three" to "four". |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 422 First Tip |
The tip indicates that there is a file "Cutting People from Photos with Preview" available on the missing CD. I am unable to find such a file. |
Peter Cook | May 01, 2016 |
Printed | Page 423 first line |
After "upper left of your keyboard" append "on the same key as the tilde". Helpful. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 442 paragraph beneath "Note" para |
Is there a missing bullet before "Window Size"? |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 447 4th paragraph and following |
The 4th paragraph begins, "Today, there are two ways to run Windows . . ." It is followed by a bulleted item. For parallelism, one expects a 2nd bulleted item to describe the 2nd way. Instead, on page 451, that 2nd way is described in a text box, and has been preceded by several bulleted items internal to the first "way." This should be fixed somehow. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 450 2nd paragraph |
"When you're running in Windows....to get to Mac documents..." |
Mark | Jun 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 453 last paragraph, 3rd line |
change "solves" to "resolves". (That's the word you meant.) |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 457 2nd and 3rd bulletpoint |
The two locations refer to "Restore feature" or "Restore function" "described earlier" but that description does not exist in this edition. In the Yosemite version it appears on page 458 after the RAID description. Here the sequence is First Aid, Partition, Erase, Unmount, and Info. There is nothing about Restore. |
Anonymous | Apr 21, 2016 |
Printed | Page 457 antepenultimate para |
Should there be a bullet before "Image Format"? |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 457 2nd bulleted item, last line |
give a page number instead of "described earlier" |
Roger Knights | Nov 26, 2016 |
Printed | Page 459 last paragraph, first line |
"excuse" would be a much better word than "rap," which is actually incorrect in what it implies. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 459 last paragraph, first line |
"excuse" would be a much better word than "rap," which is actually incorrect in what it implies. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 489 first paragraph |
As another reader noted, the Secure Erase option is gone from emptying the trash. The "Erase home folder securely" option still exists as described here for deleting an account's home folder but I have doubts that it would actually be effective if all or part of the machine's "disk" consists of an SSD since rewriting a sector of data on an SSD does not normally write over the same location. This would leave the data somewhere on the device and I think the NSA would be up to the task of finding it. |
Tom McBride | Jan 01, 2016 |
Printed | Page 503 3rd bulleted paragraph |
"page 502" does not discuss Recovery HD, as this paragraph promises. This page reference is of no help at all. |
Anonymous | Jan 15, 2019 |
Printed | Page 538 text box, 2nd column, penultimate line |
delete "laser"? (Doesn't this sentence apply to inkjet printers too?) |
Roger Knights | Nov 26, 2016 |
Printed | Page 560 Figure, 1st line |
Change "Waiting printouts" to "Pending printouts". |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 562 2nd paragraph under "PDF Files," first line |
change "common forms of currency" to "common coin". More idiomatic, graceful and concise. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 565 2nd paragraph |
Outdent this paragraph |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
ePub | Page 592 Para 2 -- the Tip paragraph |
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. |
mulvey123 | Feb 21, 2016 |
Printed | Page 631 Text box |
Why not boldface the four topic-words in the text that are alluded to in the headline? E.g., "POP accounts". |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 632 Second "Tip" |
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. |
Gareth Morrell | Dec 16, 2015 |
Printed | Page 632 Second "Tip" |
The correct keystroke to show the Activity Window in El Capitan is Cmd-Opt-0. |
Gareth Morrell | Dec 16, 2015 |
Printed | Page 633 6th paragraph |
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. |
Gareth Morrell | Dec 16, 2015 |
Printed | Page 633 7th Bullet notation from top titled: Mail Activity |
You indicate that the the Mail activity panel can be brought about with a click from a tiny icon below the Mailboxes list. |
Anonymous | Feb 03, 2017 |
Printed | Page 637 Tip, first line |
shouldn't "just like" be changed to "just as"? |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 637 text box |
In the text, why not boldface the three topics (given in the heading)? |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 639 1st paragraph, 3rd line |
change "avoid" to "deter". (more accurate) |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 639 2nd paragraph, 1st line |
after "composing," insert ", and" |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 650 Figure caption, 2nd paragraph, 2nd line |
after "cursor" insert "in the upper right" |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 656 4th paragraph, 1st line |
delete the comma |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 661 5th paragraph |
Two-finger swipe to delete does not work in classic layout |
Gareth Morrell | Dec 22, 2015 |
Printed | Page 664 Figure, 2nd paragraph, penultimate line |
"trigger" or "invoke" would be better than "set off" |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 671 Tip sidebar |
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. |
Gareth Morrell | Dec 16, 2015 |
Printed | Page 676 3rd paragraph, 4th line |
"the picture well" is vague and undefined. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 686 2nd paragraph, 2nd line |
after "17-4" insert "(item b)" |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 689 antepenultimate paragraph |
Insert the capitalized material into your current sentence as follows, since it's a necessary detail (otherwise the icon won't appear) |
rogerknights@comcast.net | Dec 29, 2016 |
Printed | Page 709 2nd paragraph, 2nd line |
change "described earlier" to "on page 704" |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 713 2nd paragraph under 2nd heading, 2nd line |
perhaps insert "floating" before "toolbar" |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Other Digital Version | 759 bottom line |
When I type 'http://j.mp/100afTf' I get klarolinediaries. |
Mike Armson | Dec 26, 2015 |
Printed | Page 759 Bottom line |
The url ' http://j.mp/100afTf ' does not give any information, or response. |
Mike Armson | Dec 26, 2015 |
Printed | Page 766 3rd bulleted item, 3rd sentence |
"on the hard drive" is ambiguous. It could be misread as meaning the the storing is done on the hard drive. |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 768 1st paragraph |
The book indicates that holding down option key on startup will display Recovery HD in the Startup Manager. |
Holly Huber | Jan 26, 2016 |
Printed | Page 770 Physical Recovery Disks, 2nd paragraph |
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. |
Anonymous | Dec 07, 2015 |
Printed | Page 770 Paragraph 4 ("The solution is ...") |
"But what if the hard drive is so sick that you can't start up from the Recovery HD - and your Mac isn't new enough to offer the internet Recovery feature?" [Paragraph 3] ... |
Anonymous | Jan 15, 2019 |
Printed | Page 782 Printers and Faxes |
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Don Bolin | Mar 13, 2016 |
Printed | Page 785 "Tip", 1st line |
change "below" to "next page" or "page 786" |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 785 "Tip", 1st line |
change "below" to "next page" or "page 786" |
Roger Knights | Nov 25, 2016 |
Printed | Page 792 Last item just before "Dialog Boxes" |
Replace "⌘-space" by "⌃-space" and delete phrase "(If you use Spotlight, you must....function.)" |
Tom Gewecke | Jan 04, 2016 |
, Printed | Page 798 Footer left side |
Entire index is labeled at bottom left "OS X YOSEMITE: THE MISSING MANUAL" instead of "OS X EL CAPITAN: THE MISSING MANUAL" |
James Cole | Oct 09, 2016 |
Printed | Page 814 left column (in Index) |
Insert an entry thus: |
Roger Knights | Dec 29, 2016 |
Printed | Page 818 right column in Index |
Insert an entry thus: |
Roger Knights | Dec 29, 2016 |
Printed | Page 819 first column in Index, in alphabetical order |
There should be the following entry-line: |
Roger Knights | Apr 07, 2017 |
Printed | Page 823 right column in Index |
Under the entry for "Tabs" insert this: |
Roger Knights | Dec 29, 2016 |
ePub | Page 2030 TIP |
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. |
Bob Wallace | Jan 15, 2016 |