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 1 1st paragraph |
This only downloads 2.5k and won't open in adobe 7 or 8 Mac. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 2 5th paragraph |
wrong url address for shortcut to register |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 3 First paragraph under "About MissingManuals.com |
I carefully followed the instructions for accessing "a neat, organized, chapter-by-chapter list of the |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 3 6th pp |
Unable to locate "list of shareware and freeware...." on the web site www.missingmanuals.com "I-Phone" Missing CD-ROM. Has this been deleted? |
patrick Willcox | Dec 17, 2008 |
Printed | Page 8 Tip Box |
Missing page number at the end. Sentence should read: "See page 250." |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 8 TIP |
Missing page number at the end of the TIP |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 10 "The Screen" 2nd paragraph, 3rd sentence |
The word "very" should be left out. It may be difficult, but if keys are placed in the pocket with the |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 10 last paragraph before the tip box |
Even many Apple employees carry the iPhone in their pockets without carrying cases. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 10 Last paragraph: "Network Type" |
(Concerns second edition of the book) |
Anonymous | Sep 10, 2008 |
Printed | Page 11 Second to last paragraph |
Time should be 9:50 AM to match image. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 12 Home Button` |
No picture of the Home Button |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 12 First paragraph |
The first paragraph asks the reader to refer to page 249 for information on the "Alarm" functions on the i-phone. That page is incorrect. It should refer to page 187. |
Anonymous | Aug 24, 2008 |
Printed | Page 17 Last paragraph under "Slide" |
Last sentence should end with "email or a text message." (missing the word "a"). Alternatively, "text |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 17 Last paragraph, under "Flick" |
The first sentence should read, "A flick is a fast, less-controlled slide." (The hyphen is missing in the |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 17 2nd Paragraph |
Actually, flesh-finger contact is not "required". I live in Hawaii, and perspire. Carrying the iPhone in |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 19 Last sentence, under "Two-Finger Tap" |
The second-to-last sentence and last sentence appear to have no space between them. There should be a |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 23 First "Tip" box |
It does not work to double the last letter of common contractions - helll gives hello, not he'll; welll |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 30 Last sentence of penultimate paragraph |
No page number after "see page" at end of sentence. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 30 Tip Box |
Missing information: "The tiny circled number [...] voicemail messages and/or missed call you have." |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 30 Under "favorites list" at page bottom |
At the end of the "Favorites list" paragraph, the page number |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 30 Second parag from bottom, beginning "Favorites List" |
end of last sentence says "see page )." Obviously the page number is missing there. |
Anonymous | May 15, 2008 |
Printed | Page 30 the paragraph starting with "Favorites list" |
the sentence ends in "... editing this list, see page ", but then does not give a page number |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 31 1st paragraph of "Answering Calls" |
You tell us in this paragraph that we can set the iPhone so that we can see the caller's name and photo |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 33 4th paragraph, end of sentence |
In the section entitled "Silencing the Ring", the reference page number is listed as "12". It should be |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 33 4th paragraph |
The sentence in brackets starting with "This assumes, of course...." should say "page 13" instead of "page 12". |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 36 2nd paragraph, under bullet "Make an outgoing call" |
Last sentence under the first bullet should read "The top of the screen makes it clear that...". (The |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 41 Item 6 |
The "pause" feature does not seem to work with my corporate email system for automating checking of |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 42 Penultimate sentence |
"page y" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 42 Bottom paragraph |
2nd to last line says "page y" but does not actually give a page number.... |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 55 1st paragraph |
It says "Your call has been forward" when it should be "forwarded" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 59 first paragraph below bullets |
"All AT&T iPhone accounts include 200 free text messages per month..." |
Stephen Hawk | Feb 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 63 whole paragraph |
David |
Anonymous | Sep 09, 2008 |
Printed | Page 63 third tip, second paragraph |
should be "The only way to find out..." |
Stephen Hawk | Feb 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 63 first paragraph below third tip |
should be "...there's a way to send all of your outgoing text messages for free." |
Stephen Hawk | Feb 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 67 bottom paragraph |
you do not mention that the forwarded call will still count against the plans minutes for the time of the |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 67 2nd Paragraph from bottom |
Teleflip went out of business in August 2008. For the most common US carriers, here is how to send SMS via email: |
Barry Kohler | Dec 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 71 1st paragraph |
the 3rd sentence says "And it's the iPhone function that gets the ...." it should say "iPod". |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 78 The picture of the iPhone |
The picture says that when you're in the iPod function that you can flick the album artwork to the left |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 78 Image |
i think it would be clearer to indicate the arrow to the right... to go back to the list you actually have to pull the current screen to the right not the left... |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 80 Tip, second sentence |
Rather than a "tiny clock icon" isn't that simply the number one? |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 82 Last sentence |
The zoom level adjustment description is on the following page, 83, not the facing page, 81 |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 83ff bottom of page 83, following |
"Letterboxing" is horlzontal bars. Vertical bars are "pillarboxing" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 85 Tip |
Safari will not allow download of iPhone drive via www.missingmanuals.com |
Robert Littlejohn | Sep 26, 2009 |
Printed | Page 89 2nd paragraph |
It says "the color are vivid" when it should be "colors" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 93 2nd paragraph |
( You can?t flick over to the next photo until you?ve restored |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 94 the bullet starting "Album name" |
parts of the sentence "You can return to the thumbnails page by tapping the screen once"... the instructions to tap the screen once have already been given 4 lines above. it's reudndant perhaps to do say it again.... |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 99 4th paragraph |
I have tried sending pic messages to my friend who has Verizon wireless with the my email using the |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 99 the AT&T MMS address does NOT work |
According to AT&T Wireless tech support (Tim on 11/30/07 16:10PST), the IPhone does not support MMS <duh> |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 105 Camera refers to pictures you've shot with iPhone |
Camera Roll also includes images from Web or email attachments acquired using the "Save Image" feature noted on page 135 |
Anonymous | Sep 02, 2008 |
Printed | Page 106 first tip on the page |
the Texas (tx) in the tip is not italic as the rest of "wifi austin" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 106 It's in the Tip |
In "wifi austin tx", the "wifi austin" part is in blue & italicized; the "tx" also needs to be. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 107 Second paragraph, first sentence |
"?a Wi-Fi hot spot is capable of delivering 6,500 to 2,100 kbps." I don't know what the actual range is |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 107 2nd paragraph |
The sentence about WiFi hot spots should possibly state that WiFi can deliver 650 to 2,100 kbps, rather |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 109 Top paragraph |
You do not have to go to the Settings to connect to networks you have already used in the past when the |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 114 Penultimate sentence |
Bookmarks appears twice in the list of desktop Web browser features. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 119 Penultimate sentence |
Parenthetical comment, "(below, left)" seems to refer to the images that appear at the top of the |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 119 2nd to last paragraph |
at the end of the paragraph ".... Web addresses a lot faster (below left)". should probably just say "below" because both sides of the next figure are relevant. |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 120 First sentence |
Parenthetical comment, "(below, right)" seems to refer to the image that appears below, left. I don't see |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 120 the only paragraph on page |
the second line says "(below right)" but should say "below left" |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 122 tip box at the bottom of the page |
The URL provided for the Google "bare-bones superfast version of the web doesn't work." It just pulls up |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 122 Tip at the bottom of the page |
You mention a web site to bookmark that will simplify the web: http://google.com/gwt/n |
Anonymous | May 18, 2008 |
Printed | Page 135 First sentence |
Minutiae: "You ain't never seen email on a phone like this." |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 140 Graphic images at bottom of page |
They're pretty much unreadable. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 140 Under the bullet "Mail" |
Not sure why there is an "l" ("el") or a pipe ("|") symbol after all the menu selections. For example, |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 141 1st paragraph |
For Outlook the book says turn OFF "leave a message on the server". |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 141 1st paragraph |
For Outlook the book says turn OFF "leave a message on the server". |
Anonymous | May 27, 2008 |
Printed | Page 142 2nd paragraph |
The page number at the end of the 2nd paragraph reads "page 254". It should actually be "page 245". |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 142 2nd paragraph |
end of paragraph says "...turned that off in Settings (page 254)" but you probably meant 246 |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 144 next to last paragraph |
"courtesy" should be "discourtesy" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 144 First sentence, first paragraph |
".....respond to it, delete it, PRINT IT, file it........" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 154-155 both pages |
You talk about e-mail address iphonecrazy@comcast.com, but do not use this e-mail address in either of |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 154 Second step |
The text should read: "Click Settings->Accounts->'Add another mail account,' and fill in...". The word |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 155 Top |
When sending email from the iPhone using the gmail account, it appears to have come from the gmail |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 170 Under the bullet "Top Rated" |
It should read "you may be disappointed in the tastes of the masses." The word 'tastes' is plural since |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 171 Last paragraph |
The last sentence is missing the word "it" after "send". It should read: "Address it and send it along to |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 172 second to last paragraph |
The paragraph mentions 3 icons that are not available for iPod video. The first 2 are correct but the 3 |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 177 1st line |
probably reverse the order of "magnify" and "shrink" so they correspond to the beginning of the sentence with "You can also pinch or spread..." on the previous page (page 176 |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 178 TIP in 4th paragraph |
shouldn't a TIP be in a yellow box? |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 191 The note call-out |
The stopwatch bug is still confirmed in the 1.0.1 software. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 191 index: screenshots, 282 |
page 282 does not mention screenshots. can't find any reference to screenshots in book. See this article: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080710074630863 |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 191 index: screenshots, 282 |
page 282 does not mention screenshots. can't find any reference to screenshots in book. See this article: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080710074630863 |
Anonymous | Jul 15, 2008 |
Printed | Page 192 New information about Calculator widget |
You might want to mention that there are several bugs in the calculator application, for users to be |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 196 Bullet list |
There are no sections in the iTunes Source list named "CD" and "iPhone". They should be grouped under a |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 203 Tip call-out |
On the Mac, you should use "Ctrl-click" or "right-click". On Windows, you should use "right-click". The |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 204 Video formats bullet |
You might want to mention the restrictions on these MPEG-4/H.264 files. For example, the iPod will only |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 205 Audio formats bullet |
"MP3" is mentioned twice in the list. The second instance should actually read "MP3 VBR" (MPEG-1 Audio |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 207 Second item in bullet list in the middle of the page |
Doesn't the play count on the computer reflect iPhone usage? |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 207 last line first word |
need to correct typo acing to acting |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 207 bottom line of page |
last sentence says "... iPhone synchronization, acing as a...", but probably meant to say "...acting as a..." |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 213 2nd paragraph |
Podcasts is misspelled in the first sentence of the second paragraph. It is spelled "Podasts" in the |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 217 last sentence on page |
neglect to mention that this will stop auto importing of any images into iPhoto from your digital camera |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 217 Bottom of page |
You should add a note to the "Macintosh" section which states that, "Setting the 'When a camera is |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 218 5th paragraph |
The URL (tinyurl.com/2lff4y) does not take you to a page that discusses Outlook but to a page on stylus |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 220 Beginning of first complete sentence |
Duplication: "Turn on Turn on?" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 220 4th paragraph, under "Entourage 2004" |
The instructions state that the user should "Turn on 'Synchronize services with Address Book and .Mac'." |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 220 Under "Other Programs" |
The current version of Palm Desktop for Mac (as of September, 2005) is 4.2.1. The current version of Palm |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 224 First Tip call-out |
The last sentence should tell the user to choose the category's name from the "Put new events created on |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 224 Inconsistency throughout chapter |
There is an inconsistency in how menus and options are presented in the book. It is apparent that |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 224 Under Syncing Email Settings |
The first sentence in this section does not make sense. I believe that the word "plugging" should be the |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 245 First paragraph |
I have Feb 2008 printing. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 245 Under "Sounds", last sentence in "Silent Vibrate, Ring Vibrate" |
The page number listed for "Silent mode" should be page 13, not page 12. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 245 last paragraph on ringtones |
I wouldn't call this a technical error, but maybe an update is warranted. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 251 3rd paragraph |
Just a question: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 251 3rd paragraph |
Just a question: |
Anonymous | Jun 25, 2008 |
Printed | Page 252 Last paragraph, under "Network" |
The Wi-Fi controls section begins on page 242, not 243. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 253 "Messages" |
Just a question: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 253 "Messages" |
Just a question: |
Anonymous | Jun 25, 2008 |
Printed | Page 257 "SIM PIN", first paragraph |
You say: "If you're worried about yours getting stolen or lost, turn this option on. You'll be asked to enter a password code". |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 257 "SIM PIN", first paragraph |
You say: "If you're worried about yours getting stolen or lost, turn this option on. You'll be asked to enter a password code". |
Anonymous | Jun 25, 2008 |
Printed | Page 259 1st bullet |
"Clear Cache. See page 259." |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 260 the only tip on the page |
All earbuds have the risk of hearing loss if the volume is too high, it is not limited to 'only' the |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 262 Second bullet |
Chapter 14 (Appendix A) |
Stephen Hawk | Feb 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 263 ATT Plans |
Believe a warning note is need to advise readers that (like their and Apple's no discounts of any kind |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 267 Second para under Pay-As-You-Go Plans |
It is no longer possible to enter a fictional Social Security number, as an "invalid" message appears. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 275 Middle of page, bullet point "Rotation sensor doesn't work." |
Rotation also works when playing music |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 275 Section "Rotation sensor doesn't work..." |
the last sentence "But this feature works only in Safari...." should also include |
Anonymous | Nov 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 277 2nd paragraph |
mention that if anything not your fault happens to the phone it will be covered. Accidental damage is not |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 280 n/a |
Appendix c missing re hacking iphone for other environments. App C is mentioned in the introduction. I |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 286 index item: missingmanuals.com |
missingmanuals.com,4 should read missingmanuals.com,3 |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 291-292 right side of page (291), all of 292 |
starting on page 291 (INDEX)after the last entry "Z", it starts to repeat all of "U" through "Z", which |
Anonymous |