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 missing missing info |
Just curious why you include several public domain programs yet neglect to mention Open Office. I've used this on the PC and the Mac and it's a perfectly viable alternative to MS Office and the Mac text utility. |
Greg Youngs | May 19, 2009 |
Printed | Page x - xi Chapter 16: |
iWeb isn't even in here. What the f? There are about a hundred well-documented errors on this site and yet he lists no "confirmed errors". |
Doctor George Waxter | Jun 15, 2009 |
Printed | Page 3-5 Section on Mac OS X |
Add the information that Mac OS X is ALREADY INSTALLED on the computer. after reading this, I thought everything you |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 6 "NOTE" at bottom |
The note at the bottom refers to |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 8 3rd paragraph in The Very Basics |
The book refers to the Option key throughout, but in the UK the word Option is NOT on the keyboard. It took me hours to find that it is the alt key! Why not make this clear from the outset, especially for people like me who have just moved from the PC to the Mac? |
Frank Everest | Dec 30, 2008 |
Printed | Page 12 caption for Figure 1-2 |
Page 12 - Figure 1.2 caption: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 12 first paragraph of Figure 1-2 text |
typo: it says "trackapds" instead of "trackpads" |
OneMathematicalCat | Jan 11, 2009 |
Printed | Page 13 Tip: |
The instructions for right-clicking are on page 468, not page 467. |
OneMathematicalCat | Jan 19, 2009 |
Printed | Page 13 Tip: |
You state an explanation of right-clicking with a trackpad can be found on pg 467. Horsefeathers. You can find something on pg 468 that seems like it might be it but you have to read in detail to pick up what is trying to be said. |
Doctor George Waxter | May 19, 2009 |
Printed | Page 15 First "Note:" |
There is a word missing ('has' perhaps?) in the following sentence: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 17 Battery |
The directions to find the "Show" checkbox finish with an Options tab. There is no Options tab, the checkbox just appears with the next-to-last menu i.e. Energy Saver. |
doctor george waxter | May 20, 2009 |
Printed | Page 20 8th paragraph |
keyboards is missing the "d" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 20 9th paragraph |
keyboars instead of keyboards |
BAS2303 | Jan 08, 2009 |
Printed | Page 23 First line |
"Clear gets rid of the you've highlighted" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 23 first sentence |
says "Clear gets rid of the you've highlighted" |
OneMathematicalCat | Jan 12, 2009 |
Printed | Page 24 Line 1 |
The book states "The Fn key (lower-right on laptops and...", however my recently purchased macbook has it at the lower- |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 42 first line |
says: "If you want see" |
OneMathematicalCat | Jan 18, 2009 |
Printed | Page 42 "Text size" paragraph |
missing period: |
OneMathematicalCat | Jan 18, 2009 |
Printed | Page 43 Show icon preview |
Figure 2-5 does not show what is claimed. Also note text is "Figures" rather than "Figure". |
Doctor George Waxter | Jun 10, 2009 |
Printed | Page 46 fourth paragraph of "Power Users' Clinic" |
it says: "For example you want to see..." |
OneMathematicalCat | Jan 19, 2009 |
Printed | Page 54 1st paragraph |
Option-double-click does not make all columns "just as wide as necessary" (It seems like it should though). Rather it sets all columns to the same width, which will be the "just as wide as necessary" width that it picks for the widest column. |
Doctor George Waxter | Jun 16, 2009 |
Printed | Page 60 2nd paragraph in "Setting up the Dock" |
Remove the extra ")" at the end of the sentence. |
OneMathematicalCat | Jan 28, 2009 |
Printed | Page 61 last paragraph |
I'm not sure this is an error. Maybe I'm just misunderstanding |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 64 first "Tip:" |
The sentence: |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 64 Tip |
"... folder icons in the Dock start out 'change' to reflect ..." |
Doctor George Waxter | Jun 18, 2009 |
Printed | Page 66 first paragraph of Figure 1-2 text |
subject/verb agreement: |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 66 first paragraph |
This is a correction to a previous entry for this page. |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 71 last sentence on page |
missing period at end of sentence |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 77 end of first "Tip:" |
Remove the ")" at the end of the sentence (which has no matching parenthesis). |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 79 top of page |
Says to find info on page 304 about disability features. Not found on page 304 - or the page before or after that I could see |
Greg Youngs | May 19, 2009 |
Printed | Page 86 sidebar |
in the "up to speed" sidebar, the Expander product is not available from the listed url; the link at *that* location gives a 404 ; |
Anonymous | Nov 08, 2008 |
Printed | Page 93 3rd paragraph from the bottom |
Refers to clicking the "Remove" button to delete languages you don't need from your hard drive. |
Greg Youngs | May 19, 2009 |
Printed | Page 98 Gem in the Rough |
In the example of exponentiation i.e. pow(6,6) it would be better to use distinct numbers e.g pow(2,3) = 8 clearly tells us the operation is 2*2*2 and not 3*3. |
Doctor George Waxter | Jul 11, 2009 |
Printed | Page 116 "Troubleshooting Moment" box |
It says: "If so, the keystrokes described in this chapter don't not work." |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 18, 2009 |
Printed | Page 116 "Troubleshooting Moment" box, second paragraph |
On my keyboard, the F10, F11, and F12 keys are mapped to the speaker volume (not F9, F10, and F11). |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 18, 2009 |
Printed | Page 116 Troubleshooting Moment |
The description of the wireless keypad also applies to the laptop. The laptop version of things is often not addressed in this book. It should be. |
Doctor George Waxter | Jul 22, 2009 |
Printed | Page 117 first paragraph |
On my keyboard, Expose is the F3 key, not F9. |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 18, 2009 |
Printed | Page 118 second "Note:" |
says: "Fn+F9" |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 18, 2009 |
Printed | Page 163 first paragraph under "Transfers by File-Sending Web Site" |
it says: "There's a new breed of file-shuttling Web site prowling..." |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 19, 2009 |
Printed | Page 167 The "Tip" |
In the instructions for getting Firefox's bookmarks directly from a file,there is "choosing Bookmarks -> |
Anonymous | |
Page 171 1st paragraph |
A discussion of Web based email services should be given right off the bat. Importantly Mail with Windows Live Hotmail at best will allow you to read emails but not send them. Most Hotmail users could stop right there and spend no more time trying to figure out how to setup Mail with Hotmail. A paid Hotmail Plus account can be made to work with Mail and discussion of how to do this should be given. |
Doctor George Waxter | May 24, 2009 | |
Printed | Page 174 paragraph under "1. Thunderbird" |
it says: "two slightly divergent s executivesof steps |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 19, 2009 |
Printed | Page 177 Phase 3: Import into Mail |
Assuming your book is appealing to brand-new MAC users (like me), their MAIL program hasn't yet been set up. When I tried to "open Mail" (step 1) it required (i.e., I couldn't just skip past these steps) all kinds of info about my email server... which I had to go back to my PC and retrieve. In particular, I couldn't get to step 2 "choose File-->Import Mailboxes" without doing all this other stuff. It would have been VERY helpful to have had some warning... and guidance from you... on these steps. Thanks! |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 20, 2009 |
Printed | Page 194 second "Tip" |
missing word: |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 20, 2009 |
Printed | Page 195 Second paragraph |
On p.194-5 of your Missing Manual, you address the vexing problem of transferring AOL emails stored on the virtual Personal Filing Cabinet. |
Before Nine | Sep 06, 2009 |
Printed | Page 202 second paragraph |
missing word? |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 20, 2009 |
Printed | Page 206 2nd paragraph from bottom |
The reference to the missingmanuals.com Missing Cd for getting the instructions on transferring Quicken |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 206 3rd paragraph of Quicken info |
Paragraph refers to "this chapter's free PDF appendix from this book's "Missing CD" for the official |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 206 9th paragraph (second from bottom of page) |
"For the official manual on transferring your Quicken data..." refers me to the Missing CD for this chapter (chapter 7). |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 206 Quicken section |
Repeated references to the missing manual CD - several items are NOT listed on the website - |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 206 2nd to last paragraph |
You mention I can find the official manual for converting Quicken windows to Mac by downloading this chapters free PDF appendix from the missing CD. I don't see anything for a PDF download from chapter 7 though. |
Anonymous | Jul 24, 2008 |
Printed | Page 208 paragraph beginning "But if you're really serious.." |
you have: "and save it your choice of format" |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 20, 2009 |
Printed | Page 209 last paragraph |
The last paragraph under the heading Windows Media Player describes a "free" solution which is to download and install Flip4Mac. I just visited their website; nothing is for free, it is all for sale. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 209 last paragraph |
The last paragraph under the heading Windows Media Player describes a "free" solution which is to download and install Flip4Mac. I just visited their website; nothing is for free, it is all for sale. |
Anonymous | Jul 08, 2008 |
Printed | Page 209 1/3 of the way down |
The book says TaxCut isn't available for the Mac, but it is now available for the Mac |
Anonymous | Jan 28, 2009 |
Printed | Page 220 3rd paragraph |
The utility mentioned is "Parallel Workstation for Mac" when the "Workstation" product is for Windows & Linux. The "Desktop" product is for Mac. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 220 3rd paragraph |
The utility mentioned is "Parallel Workstation for Mac" when the "Workstation" product is for Windows & Linux. The "Desktop" product is for Mac. |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 2008 |
Printed | Page 228 |
Please clarify. If you need to print a document how is saving it as a PDF file useful? Keeping the file on the hard drive and searching it don't seem like the answer for a file you wanted to print. |
Doctor George Waxter | Nov 05, 2009 |
Printed | Page 254 second paragraph of "Turning on Visuals" |
it says: "choose View-->Turn On Visuals" |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 22, 2009 |
Printed | Page 255 4th paragraph |
There is no Importing tab. Instead in the lower right corner by the Import CD button there is an Import Settings button. |
Doctor George Waxter | Nov 27, 2009 |
Printed | Page 257 3rd bullet |
There is no Burning tab under preferences. When the Burn Disc button is pressed a popup window appears letting you set seconds of silence between tracks and other variables. |
Doctor George Waxter | Nov 27, 2009 |
Printed | Page 260 first sentence of "Full-Screen Playback" |
repeated word: |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 22, 2009 |
Printed | Page 262 first paragraph |
missing word: |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 22, 2009 |
Printed | Page 266 The End of Time FAQ last paragraph |
"If you ever need to retrieve files or folders from the older disk, rright-click..." |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 267 Beginning |
This is not an error, but missing in your manual. |
RReiling | Nov 25, 2014 |
Printed | Page 275 first paragraph |
I think there's an extra word (capitalized below): |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 23, 2009 |
Printed | Page 288 paragraph just before Figure 10-6 |
There's an extra closing parenthesis. |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 24, 2009 |
Printed | Page 292 Tip: |
When I create an "Offline" connection and make all the connections inactive the location gets deleted and I get switched back to an Automatic location. |
Doctor George Waxter | Oct 12, 2010 |
Printed | Page 295 several places |
I think that ".Mac" is now called "MobileMe". |
OneMathematicalCat | Feb 26, 2009 |
Printed | Page 303 Upper Half |
There is no explanation of what 'Smart Mailboxes" are. They are missing in the photo (of the screen, |
Anonymous | |
Other Digital Version | 309 2nd header |
You say "TaxCut isn't available for the Mac:..." but according to their disk (even for 2007) it is. |
dot Caffrey | Dec 17, 2008 |
Printed | Page 312 second paragraph under "Data Detectors" |
need a capital letter: |
OneMathematicalCat | Mar 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 330 second paragraph of "Gem in the Rough" |
you say: "... click the Contacts tab" |
OneMathematicalCat | Mar 02, 2009 |
Printed | Page 334 first paragraph under "Groups" |
you have: Figure 11-16 |
OneMathematicalCat | Mar 02, 2009 |
Printed | Page 337 first paragraph of "Printing Options" |
you have: "expand the Print box" |
OneMathematicalCat | Mar 02, 2009 |
Printed | Page 337 second paragraph of second Tip |
You have: "... use the unlabeled pop-up menu in the middle of the dialog box top choose Paper Type or whatever" |
OneMathematicalCat | Mar 02, 2009 |
Printed | Page 338 first paragraph of "Address-Book Backups" |
you have: "Here are four ways..." |
OneMathematicalCat | Mar 02, 2009 |
Printed | Page 343 Figure 12-2 caption |
you say: "... by choosing View-->Customize Address bar..." |
OneMathematicalCat | Mar 04, 2009 |
Printed | Page 347 5th paragraph |
I downloaded TinkerTool on 3/7/09; however, there was no submenu called "User Agent" and I was unable to locate a checkbox that turns on the Debug menu. |
OneMathematicalCat | Mar 07, 2009 |
Printed | Page 373 paragraph beginning: "When your friend accepts..." |
you have: "... as shown the bottom of Figure 12-17" |
OneMathematicalCat | Mar 21, 2009 |
Printed | Page 375 Chapter titles |
There isn't consistency with the Chapter titles in the Table of Contents at the front of the book. |
OneMathematicalCat | Mar 21, 2009 |
Printed | Page 394 first sentence |
you have: "... their kids spending front of the Mac..." |
OneMathematicalCat | Mar 22, 2009 |
Printed | Page 397 "Show Input menu in login window" section, first sentence |
The Input menu is first mentioned on page 461, not page 460. |
OneMathematicalCat | Mar 22, 2009 |
Printed | Page 414 third paragraph from bottom, beginning "AirPort circuitry..." |
missing word: |
OneMathematicalCat | Mar 28, 2009 |
Printed | Page 431 When Macs and PCs Don't See Each Other |
The PC was seeing my Mac but not vice versa. The suggestion in this box did not solve the problem. What did however was Finder->Go->Connect to Server. Then in the Server Address box type in smb://name-of-pc where name-of-pc is the name of the PC you would like to connect to. Then follow the dialog boxes and voila. Get name-of-pc from the PC itself. |
Doctor George Waxter | May 12, 2011 |
Printed | Page 437 missing section |
The entire section on Trackpad - it is erroneously under Keyboard and Mouse. And the descriptions are wrong at that. See my post re pages 466-468. |
Doctor George Waxter | May 21, 2009 |
Printed | Page 440 tip box at bottom |
The tip box at the bottom of page 440 says: For details on the "Jump to the next page" and "scroll to here" options, see page 440. This information is actually on page 22 (page up/down but doesn't actually say "jump to the next page") and page 35 (scroll to here). |
Anonymous | Mar 17, 2009 |
Printed | Page 450 before "Spectrum" |
I also have a screen saver called "Shell" which you don't list here. |
OneMathematicalCat | Apr 20, 2009 |
Printed | Page 461 Figure 15-11, first paragraph |
I only have 18 languages in my list, not 19. |
OneMathematicalCat | Apr 21, 2009 |
Printed | Page 464 last paragraph |
This issue has arisen before---on my laptop, F3, F4 and F5 do not control speaker volume. |
OneMathematicalCat | Apr 21, 2009 |
Printed | Page 466 "Trackpad Tab" |
I don't have a "Trackpad Tab" under "Keyboard & Mouse"; |
OneMathematicalCat | Apr 21, 2009 |
Printed | Page 466-468 Trackpad Tab |
Man this is just wrong. Trackpad is it's own System Preference, not some tab under Keyboard and Mouse. And the descriptions of the options, the text choices to with those options, etc - they are simply wrong. And there aren't any "ignore" options. I'm using a laptop and it appears there have been a lot of changes that this guy is not aware of. |
Doctor George Waxter | May 21, 2009 |
Printed | Page 468 For secondary clicks, |
He takes a swipe at the Mac's linguistics, his are worse. You don't need your thumb, just tap with both fingers. |
Doctor George Waxter | May 22, 2009 |
Printed | Page 469 Keyboard Shortcuts |
Editing the Keyboard Shortcuts is not really explained, neither here nor on page 135 where the reader is referred. When an attempt is made to add a keyboard shortcut a menu pops up asking for the application and the menu. Huh?? Clarify please. Can keyboard shortcuts only be used on menu items?? What I'd like to do with a shortcut is have it launch an application for example. So I'd like to create a shortcut where I type command X, for example, and Xcode launches. Then I don't have to keep it in the dock nor dig for it on the HD nor go through Spotlight. Please explain creating shortcuts. |
Doctor George Waxter | Jul 18, 2009 |
Printed | Page 473 Speech |
Getting rid of the Speech/microphone icon that floats on the desktop is difficult and non-intuitive. How about some help on getting rid of this? |
Doctor George Waxter | Jul 08, 2009 |
Printed | Page 474 3rd paragraph (2nd complete paragraph) |
You say, about using Plain Talk Speech Recognition,that it's worth a 15 minute test drive, and you refer to: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 474 3rd paragraph (2nd complete paragraph) |
I only categorized this as "serious technical mistake", because |
Anonymous | May 28, 2008 |
Printed | Page 476 first paragraph of "Display (inverted colors)" |
two places: |
OneMathematicalCat | Apr 22, 2009 |
Printed | Page 476 2nd paragraph of "Display (inverted colors)" |
you have: Control-Option-command-< |
OneMathematicalCat | Apr 22, 2009 |
Printed | Page 481 last paragraph |
The paragraph tells us to download the free appendix to the chapter, called Automator.pdf, yet there is no appendix to the chapter called this on the missing manuals website. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 481 Last Paragraph |
Paragraph references "Automator.pdf" a free download from missingmanuals.com. I have not been able to find the download after spending considerable time on the web site. |
Anonymous | Jul 10, 2008 |
Printed | Page 481 last paragraph |
The paragraph tells us to download the free appendix to the chapter, called Automator.pdf, yet there is no appendix to the chapter called this on the missing manuals website. |
Anonymous | Jul 13, 2008 |
Printed | Page 481 Last paragraph of the page 481, a 3 lines paragraph |
In the paragraph there is mention of a donwload of a file (pdf) from the "Missing CD". On the web site there is not even mention of that file. |
Anonymous | Oct 12, 2008 |
Printed | Page 483 last "Tip" on page |
An "equation" must have an "=" sign, like "3+2=5". |
OneMathematicalCat | Apr 25, 2009 |
Printed | Page 498 iPhoto section |
The text states that a 'getting started' chapter on iPhoto is available for download from Missing CD page. It doesn't seem to be there. |
Anonymous | May 11, 2010 |
Printed | Page 499 2nd paragraph |
There are no Siamese twin effects. |
Doctor George Waxter | Mar 18, 2011 |
Printed | Page 534 Learning more |
"if you get bit ..." |
Doctor George Waxter | Apr 18, 2011 |
Printed | Page 582 i |
There is no index entry for iSync. Neither for iWeb. |
Doctor George Waxter | Jun 11, 2009 |
Printed | Page 583 |
The discussion of Mail begins on page 301, not 300. |
Doctor Waxter | May 21, 2009 |
Printed | Page 587, 588 Sleep mode index entry |
p587: the "Spotlight" entry (and all sub-entries) should be listed on page 588 after "spelling checker" and before "spring-loaded folders" |
Anonymous | Sep 05, 2008 |
Printed | Page 588 |
"Spotlight" is missing from the Index |
Anonymous | Aug 16, 2008 |
Printed | Page 656 Power Users' Clinic 4th paragraph |
The directory adduced, /usr/X11/bin, does not exist. |
Anonymous | Oct 18, 2008 |
Printed | Page 861 "Keys to hold down" table |
"D" key: Macbook and macbook pro user guides state that holding "D" during boot will put you into |
Anonymous | |
9999 http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9780596514129/games |
When I am reading the section before Games (Firefox) or the one after it (Google Desktop Search), the next page/previous page link to Games doesn't seem to work. |
Charles E. Bush | Aug 25, 2009 |