July 11, 2007 8:40 AM PDT
Special Report: Troubleshooting Mac OS X 10.4.10
Covering these topics:
- Release notes, properly installing the update
- Important files modified by this update, downgrading components
- Downgrading to Mac OS X 10.4.9
- Applications will not launch
- Audio popping, other sounds issues: Apply Audio Update 2007-001, other fixes
- Common workarounds for when things go wrong post-update
- Display brightness stuck at maximum
- Finder crashes -- fixes
- FireWire audio interface issues -- fixes
- Printers missing -- fix
- Problems starting up
- RAM incorrectly (or not) recognized
- Sound input issues, fixes
- The problem with the Mac OS X 10.4.10 version number
- USB issues (serious), fixes
- Wireless connectivity (AirPort) fixes


I installed the 10.4.10 Combo updater, and all was fixed. (I of course previously tried the ol' standbye of resetting the pram first)