Mac OS X 10.4: M-Audio device issues, workarounds
We previously noted issues -- apparently caused by Apple's transition to Core Audio -- with a number of M-Audio devices under Mac OS X 10.4.
MacFixIt reader Myriam reports that changing permissions on the M-Audio Firmware Loader startup item resolved the issues with her M-Audio Transit USB card:
"I looked in the system log and noticed this message: 'SystemStarter[203]: '/Library/StartupItems/M-Audio Firmware Loader' failed security check: permissions'
"After some trial and error changing permissions in Terminal without progress, I located this page on the Apple Web site.
"Apparently, the proper permissions for startup items in Tiger are 0755...
"So I used the following command in Terminal:
- sudo chmod -v 0755 /Library/StartupItems/M-Audio Firmware Loader/M-Audio Firmware Loader
"And that fixed the problem! My Transit card is now working fine in Tiger using beta Transit drivers v1.6. This fix will probably also work with Transit drivers v1.59. [...] You may have to disconnect/reconnect your Transit card for this to work."
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