10.4.9 Update released. Remember: Repair permissions before you update!!!

Yes they will, but you should not need to do an archive and install for an update.

What went wrong? (sorry, I must have missed your previous post)

Updated OK but now media eject key does not work and whole top right row (sound, media eject) does not show in keyboard viewer. The sound keys are working though.

Fairly new machine with nothing exotic installed. Was working fine before install of update.

Did initial upgrade via software update then downloaded and installed Combo Update but problem still there - No media eject key function!? Anyone else strike same problem, ideas, solution?

I got an error after running the software update saying the 10.4.9 update couldnt complete and has been moved to trash. There were a couple of other updates that did successfully install though so i was still promted to restart, but my mac hung for about 15 minutes on my background so i manually rebooted.

Now whenever i boot it up it just sits on the white screen with the apple logo supposedley loading but it never gets anywhere. The only time i can get past it is by booting to the OS X disc.

command-option and comand-option-p-r and even holding shift while booting dont seem to do anything.

Once i booted from the disc i ran disc utility and repaired my permissions since some of them were dodgy but that hasnt fixed anything.

Do i have any other options?

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See below for how I did it.

Sammy, this is exactly what's going on with me. I'm on hold for AppleCare now.

I never thought I'd have to say this, but THANK GOD I KEPT MY WINDOWS PC!!

Gulliver

Now that you have pointed to it I realize that my DVD eject key doesn't work either!

*****!

But at least I can drag the disk to the trash and get it to eject that way.

Should get 40 new threads about that?!

AppleCare is talking to me now, I will post the fix in a few minutes...

DO NOT RE-INSTALL

It's a pretty easy fix

Just to let you know Sammy that I have exactly the same problem as you. Hopefully someone can suggest a solution.

Jarod

Hi - I saw on the MacFixIt site (link below spans two lines)

http://www.macfixit.com/comment.php?mode=display&sid=2007031314014830
&title=Mac OS+X+10.4.9+released%3A+minorproblem&type=article&order=&pid=24891

that now after 10.4.9 update it is necessary to hold down the media eject key, you can't just tap it as previously. I checked it and it is working OK - phew! You need to hold it down for about 1.5 seconds. [Ctrl][Media Eject] for shutdown also works.


Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

You are correct!

Bring the life boats back on board!

Cheers dude, ive got my fingers crossed!

Ok, I found the delta update for those already running 10.4.8, but this update still doesn't show up in my software update.

?????

Matthew:

Am I being a fool not to update via the combo updater?

No, not really. However if you were to skip one of the incremental updates along the way you could be missing some important component that could cause problems for the next update. With a combo updater there's no chance of that. Also, I like to keep all of the updaters that I run in case I have to do a reinstall at sometime. I don't have to go thru the long downloading again. Also manually running the updaters avoid any possibility of loosing connection during the process and causing problems.

Do you Twango?

G5 Dual Core 2GHz, 2G RAM, 250G HD; G4 Dual 1Ghz, 1.5G RAM, 80G HD, QT 7.1.3, Mac OS X (10.4.9) 22 LCD, 250G/200G/160G FW HDs, Canon: SD700IS/i850/LIDE 50, Epson R200, 30G iPod