10.4: Version Cue / Intel Mac / latest updates woes

May 23, '06 07:30:02AM

Contributed by: drewk

Tiger only hintI have seven Macs, including two Intel Macs. On May 11, 2006, Apple released 'Security Update 2006 003' and 'QuickTime 7.1' through Software Update. After installing the update, the Intel Macs would no longer boot. Dead. Nada. I called Apple Care, but they could not fix it.

After some futzing, I managed to fix them this way:

  1. Cold reboot and hold the Shift key after the tone (Safe Boot...)
  2. Go to /Library/StartupItems, and remove Adobe Version Cue if it is there
  3. Reboot
[robg adds: I don't have Version Cue, so I can't confirm this one (my Intel mini handled the update just fine).]

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