10.4.10 has killed Bluetooth, USB syncing of my Treo

Hi, no idea where to post this - I see some other people are having Bluetooth problems under 10.4.10, and others having USB problems under 10.4.10 ... I'm having both. Since installing 10.4.10 (on my 12" PB G4), Bluetooth syncing of my Treo 650 via Plam Desktop started to go flaky, then died altogether - Bluetooth menu item says "not available", no Bluetooth device shows up in System Profiler.
So then I tried syncing over the USB cable. That isn't working anymore either. So then I tried iSync, with the USB cable connected. iSync doesn't even see the device.
No idea at all what could be wrong with the USB. I assume it isn't the cable itself.
Troubleshooting I have already tried for the Bluetooth: (1) Reset PMU; (2) Reset PRAM; (3) deleted bluetooth preferences plist file from Library; (4) more shutdown/restarts than I can count.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I have relied totally on this Mac/Treo combo for years ... not being able to sync is like having my brain in 2 different places.

I called a helpful local Mac store. They suggested two super-simple steps:
(1) Repair disk permissions and restart.
(2) Download and install the COMBO update to 10.4.10 from Apple. (Not the incremental "delta" update from 10.4.9 to 10.4.10 that your Mac downloads automatically via System Update, but instead the blanket update for people upgrading from a variety of different versions.)
They explained to me that often the Combo update works better because it can address issues that arise when upgrading bit by bit.
This completely and instantly fixed the Bluetooth problem for me. My Bluetooth is back. And USB syncing is behaving again.
Should have called them right away. Let's hear it for the good old independent Mac dealers!

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