10.5.3 - HELP - iMac 2.8C2D - Frozen after install

after installing update and restarting..iMac is stuck on start-up logo screen.
will only turn off and turn back on to logo screen.
any help would be appreciated.
NEW INFO: after about 10min..it restarts but again only back to logo screen
Message was edited by: joerivers
Message was edited by: joerivers

Here is what I think I discovered after futzing around for 6 hours. I am booting an intel iMac off of a firewire drive and had the same thing happen.
I tried everything possible including what has been suggested here and on every other thread. I could boot into safe mode.
As a last resort, I decided to do an archive and install of a fresh system. To my surprise the install program would not let me install on my firewire boot drive. The message I got was that the disk would have to be reformatted to the GUID partition scheme. The disk was using the pre-intel apple partition scheme. A repartition was not an option as I would lose all data and settings.
I had a second firewire drive available and formatted it to use the GUID partition scheme and then used super duper to copy the contents of my non-booting drive to the one with the GUID partition scheme. When I rebooted the new drive, the system came right up and all my applications seemed to work.
I can only surmise the the 10.5.3 update doesn't like the old apple partition scheme.
I hope this is of help to someone out there.

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IMac slow on startup after installing Mavericks

Hi,
Like others I have been experiencing my mid 2011 iMac being slow on startup (and a little slow after that). I've read a lot of threads about this and was wondering how to approach it.
I was already thinking of buying more RAM ( I currently have 4GB) and updrading to Yosemite, does anyone think this may help rather than going through many diagnostic steps with Mavericks?
..... or am I likely to find myself back in the same position!
Jon
P.S. i know the Apple site says no RAM is available for this model, but one of the more experienced posters supplied a link to a site which implies that there is.

Hi there,
Here's the report.
By the way, with just Firefox and Aperture open, here is a copy of my Activity Monitor:
The swap used seems to be a very recent thing, until a few days ago it read 0.
The slowness is after startup - things bounce in the dock and safari takes nearly 10 secs to open, but if the Mac has been on a little while, or if it's been on sleep, then things run ok. There are other things I have noticed like some of the Aperture functions being slower and a bit clunky - this seems to have a been a constant feature since I upgraded to Mavericks and upgraded Aperture to go with it.
Any help you can give is appreciated.
Jon
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated 20 November 2014 21:15:28 GMT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) (Verified)
    iMac - model: iMac12,1
    1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 0/DIMM1
            empty empty empty empty
        BANK 1/DIMM1
            empty empty empty empty
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
    AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB
        iMac 1920 x 1080
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: one day 8:33:41
Disk Information: ℹ️
    ST3500418AS disk0 : (500.11 GB)
    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (354.24 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
    HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Logitech USB Receiver
    TOSHIBA TransMemory      15.52 GB
        S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        TOSHIBA (disk1s1) /Volumes/TOSHIBA : 15.52 GB (15.27 GB free)
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.freecom.driver.BoulderScsi (1.0.0d1) Support
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [failed]    com.apple.security.syspolicy.plist
    [failed]    com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
    [invalid?]    com.torch.update.agent.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
    Auto Mute    UNKNOWN (missing value)
    FastTasks 2    Application (/Applications/FastTasks 2.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
    Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.223 - SDK 10.6 Support
    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Mobile backups: OFF
    Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
    Destinations:
        VERBATIM HD [Local]
        Total size: 0 B
        Total number of backups: 0
        Oldest backup: -
        Last backup: -
        Size of backup disk: Excellent
            Backup size 0 B > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         2%    WindowServer
         1%    fontd
         0%    mds_stores
         0%    mds
         0%    AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    975 MB    Aperture
    369 MB    firefox
    129 MB    softwareupdated
    69 MB    WindowServer
    52 MB    mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    227 MB    Free RAM
    1.31 GB    Active RAM
    1.53 GB    Inactive RAM
    966 MB    Wired RAM
    1.82 GB    Page-ins
    91 MB    Page-outs

My imac hangs during starup after installing update

I installed the new update for OSX lion this morning and after installation the mac rebooted and it hangs on the gray apple screen.

The system was working fine before the update.
I got severals errors with the restore disk permissions the first time I ran it. The second time it didn't return any errors. The disk utility din't return any errros.
After booting in safe mode and hhaving the system hang again I ran the repair disk permission utility again and keep getting the same errors that are being repaired even after running it 5 times is a row.
The Imac is 3 months old and came with Snow Lzapord installed whitch I upgraded to Lion after startup thru the up-to-date program Apple offered.
Thanks for all the help seeing this is my first Mac

Help! illustrator CS6 crashes after installing Apple Maverick

Today, I installed Apple OS X Maverick. everything works just fine except Illustrator CS6 crashes everytime I opned it. It worked perfectly well before the install. I'vee downloaded the latest versions of Flash and Air. Can anyone help?

johnny49 wrote:
I went to the Astute Graphics site today and they're aware that Maverick may cause problems and are advising that it's best to hold off installing Maverick until they update the plugins ( about 4 days) Who knew?
It is never really advantageous to rush installing a new operating system upgrade or even certain updates in some cases for these very reasons of incompatibility. It is best to just watch and wait once things are officially released and be aware of any issues overall or specific to your given workflow to avoid such issues. Generally early adoption has just about as many drawbacks as it does positives, its best to be patient and wait for any "real world" issue to be resolved by all parties after a big release. With Mavericks being FREE I am sure many are not waiting however. ;-)

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